The far wolf howled again, and the near wolf replied. After that followed a long silence, with the renegade, Red Eagle and his men, standing waiting and eager. The signals showed that friends were coming to join friends, and Henry was as eager as they to see the arrivals. Yet he had a shrewd suspicion of their identity.
Dusky figures showed presently among the trees, as a silent line came on. Red Eagle and Blackstaffe were standing side by side, and the renegade broke into a low laugh.
"So Wyatt comes with his men, or most of them," he said.
"I see," said the chief in a tone of chagrin.
"And he comes without any prisoners."
"But perhaps he brings scalps."
"I see no sign of them."
"It is yet too far."
"If they came bearing scalps they would raise the shout of victory."
Red Eagle, great chief of the Shawnees, shook his head sadly.