He felt puzzled.

Was this last signal the voice of another enemy who had hitherto remained silent, or was it Nacaytzusle who had changed his position?
At all events it was safer to rise and go directly toward the spot, rather than approach it in a creeping posture.

He walked deliberately onward, at the same time calling out in a low tone,-- "Nacaytzusle!" Nothing moved.
He advanced a few steps and repeated,-- "Nacaytzusle! Hast thou seen anything ?" "No," said a hollow voice near by, and a human form arose as if from beneath the surface.

The man stepped up to Tyope; and to the latter's unpeakable relief, he looked stouter and shorter than Nacaytzusle.

The Indian was unknown to him, and Tyope said eagerly,-- "The badger must be hiding near where the fire is.