THE IRON MEN 3

the story go down through the years so that none may
forget what has happened here on the great canoe of
the white strangers. This I promise, and so it shall be
done.”

Weah trembled with joy. He could find no words
to express his great happiness. He could only stare
across the waters toward the long line of totem poles
that stood there before the houses of his father’s vil-
lage, their vivid colors gleaming brightly in the strong
light of the early morning sun. Already he could
picture the fine new totem pole his father had
promised. High above all the others in front of the
great chief’s house it would stand, telling the story of
the coming of the Yetz Haada and the deeds of Weah
the Bold!