He soon fell asleep, tired from his long journey.
Then the chief sent two men to pull up the drawbridge which had been down since early morning.
He still feared that the Bear tribe would attack them.
After this had been done, the chief said to his people: “My son has returned to us. Now we must think of winter.
“Our fruit-trees have been destroyed by our enemies and we have very little dried fruit left.
“We will have to hunt and fish every day, that we may have enough food to last us through the winter.”
As the chief was talking, a messenger, who had been sent by the people of another Lake village, came up.
He said: “Chief, my people offer help to you and your tribe.
“They know that your fruit-trees have been destroyed.