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