“Yes, sir.”
“When did he leave?”
“The day after my visit, sir.”
“Where did he go?”
“I was told by Fighting Bird that the outlaw seemed sorry to have trusted me, after I left, and told Iron Eyes so. Iron Eyes and Death Face laughed at him, and he said that he had made a mistake, but would rectify it, and soon after he left the camp. I asked where he had gone, but Fighting Bird said he did not know; but he thought to the village of the palefaces, meaning Pioneer City.”
“But he would not dare to cross the fords?”
“It seems, sir, that he knows of another ford up the river to which no trail leads, but where there is really a good crossing, and he went there. He wished to lead a band of warriors around that way to attack the upper camp, but the Indians were too much afraid of the big guns to listen to it.”
“It’s well for us they were; but would he dare go to Pioneer City, where he must be known?”
“Yes, lieutenant, for you know he always wore a mask as an outlaw, and no one saw his face.”