so thought Henri, Joe was not quite sure about it, and

Dick hoped for the best.

In the course of half-an-hour the last of the Camanchees

was seen to hover for a second on the horizon,

like a speck of black against the sky, and then to disappear.

Immediately the three hunters vaulted on their steeds

and resumed their journey; but before that evening

closed they had sad evidence of the savage nature of

the band from which they had escaped. On passing

the brow of a slight eminence, Dick, who rode first,