My impulse was to try to get her back to the Rappahannock; but, on putting this to Shalah, he shook his head.
"It is too late," he said.

"If you seek certain death, go towards the Rappahannock.

She must come with us to the mountains.

The only safety is in the hill-tops." This seemed a mad saying.

To be safe from Indians we were to go into the heart of Indian country.