They will believe that the party consist solely of Indians, and our turning east will seem as if we intended to take refuge in the mountains.

Let us then strike up the river for awhile, land at a spot where the horses' hoofs will be clearly visible, and then pursue a course to the southeast, taking us nearer and nearer to the hills.
"Three leagues hence is another stream.

This we will enter, and they will make sure that we have pursued our former tactics--that we have followed it up, and again struck for the hills.

Instead of doing this, we will follow it down for a mile or two; and quit it at some spot where the bank is firm, and will leave no marks of our footsteps.

Then we will strike across the country, and regain the road some seven or eight leagues further south." The plan appeared a capital one, and was followed out as arranged.
Late in the evening, they were again in the vicinity of the southern road.