the tent of San-it-sa-rish.

Once again this chief stood between the hunters and

the savages, who wanted but a signal to fall on them.

There was a long palaver, which ended in Henri being

set at liberty and the rifle being restored.

That evening, as the three friends sat beside their

fire eating their supper of boiled maize and buffalo meat,

they laughed and talked as carelessly as ever; but the

gaiety was assumed, for they were at the time planning

their escape from a tribe which, they foresaw, would