"Strange man!" he said significantly. "Find track soon!"
"Do you mean," asked Sandy, "that there's some one chasing us up?"
"Find track soon," was all the explanation the Indian would make.
"Of course!" Sandy declared. "We couldn't think of going back to the cabin without butting into some new combination!"
In a short time the Indian discovered the footprints he was looking for, and pointed them out to the boys. Two persons had passed that way not long before. The tracks in the snow showed that one had worn moccasins and the other ordinary shoes.
"I should think that fellow's feet would freeze!" Sandy observed.
"He don't seem to have any overshoes on!"
"How do you know?" asked Thede. "He may have a small foot and wear overshoes shaped like a shoe itself."
"I wish we could follow the trail and find out where they're going!" Sandy observed.
"I'm game for it!" declared Thede.
The two boys pointed to the foot-prints and started to follow them.