"Well, it looks as though we had something definite to go on now," Jack declared as soon as they were once more on the river.
"Do you know that man?" Bob asked the Indian.
"Non."
"You never saw him before?"
"Non."
"Then we don't know whether he was telling the truth or not."
"But why would he lie to us?" Jack asked.
"I don't know unless it was to get some money."
"But he didn't want to take it."
"He didn't seem to you mean."