"Why did you come here?" asked the white man, sternly.
"Shaw'noe dere and dere and dere," replied Red Crow, pointing toward every point except that of the block-house; "if go on path, Shaw'noe kill white man—kill white woman."
"Do you want to help us?"
"Me show way—Shaw'noe not see—not find."
This promise was received with a good deal of skepticism, but the feelings of the parents were greatly stirred by the next words that were quickly uttered:
"White boy Wart'n—white boy Larr—dey come with Arqu-wao."
"What!" exclaimed the father, recognizing the names, and striding in front of the Indian; "do you know anything about those two boys?"
Red Crow nodded his head several times.
"Where are they?"
"Up dere," he replied, pointing in the direction of the point in the trail where he had left them but a short time before.