"Only four are ban-in' on now." The ground rose a little and became rougher.

The lights from the Indian fires had sunk almost out of sight behind them, and a dense thicket lay before them.

Something stirred in the thicket, and the eyes of Shif'less Sol caught a glimpse of a human shoulder.

His heart sank like a plummet in a pool.

The Indians were ahead of them.