“That’s down below where I had my camp, isn’t it?”
The Apache nodded.
“Are your fellow braves and Black-face Ned’s outlaws going to attack the Yelping Crew?”
“Maybe.”
“I see. You wish first to learn how large a force the Wolf Faces are able to muster.”
“Thunder Cloud desires no fight with the Yelping Crew. If the chief of the Yelpers will release the white men he has captured, Thunder Cloud will withdraw from these hills.”
“Meaning Flag-pole Jack and Shorty Sands, eh?”
“Yes.”
“Were you on your way to the cliff dwellings when you ran afoul of me?”
“No, I was afraid a white man who escaped from the castle this morning.”