"What is the first?"
"I will deliver into the hands of the captain the wife and daughter of his enemy."
The Indian's eye darted a lightning flash of joy.
"Good," cried he, "now what is the second?"
"I will guide my brother by the paths of wild beasts, known only to myself, and with the rich plunder that I shall have given him, I will enable him to reach in less than five days the frontier of his hunting territory."
"My brother will do that?"
"I will do it, I swear."
"Good! When will the two pale women be my captives?"
"Before two days, if the chief consents to aid me."
"I have told the white chief that he can dispose of me; let him speak, then, without fear."