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Those Were the Real Conquests
Bythisstrangeturnoffatewehaveseenandhelpedtodecideevensuchacontest.Nowuponthisplateauthefuturemusteverbeforman."
Itneededarobustfaithintheendtojustifysuchtragicmeans.Asweadvancedtogetherthroughthewoodswefoundtheape-menlyingthick,transfixedwithspearsorarrows.HereandtherealittlegroupofshatteredIndiansmarkedwhereoneoftheanthropoidshadturnedtobay,andsoldhislifedearly.Alwaysinfrontofusweheardtheyellingandroaringwhichshowedthedirectionofthepursuit.Theape-menhadbeendrivenbacktotheircity,theyhadmadealaststandthere,onceagaintheyhadbeenbroken,andnowwewereintimetoseethefinalfearfulsceneofall.Someeightyorahundredmales,thelastsurvivors,hadbeendrivenacrossthatsamelittleclearingwhichledtotheedgeofthecliff,thesceneofourownexploittwodaysbefore.AswearrivedtheIndians,asemicircleofspearmen,hadclosedinonthem,andinaminuteitwasover,Thirtyorfortydiedwheretheystood.Theothers,screamingandclawing,werethrustovertheprecipice,andwenthurtlingdown,astheirprisonershadofold,ontothesharpbamboossixhundredfeetbelow.ItwasasChallengerhadsaid,andthereignofmanwasassuredforeverinMapleWhiteLand.Themaleswereexterminated,ApeTownwasdestroyed,thefemalesandyoungweredrivenawaytoliveinbondage,andthelongrivalryofuntoldcenturieshadreacheditsbloodyend.
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