eminence not half-a-mile distant. The three friends
instantly drove their pack-horses behind a clump of
trees; but not in time to escape the vigilant eye of the
Red-man, who uttered a loud shout, which brought up
a band of his comrades at full gallop.
"Remember, Henri," cried Joe Blunt, "our errand is
one of
peace
."
The caution was needed, for in the confusion of the