"You know best, Joe."

"Oui, nodoubtedly.'

"Then wot I advise is that we gallop to the broken

sand hillocks ye see yonder, get behind them, an' take

a peep at the Redskins. If they are Pawnees, we'll go

up to them at once; if not, we'll hold a council o' war

on the spot."

Having arranged this, they mounted and hastened

towards the hillocks in question, which they reached

after ten minutes' gallop at full stretch. The sandy