“He is very young?”

“Not over twenty-two, I should say.”

“And yet holds such power?”

“He is a born fighter, a plotter, a soldier, and he has won his way up, young as he is.”

“How is it that he speaks English so well?”

“Only a few minutes ago he told me that he was taught by a renegade white man and his family.”

“And also learned from him, I suppose, not to war against women and children. He could set you a good example, chief.”

“I follow my own inclinations, Miss Fallon.”

“So I have discovered. But in what part of this village am I to find refuge?”

“Up at the head of the valley, in the cabin I spoke of.”