“Do they know of our coming?”
“They cannot, but others do.”
“Who are the others?”
“Lieutenant Decker, the man Freeman with him, and Mendez and Cemuri, the traitors.”
“Who are they?”
“The white men are on the other side of the stream; they killed one of your warriors, as I have learned; Mendez and Cemuri have left them to watch the movements of yourself and warriors.”
“I know the renegades are with the two white men; I would give much could I lay hands on them, but we fear them not; it is the horsemen whom we need to look for, for they are more numerous than we.”
“If we move quickly we may strike and get away before the soldiers know where we are,” was the wise suggestion of Maroz.
“That we would do if we could learn where the soldiers are; we must first know that.”