“It will take many days to make the journey.”
“I suppose so—but that cannot be helped.”
Dave then told the Indian chief why he was making the journey. White Buffalo listened attentively and his eyes flashed fire when he heard that Henry had been arrested as a thief.
“The English chief at Quebec is a fool,” he said. “My white brother Henry is no thief. I will tell the English chief that to his face. He is a fool.”
“I want to save Henry if I possibly can,” answered Dave.
“What will David do?”
“I don’t know yet. But I have some letters that tell of Henry’s bravery in battle, and those may help him.”
White Buffalo was silent after this and had but little to say while supper was being prepared and eaten. But before he retired for the night he came to Dave again.
“Would my white brother like White Buffalo to go with him to Quebec?” he asked.
“Oh, White Buffalo, that is asking a good deal of you!”