The negro, however, still kept on after them.
Then he, too, turned the bend and disappeared.
Still Buffalo Bill gave no order to move.
For some time they waited, but Black Bill did not reappear.
The Indian camp remained as they had left it.
If there was a badly wounded redskin there he was not visible.
The fires still burned, and several Indian ponies were grazing near, but no human being could be seen.
At last an exclamation came from several of the scouts together.
The guide was returning down the valley, but was yet a mile away.