Then they heard the wolf's long cry, and the long cry of wolf replying.
"More Iroquois coming," said Shif'less Sol.

"Well, we gave them a pretty warm how d'ye do, an' with our rifles and double-barreled pistols I'm thinkin' that we kin do it ag'in." "We can, except in one case," said Henry, "if the new party brings their numbers up to fifty or sixty, and they wait for night, they can surround us in the darkness.

Perhaps it would be better for us to slip away when twilight comes.

Carpenter and the train have a long lead now." "Yes," said Shif'less Sol, "Now, what in tarnation is that ?" "A white flag," said Paul.

A piece of cloth that had once been white had been hoisted on the barrel of a rifle at a point about sixty yards away.
"They want a talk with us," said Henry.
"If it's Braxton Wyatt," said Long Jim, "I'd like to take a shot at him, talk or no talk, an' ef I missed, then take another." "We'll see what they have to say," said Henry, and he called aloud: "What do you want with us ?" "To talk with you," replied a clear, full voice, not that of Braxton Wyatt.
"Very well," replied Henry, "show yourself and we will not fire upon you." A tall figure was upraised upon a grassy hummock, and the hands were held aloft in sign of peace.