At sight of this personage the general could not restrain a cry of surprise.
"To what Indian tribe does this man belong?" he asked the guide.
"To none," the latter replied.
"How, to none?"
"No; he is a white trapper."
"And so dressed?"
The guide shrugged his shoulders.
"We are in the prairies;" he said.
"That is true," the general murmured.
In the meantime, the individual we have described, tired, no doubt, of the hesitation of the little party before him, and wishing to know what their disposition was, resolutely accosted them.