"It is the command of Taggarak that the Shawanoe shall meet him there to-morrow, when the sun climbs the mountain tops. He must bring only his hunting knife and come alone; the chief will do the same. When they face each other, Taggarak will give the Shawanoe the choice of dying by his hand or at the Spirit Circle."
"Did Taggarak say that to my brother?"
"That is his command. He has heard that the Shawanoe is making squaws of his warriors; he therefore gives him his choice of deaths."
Victor Shelton sprang to his feet.
"See here, Mul-tal-la," he said, excitedly; "do you tell us that the chief Taggarak makes the condition that he and Deerfoot are each to use only his knife as a weapon?"
The Blackfoot gravely nodded his head.
"And that neither is to have a friend with him?"
"So Taggarak wills."
"That isn't the way people fight duels. George and I must be on hand when Deerfoot gets into a scrape like that."
"But it cannot be."