"Come," he said. "Floyd would go to Vincennes, and the Dead Chief will show the way."
"I can not leave this spot," replied Will. "Go on and save yourself, Dead Chief. I must wait."
"What you wait for?" demanded the chief.
"My friend," replied Floyd.
"Speak his name in the ear of Dead Chief," said the Pottawatomie.
"He is known as the Long Man and the 'Yellow Hair.'"
"Ugh," said Dead Chief. "He is a good man and loves the Indians who are true to the American father at Vincennes. Listen: Dead Chief has a warm heart toward the Long Man, and will stay. Is he in the woods?"
"Yes."
"Good. One canoe is enough for us. Mine is best. Where is yours?"
Floyd drew it out from the cover, and the savage at once knocked a hole in the bottom and sent it out into the stream. It filled quickly and floated out of sight just as a hurried step was heard, and Yankee Seth came through the bushes, and looked down into the place where he had left the canoe.