malicious grin. "Do they love the dark better than

the sunshine?"

"Not so," replied Joe, coolly; "but we love to

walk by the light of the moon. It will be up in less

than an hour, and we mean to take a long ramble to-night."

"The Pawnee chief loves to walk by the moon, too;

he will go with the Pale-faces."

"Good!" ejaculated Joe. "Come along, then."

The party immediately set forward, although the

savage was a little taken by surprise at the indifferent