Life for life is the Indian maxim.

The whole tribe would have made common cause in avenging the death of a warrior.

The party were but seven dismounted men, with a wide mountain region to traverse, infested by these people, and which might all be roused by signal fires.

In fact, the conduct of the band of marauders in question, showed the perseverance of savages when once they have fixed their minds upon a project.

These fellows had evidently been silent and secretly dogging the party for a week past, and a distance of a hundred and fifty miles, keeping out of sight by day, lurking about the encampment at night, watching all their movements, and waiting for a favorable moment when they should be off their guard.