"I will, for one. I won't have a boy like you get ahead of me; but I thought you wanted us to stay here."
"One of you stay behind the tree, and the other jump into the ditch."
"All right. I'll jump in," said Morgan.
"I will go up the gully; you go down. I will go without noise; you will make a noise, so as to make the Indians think we have both gone down towards the place where we landed. Do you understand me?"
"Like a book."
"And, Plunkett, you must keep both eyes wide open. If an Indian shows his head, shoot him."
"I'll do that."
"But don't show your own head."
"I won't do that."
I leaped into the gully as soon as I had completed my preparations. One of the Indians fired instantly. Morgan promptly followed me, and without drawing the fire of the Indians. I crept carefully up the gully, while my companion took the opposite direction, making plenty of noise. He had gone but a short distance before the discharge of Plunkett's musket assured me the ruse had been successful so far. The savages, thinking we were escaping to the water, had left their trees, and shown themselves to our sentinel.