"Suppose they outnumber us?" asked Fred.
"They probably do. Otherwise I do not believe they would dare think of attacking us. There is probably a large band of them."
"Then we can not fight them alone."
"I suppose not," admitted Mr. Baxter. "But I have a plan that may help us. Holfax, come here, I want to talk to you."
CHAPTER XIX
THE ATTACK
The Indian obeyed, having first fastened his leading team of dogs to a large ice boulder by means of a long thong, so they would not run off. As the other animals were attached to the team Holfax drove, they too, halted.
"Goin' make fight?" asked the Indian.
"That is what I want to talk to you about. Do you think we can fight them?" and he motioned back toward their pursuers.