With Buffalo Bill’s guns staring them in the face, the ruffians could do nothing less than obey; thereupon the scout marched them over the top of the hill and down on the other side to the place where Cayuse was waiting with Bear Paw and Silver Heels.
The boy’s eyes gleamed like those of an angry panther as he looked at Banks.
“Was that the man who had you pulled up at the face of the cliff, Cayuse?” asked the scout, indicating Banks.
“Wuh!” snarled Cayuse, his hand groping for his knife.
“Leave him alone, boy,” said the scout, in a tone of sharp command. “The law is going to take care of him.”
“Hendricks, there,” said Dell, “is the man who met Annie McGowan at the railroad-station in Phœnix.”
“They were both concerned in the abduction,” returned Buffalo Bill, “and they can both be sent over the road.”
“What ye givin’ us?” scowled Banks. “We ain’t done nothin’ we can be sent up fer.”
“We have the proof, Banks, and you and Hendricks will go to Yuma just as surely as the sun rises and sets.” The scout turned to the Piute. “Go up the hill, Cayuse, and keep watch for Apaches.”