Note 3 — Section 42. THE INDIAN CHIEF. II.
Reading edition
[1] Say ‘Hereupon the old man seized the hand of the officer, sought by caresses to gain his (dessen) confidence, conducted him to (in) his hut, and treated’, etc.
[2] Versprechung, f.
[3] his.
[4] The verb lehren, to teach (old German lêran, Gothic laisjan), etymologically signifies ‘to cause a person to know a thing’. This is the reason that it is in German most generally used with two accusatives: that of the person and that of the thing; as—Er lehrt mich die Landessprache, he teaches me the language of the country. Lehre mich Deine Rechte! (Luther.) Wer hat dich solche Streiche gelehrt? (Uhland.)
[5] in — arts, in den geringen Geschicklichkeiten; to practise, üben; by, von; ‘inhabitants’, here Eingebornen.
[6] They = both; together = with one another, which place after ‘harmony’ (Eintracht, f.).
[7] in — with, in der ihm zuteil werdenden Behandlung. Where must the verb be placed? Supply the word ‘anderes’ after ‘nothing’; ‘to regret’, here beklagen.
[8] als.
[9] Say ‘regarded him silently for a while (App. § 9, A) with steady (unverwandt) attention’.