At first Daniel Boone was not inclined to listen to the rascal, but he remembered how anxious Ezra Winship was concerning the whereabouts of Mrs. Winship, and how much the Parsons were worried over the loss of Clara Parsons, and he at last consented to be easy on the Indian provided he would tell the plain truth.
“And remember,” he said, “I shall not let you go until I have proved your words.”
Yellow Blanket then went into many details of the late raid. He said that the news of the expedition had been brought in by Long Knife, and that it was this chief who induced Red Feather to join in an attack on the whites. Long Knife was particularly anxious to carry off some pretty white maiden whom he might make his squaw. After the fight he had tried to carry off Harmony Winship, but she had been rescued, and Long Knife had been seriously wounded by some white person, the Indian had supposed was Paul Broker, but who, later on, proved to be Joe Winship, as already related.
“And what has become of Mrs. Winship and Clara Parsons?” questioned Daniel Boone. “And of the other captives?”
“They are at the lodges of Long Knife, Leaping Waters, and Elk Head,” answered Yellow Blanket. “But remember, the great hunter has promised not to tell anybody that Yellow Blanket revealed this,” he added.
“Where are those lodges located?” went on Boone.
At this Yellow Blanket described the spot as best he could. It was a place entirely new to Colonel Boone, and one not yet visited by any of the settlers at Boonesborough.
“How long do they expect to stay at the lodges?” was Boone’s next question.
Yellow Blanket could not answer definitely, but said he supposed they would remain there during the winter, at least.
After the examination, the news the Indian had imparted was told to Ezra Winship and Peter Parsons.