A tomahawk and scalping knife, of English manufacture, were in his girdle; while a short military rifle, of that sort with which the policy of the whites armed their savage allies, lay carelessly across his bare and sinewy knee.

他的腰带上挂着英国制造的战斧和剥头皮刀。而一把短军用步枪，就是白人政策用来武装他们的野蛮盟友的那种，漫不经心地放在他光秃秃的、强壮的膝盖上。