"When?"
"They came in the night, when Bill was asleep. They paddle soft up the river; they creep up the trail; they see the cabins empty; they laugh. 'Hishu is not strong,' they say. 'Hishu is like a gopher, easy to catch.'"
"And how many of the Big Lakes came?" Bill questioned.
Nadu held up two fingers.
"Bah! Is that all?"
"Ah, ah; all now, but not all by and by."
"And you think more will come later?"
"Ah, ah."
"Did you see the Injuns? Did you speak to them?"
"Ah, ah."