We have a cunning devil to do with and he has gathered about him the very worst elements on the reserves." Together they sat and made their plans till far on into the night.

But as a matter of fact they could make little progress.

They knew well it would be extremely difficult to discover their man.

Owing to the state of feeling throughout the reserves the source of information upon which the Police ordinarily relied had suddenly dried up or become untrustworthy.

A marked change had come over the temper of the Indians.
While as yet they were apparently on friendly terms and guilty of no open breach of the law, a sullen and suspicious aloofness marked the bearing of the younger braves and even of some of the chiefs toward the Police.