A few days later, Docas and some of the other Indian boys were playing at the edge of the camp, when Docas heard a noise and looked up.
“Look! What’s that queer animal coming toward us?” he said.
“It has two heads!” exclaimed Heema.
“That will give Ama and Docas something to eat for a long time.”
The children were so surprised that they did not think of running. They just sat still and looked at this thing as it came nearer.
“There are three more of them,” cried Docas. “They are coming toward us, too.”
“Now the first one is stopping! Now it’s breaking in two!” exclaimed Heema.
In a moment more, however, the children found that it was not one creature. It was a white man riding on a queer little animal with long ears that wagged backward and forward.
They walked toward Docas, and Docas called his father. Massea did not run away, but came up to where they were. The white men told Massea by signs that they were trying to find out how far the great bay extended to the south.