"No, 'cause dere backs was turned toward me, but I knowed dey war looking fur us, so I wheeled on my heel, and remarked, 'sh!' jist to stop you from running ober me; as I done so, de Injuns wanished in de wood, but you can make up your mind dey'll be back agin mighty soon."
"And what was it that you saw, Habakkuk?"
"I guess it must have been the same savages," replied McEwen, who had begun to regain something of his self-possession.
"Didn't you see any more?"
"No. But when you find two red men, you can feel sartin thar's a big lot more at hand; they're the same as rattlesnakes, in that respect."
"It's not so bad as I thought, but the case is bad enough. Gravity, how far off is that place in the rocks we're hunting for?"
"Reckon it can't be fur away now."
"We must make all haste to it, then. The Indians seem to be, so far as we know, on our right, and you must bear off to the left, so as to avoid them, if we can."
"Hold on," interrupted McEwen. "Gimp seen two Injins, didn't he?"
"Dat's de fac'," replied the negro.