"On a kind of litter, which ought to be here still. It was carried on men's shoulders. You know, the snakes do not spring very high."
"And we will wrap you in a buffalo hide, so that you will be safe from all danger."
Don Estevan went in search of the litter, and soon found it, while Stoneheart got the buffalo hide ready. All was prepared in a few minutes.
"We have not broken the conditions of the treaty," said Estevan to his friend.
"How so?"
"Did you not agree to meet the chief at the camp today, and not before?"
"I did; and it would have been impossible to do so, had we remained here the stated time."
"Well, who knows whether the Tigercat did not take that into account too?" replied Estevan.
This observation gave our three personages ample food for reflection; and they began their journey without any further attempt at conversation.