Then, at a motion from the “White Vulture,” the Indians proceeded to bind Dave and the “Crow-Killer,” who submitted without resistance—which would, indeed, have been hopeless. Leona, almost fainting, was taken from Dave’s side, and then the two whites were removed to another lodge, near the center of the village, and placed under a strong guard.
CHAPTER XII. “THUNDER-CLOUD’S” REVELATION.
“Wal, we’re in for it,” said the “Crow-Killer,” philosophically. “But, if they will only give us time, we may trick ’em yet,” he said.
“Yes, but they will not give us time; they are too afraid of us to linger in their vengeance.”
“You’re right, Dave; I expect they’ll settle our hash in short order. Wal, I’ve been fighting the Crows ’bout twenty years now; I’ve shed the life’s blood of many a Crow chief, and they can only take my life in return; so the odds are on my side,” said the “Crow-Killer.”
At that moment the old chief, the “Thunder-Cloud,” followed by two other warriors entered the lodge.
“Take the young brave to the lodge of the ‘Thunder-Cloud.’” The Indians assisted Dave to rise from the skin-couch upon which he had been placed.
“Let the ‘Crow-Killer’ open his ears and hear the words of the Crow chief,” continued the old brave.