You want to see he ?" "Aye, and I'm goin' to see whatever!" While Eli had a snack to eat and a cup of tea with Thomas and Margaret he told Thomas of Indian Jake's call upon his father, of the shooting and of the robbery which followed.
"Injun Jake turns back after leavin' and shoots Pop and takes the silver," he concluded, "and I'm goin' to get the silver whatever, even if I has to shoot Injun Jake to get un!" "Is you sure, now, 'twere Injun Jake does un ?" asked Thomas, unwilling to believe his friend and partner capable of such treachery.

By disposition Thomas was naturally cautious of passing judgment or of accusing anyone of misdeed without conclusive proof.
"There's no doubtin' that!" insisted Eli.

"There was nobody else to do un.

'Twere Injun Jake." A shift of wind to the southward assisted Eli on his way.

Early that evening he reached the Hudson's Bay Company's post, twenty miles west of The Jug.