The guide shook his head. “Arrow a warning,” he insisted. “My boys say they go no farther. Party must turn back or harm befall!”
Chapter 14
DISASTER
Mr. Livingston carefully inspected the long dart. After showing it to the four Rovers, he broke and threw it aside.
“You no heed the warning, Senor?” Pedro asked.
“No, Pedro. We have come too far to turn back now. I was told in Cuya that the natives in this section of the country are not friendly, but neither are they considered dangerously hostile.”
“Someone maybe stir them up, Senor,” Pedro declared with a troubled shake of his head. “No good come to go on.”
“Captain Carter may have had something to do with this,” Willie suggested. “If he could turn the Indians against us, he would.”
“Senor change his mind? Turn back?”
“No, Pedro,” Mr. Livingston refused again.
Breakfast over, the Scouts broke camp, pushing doggedly on. Their way mounted by steps, each more severe and difficult. At noon, the party lunched by a thundering cataract.