"I had, but I have not now! I am telling you the truth! As I live I am, Yellow Panther! I was anxious for the war, anxious as you are, and it brought a cloud before my eyes.

I could not remember then, but I remember now! The men were true Shawnees, and the Shawnee nation does not wish to go on the great war trail this year." Yellow Panther looked at him with indignation and contempt, and hesitated.
Braxton Wyatt trembled once more.

Would the chief believe?
He must believe! He must make him believe, or he would die! "I wished to tell you before we started, Yellow Panther," he said, "but I feared then your just anger.

Now we have lost the trail, and I must save you from further trouble.

Why should I tell you this now if it is not true?
Why else should I avow that I have spoken false words ?" Yellow Panther looked at the unhappy figure and face, and believed.
"It is enough," he said.