Then he heard a soft sound, that of footsteps.

He thought at first that some wild animal was prowling near, but second thought convinced him that human beings had come.

Gazing through the thicket, he saw an Indian warrior walking among the trees, looking searchingly about him as if he were a scout.

Another, coming from a different direction, approached him, and Henry felt sure that they were of the party of Timmendiquas.

They had followed him in some manner, perhaps by chance, and it behooved Mm now to lie close.
A third warrior joined them and they began to examine the ground.