"Let us go, then. One word, however, first. Are the Redskins, to whom we are proceeding, a long distance off?"
"It would be almost a journey for any persons but us."
"Hum!" said Paredes.
"But you and I," the hunter continued, "who are true guides, and who have also the advantage of being well mounted, will reach the village at three or four o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the latest."
"In that case it is not very distant."
"I told you so."
"And in what direction is the village?"
"You must have often heard it spoken of, if chance has never led your footsteps thither."
"Why so?"
"Because it is only a dozen leagues at the most from the Hacienda del Toro."