information was received with perfect indifference by
most of the trappers, and with contemptuous laughter
by some; for a large number of Cameron's men were
wild, evil-disposed fellows, who would have as gladly
taken the life of an Indian as that of a buffalo.
Just as the word was given to resume the march,
Dick Varley rode up to Cameron and said in a somewhat
anxious tone,--
"D'ye obsarve, sir, that one o' the Redskins has gone
off ahead o' his comrades?"