AT THE RIVER BANK The days dragged into a week, and the Shawnees still clung to the banks of the great river, occasionally hunting, but more often idling away their time in the deep woods near the shore.

Paul's wonder at their actions increased.

He could not see any purpose in it, and he spoke several times to Braxton Wyatt about it.

But Wyatt always shrugged his shoulders.
"I do not know," he said.

"It is true they build no camp fires, at least no big ones, and they do not seem to be much interested in hunting; but I cannot guess what they are about, and I should not dare to ask Red Eagle." Paul noticed that Red Eagle himself often went down to the bank of the river, and would watch its surface with the keenest attention.