"Where is the village of my brother?" he asked in his gentle way.
The Sauk aroused himself and slowly rose to his feet. Glancing through the firelight at his questioner, he pointed to the west.
"Two suns' journey away is the home of Hay-uta. There are his squaw and pappoose. He left them two suns ago to hunt for the scalps of his enemies; but he will hunt no more; he will go home, and on his way will think of the words that Deerfoot has said to him."
"It is well he should do so; but my brother spoke of the son of the pale face. Why is he in the village of the Sauks?"
"He was brought there in the last moon; the Sauks found two pale faces in the woods."
"Where is the other?"
"Some of the Sauks took him by another path; Hay-uta knows not where he is."
"Was harm done him?"
"Hay-uta cannot answer."
"Tell me of the pale face that is in the village of the Sauks with my brother."