"Do you want to go there, or do you want to avoid it?" asked the sergeant.
"We want to go there as soon as we can."
"I'd advise you to keep away until the troops get there and clean things up."
"Why?"
"That is where the dissatisfied Indians are camped. I do not know it officially, but I understand that Flatnose and Moonface, the two chiefs, are there now, and that the orders from Washington are to send us in to drive them out."
"When is this to take place?"
"The Indians have made no open declaration of war as yet, but it is looked for at any time."
"How will it be announced?"
"By the signal fires on the hills. A detachment of our men picked up early this morning a wounded Indian, named Pokopokowo. He was wounded, and was taken to the post surgeon to be cared for. He has just confessed that it is the intention of the Indians to rise and kill all the white settlers they can lay their hands on. I am on my way to send out the alarm."
"And you say the Indians are camped at the Hole in the Wall?"