The children played beside the fire or watched their mothers gather branches.
All the people were near the fire when, suddenly, they were startled by a shriek of terror.
Mothers clasped their children to their breasts, and fathers grasped their knives to be ready to fight.
All eyes were soon fixed upon Firekeeper.
“She stood trembling so that she could hardly speak”
She stood trembling so that she could hardly speak, but she pointed toward a thicket.
The men stepped cautiously toward it, but Firekeeper pulled them back.