What good do you expect from them?
But if the Spaniards come, we fight.
Our people are brave, and we do not fear death.

If the Spaniards come we fight with you, and die rather than be taken back as slaves." One morning, on rising, the boys heard some exclamations among their allies.
"What is it ?" they asked.
The negroes pointed to films of smoke, rising from the summits of two hills, at a short distance from each other.
"What is that a sign of ?" they asked.
"It is a sign that the Spaniards are coming.

No doubt in pursuit of a runaway; perhaps with those terrible dogs.

The Spaniards could do nothing among these mountains without them.

They follow their game through the thickest woods." "But," said Ned, "why on earth do not the negroes take to the trees?
Surely there could be no difficulty in getting from tree to tree by the branches, for a certain distance, so as to throw the hounds off the scent." "Many do escape in that way," the negro said; "but the pursuit is often so hot, and the dogs so close upon the trail, that there is little time for maneuvers of this sort; beside which, many of the fugitives are half mad with fear.