“I did, and then they came out here and sat for some time over their guns.”
“On the lookout for birds?”
“On the lookout to see if this way would do for us to escape.”
Perry whistled.
“Did they tell you so?”
“No; but I put that and that together.”
“Put why go this way? This does not lead over the mountains.”
“Because the Indians will not think we should choose this route.”
“But we couldn’t get over the mountains from down there.”
“We must,” said Cyril quietly.