He had been troubled by the hasty flight and his dignity suffered.
"It is not becoming that white men should run away from an inferior race," he said.
"Maybe it ain't becomin', but it's safe," said Ross.
"At least we are far enough away now," continued the master, "and we might rest here comfortably until dawn.

We haven't seen or heard a sign of pursuit." "You don't know the natur' of the red warriors, Mr.Pennypacker," said the leader deferentially but firmly, "when they make the least noise then they're most dangerous.

Now I'm certain sure that they struck our trail not long after we left Big Bone Lick, an' in these woods the man that takes the fewest risks is the one that lives the longest." It was a final statement.

In the present emergency the leader's authority was supreme.

They rested about an hour with no sound save the shuffling feet of the horses which could not be kept wholly quiet; and then they started on again, not going so quickly now, because the night was dark, and they wished to make as little noise as possible, threshing about in the undergrowth.
Paul pressed up by the side of Henry.
"Do you think we shall have to go on all night, this way ?" he asked.
"Wasn't Mr.Pennypacker right, when he said we were out of danger ?" "No, the schoolmaster was wrong," replied Henry.