Senecas and fetch him in so that we might interrogate him.

Such infant’s babble astounded and sickened me, and I was about to retort when a shout from one of our men drew our attention to the gully below. And there were our terrified Indians peering out cunningly at us like so many foxes playing tag with an unbroken puppy pack.

“Come, sir,” said I in deepest anxiety, “the game is too plain for anybody but a fool to follow. Sound your recall!”

He set his whistle to his lips, and as I stood there, thunderstruck and helpless, the shrill call rang out: “Forward! Hark-away!”

Instantly our entire party leaped forward; the Indians vanished; and we ran on headlong, pell-mell, hellward