Those hills seem all alike when once you are among them." "What is it that so greatly disturbs your Miamis ?" I ventured to ask, for I had been noticing for some time that they were restless and travelling poorly.

"They have been counselling now for two hours." He glanced aside at me in apparent surprise.
"Why, boy, I thought you were bred to the border; and can you ask me such a question?
Do you observe nothing, like that fine gentleman yonder?
What have we been following since first we entered this valley ?" "An old Indian trail." "True," he exclaimed, "and one that has been traversed by a large war-party, bound west, within twelve hours." "How know you this ?" "By a hundred signs far plainer than print will ever be to my eyes.

In faith, I thought those fellows out yonder would have summoned me to council long ere this, instead of threshing it out among themselves.
They are bolder warriors than I deemed, though they will doubtless revolt in earnest when we camp.

We shall have to guard them well to-night." As he paused, his eyes fixed anxiously upon our Indian allies, De Croix began to hum a popular tune of the day, riding meanwhile, hat in hand, with one foot out of the stirrup to beat the time.

Then Jordan caught up the refrain, and sang a verse.