gliding into our file again, and as he passed me to resume his lead, he whispered:

“Halt, and return along the bank. The Black-Snake has overrun a ford where there are signs for my brother to read and consider.”

I turned sharply and lifted my hand; and as the file halted I caught a glimpse of the Oneida, Tahoontowhee, on our right, and motioned him to cross, head the Wyandotte, and return with him. And when in a few moments he came toward us, followed by the Huron, I said, addressing them all:

“There should be a ford hereabouts, if I am not badly mistaken, and I think we have accidentally overrun it. Did you see nothing that might indicate it, Black-Snake, my brother?”

There was a furtive flicker of the Wyandotte’s