The chief, Red Eagle, threatened to put us both to the most awful tortures at once if I didn't do it." "Liar, as well as scoundrel and renegade!" exclaimed Paul fiercely.
But Braxton Wyatt went on in his gentle, persuading, unabashed manner: "It is as true as I stand here.

I could not take you, too, Paul, to torture and death, and all the while I was hoping that the people on the boat would see, or suspect, and that they would turn back in time.

If you had not cried out--and it was a wonderfully brave thing to do!--I think that at the last moment I myself should have done so." "Liar!" said Paul again, and he turned his back to Braxton Wyatt.
Wyatt looked fixedly at the bound boy, shrugged his shoulders a little, and said: "I never took you for a fool before, Paul." But Paul was silent, and Braxton Wyatt went away.

An hour or two later Red Eagle came to Paul, unbound his arms, and gave him something to eat.

As Paul ate the venison, Braxton Wyatt returned to him and said: "It is my influence with the chief, Paul, that has secured you this good treatment in spite of their rage against you.