She saw him raised from the ground, and hang suspended in mid-air. She saw another rope lowered to her, and heard the scout say:
"Hang on to that, Snowdrop, and I will pull you up!"
She seized the rope and was soon beside the scout. She flung her arms around his neck, and was about to thank him, when the old trapper interrupted:
"No time fur foolin' now! Take her, Kelly, an' cross ther kasm with her, an' hurry back ter me!"
The scout did as requested, and came back to the opening.
The body of the Sioux chief still swung in the air, and he was exercising his lungs by calling upon his warriors for help. When the trapper saw that the whole Sioux camp was astir, he said, "Now less snake him in!"
The scout seized the rope with him, and in an incredibly short space of time the Sioux chief was within the cave. Dragging him to the edge of the chasm, the old trapper tied his hands behind him and bound his feet together.
"Here, Kelly," he said, "now yer strap him onter my back, an' I'll take him over thar. Yer kin stay here ef yer wants ter see some fun arterwards!"
The Sioux chief was tied to the back of the old trapper, who swung off, and landing in safety upon the other side, called Jehiel to come and take him off.
This done, the old trapper returned to the scout. "Now then, fur ther end," he said.