"The situation is grave," he said, "and I have only a few minutes to spare, so my brothers will listen seriously. I must return to the calli of Blackbird, where my friends and relatives await me. Are my brothers listening?"
"We are listening," the two men answered with one voice.
Ere going on, Black-deer walked round the room, inspecting the walls and opening the doors, as if fearing listeners. Then, probably re-assured by this inspection that no one could hear him, he returned to the two white men, who curiously followed these singular operations, and said to them in a low voice, as an additional precaution:
"A great danger menaces the Antelope Comanches."
"How so, Chief?"
"The Apaches are watching the neighbourhood of the village."
"How do you know that?"
The Chief looked around him, and then continued in the same low and suppressed voice:
"I have seen them."
"My brother has seen the Apaches?"