CHAPTER VII.
CONFUSED.
The two Indians who had startled Sam, were on the point of entering the old dwelling house, and seemingly were unaccompanied by any others.

Sam happened fortunately to be standing in shadow, and they passed without seeing him.

But what was he now to do?
He was at the back of the house, and a high picket fence around the place made it impossible for him to escape by the front-way, towards which the savages had gone.

Looking through the door-way, he saw that the pair had passed through the room nearest him and into the adjoining apartment.

He knew that other Indians were in the neighborhood, and that a dozen of them might wander into the enclosure at any moment.