"The Squaw guards——"
"Wuff!"
"And The Man-who-buys-Skins. May he be struck by the zigzag fire!"
"Who is to have the women?"
Canada John scratched his nose. "The Medicine-Giver says, 'He that first reaches them.'"
Big Ox shook his head in doubt. "The swiftest may yet fail to keep."
"Should any pursue, the women will be killed. The soldiers will think them bit by rattlesnakes."
Again Big Ox burst forth with laughter.
"Sh!"
A hammer clicked from the stockade top. A sentry began to bawl angrily.