"Great Bear him got medicine man," explained the girl. "No get medicine man. Great Bear kill white man; Great Bear kill me."
"We'll kill Great Bear; so, that'll be a toss up. You go get the medicine man. Tell him your Indian beau is down in the canyon so badly wounded that he will die and fetch him here."
"Dew Drop fraid," she protested.
"Don't worry, we'll fix him so he won't hurt you. I will follow along behind you to see that no harm comes to you. Two of you men go outside the cave after a while and hide there and when Dew Drop brings the man you jump on him, and carry him in—"
"No, no," answered the maiden hurriedly, "me put out um medicine man eyes."
"Put out his eyes?" demanded Jesse in surprise.
"So," drawing her hand across her eyes and to the back of her head.
"Oh, I see: you mean to blindfold him? But how are you going to do it?"
"Me tell um take um cave of Great Spirit and must not see."