"Ten, I believe."
"Good. Have you among them any in whom you can trust?"
"All," the sachem answered, proudly.
"I do not allude to courage, but to experience."
"Wah! I have Spider."
"That's the man. He will take our place here with his warriors; he will cut off the communication aloft, while my comrades and I follow you. I should like to inspect the spot where your prisoner was tied up."
All was arranged as Valentine proposed. Spider established himself on the trees with his warriors, with orders to keep a good look-out; and Valentine, now sure of having raised an impassible barrier before Red Cedar, prepared to go to the camp, accompanied by Unicorn. Curumilla again interposed.
"Why go down?" he said.
Valentine was so well acquainted with his comrade's way of speaking, that he understood him at half a word.
"True," he said to Unicorn; "let us go to the camp, proceeding from branch to branch. Curumilla is right; in that way, if Red Cedar is concealed in the neighbourhood, we shall discover him."