"Be the powers! but look yonder jist!" interrupted Pat, pointing down the river. "What does that mane?"
Waring had already caught sight of the suspicious object, and turned to Hezekiah.
"What do you make of it?"
"A lot of Indians, as sure as thunder."
CHAPTER III.
THE SHADOW OF DANGER.
"It's a canoe—one of them infernal Indian ones," added Hezekiah. "I know enough of 'em to be sure of it."
The object in question was close under the Ohio shore, and at the distance when first seen, might have been mistaken for a common log; but Waring, who had learned to regard every such manifestation with suspicion in the Indian country, was convinced that it was something more the instant he caught a glimpse of it. Besides, Hezekiah was positive, and if any individual was competent to judge in regard to the identity of such a vessel, his experience, as related at the commencement of this tale, should certainly have pointed him out as that man.