Lisle asked the chief for a rifle, but the latter shook his head.
"We have not enough for ourselves," he said.

"Here is a pistol we took from you, and a sword.

You must do the best you can with them.
It is probable that, before the fight goes on long, there will be rifles without masters, and you will be able to find one.

Are you a good shot ?" "Yes, a very good one." "Very well, the first that becomes free you shall have." The assailants halted five hundred yards from the village.

Then one rode forward.