“I am afraid, Haldidge, they will make an attempt to surround us. In such a case, wouldn’t Haverland be in great peril?”
“They can’t get around him without running their heads in range with our rifles, and Alf is a man who’ll be pretty sure to discover such a trick without any help.”
“Where can Seth be?”
“Not very far off; that shot of mine will be pretty sure to bring him.”
“Haldidge, how was it that you discovered these Mohawks? Did you know of their presence before you fired?”
“Yes, long before. I’ve an idea they’ve been tracking you for an hour or two.”
“Why, then, was their attack deferred?”
“They have made no attack, remember. I don’t believe they had any such intention. There is an ambush somewhere ahead that they have laid, and it was their idea to walk you into that.”
“What was their notion in watching us so closely.”
“They were hunting for me, for I heard them say as much, and, I suppose, in case you didn’t walk into their trap, why they were going to make the attack.”