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He asked the interpreter what kind of men we were.
“They do not make the sign of the Cross, they do not
swear or beat the natives, and they pay well for all services.
Who are they?”
“They belong to a foreign country,” said our interpreter;
“they are Christians, but they do not make the sign of
the Cross.”
“But do not all men belong to the Great White Sun far
away (the Tsar)?”
“No, their country belongs to another Great White Sun.”
“How wonderful!”
We told the chief of the great interest our “Great White
Sun” had taken in the expedition of Andrée, but this was
misunderstood by him to mean that our king had “sent
away those young men.”
“What terrible crime had those young men committed,
that your ‘Great White Sun’ should send them away on
such a fearful journey?”
The chief believed that our king had exiled Andrée
and his comrades as criminals, and a long explanation was
necessary to make him understand that they were not
criminals “exiled to the far north.”
As we were ready to start, the chief delivered the
following speech to his men:—
“You have heard what these strangers have told us,
who have started on such a long and dangerous journey
to search for their lost brethren; and now listen to what
I say and command you to do. If you find their brethren
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