"We are now ready to follow you, Oonomoo." "Come quick, den--Oonomoo can't wait--leave his trail--all see it." As the Huron spoke, his son bounded off in the woods and dashed away like an arrow, while he followed him with such astonishing speed, that he almost instantly disappeared from sight.
"God bless me! that's an original way of guiding us!" exclaimed the Captain, taken aback by the unexpected disappearance of the Indian.
"The danger that threatens his wife is so imminent that he dare not wait for our tardy movements," said Lieutenant Canfield.

"He will leave a trail that your men can follow without the least difficulty, and, I trust, we may come up in time to prevent anything serious occurring to him and her.

His son joined him last night and brought the news of his misfortune to him, but the noble fellow, although his heart must have nearly burst within him, would not leave us until he was assured of your daughter's safety." "Noble chap! noble chap! he must be paid for such devotion.

Come, my boys, let us lose no time.

As you all understand the woods better than I do, I must select one of you to walk beside me and keep the trail in sight, while the rest of you must remember and not fall out of line.
If a tree should stand in the way, just step around it, but don't lose the step.