Henry, as he ate of the buffalo meat, told them all that had happened to him and Paul in that brief period which yet looked so long.

That the band would pick up the trail, daylight now come, and follow on, he did not doubt.

There he stopped, and left the conclusion to the others.

Shif'less Sol was the first to speak.
"This gang," he said, "come out to hunt buffalo, an', accordin' to what Henry says, a war party--he don't know how big--is comin' this way huntin' him an' Paul.

Well, ef it keeps on huntin' him an' Paul, it's bound to run up agin us, because Paul an' Henry are now a part o' our gang.