“And when do you return?”
“Not till you come back from Tampa Bay. I have still much to do. My father’s death has still placed me in a position of trust, and I must not neglect its duties.”
“I and my tribe depart from this place in seven days.”
“And Nelatu, where is he?” asked Wacora.
“I expected him ere this. He and Red Wolf went away together.”
Oluski was ignorant of what had happened.
“They went upon a hunting excursion, and if not able to return in time, were to go on to the bay, and there await our coming.”
“You still make your summer encampment upon the hill. I have not seen it since I was a boy. It is a shame, too, since out people are buried there.”
“Yes; and, therefore, it is dear to you as to me.”
“And yet the whites have a settlement near it. It was your gift to them, uncle, I remember that.”