It was evident that the strangers observed the cavalcade

of white men, and regarded them as friends, for they

did not check the headlong speed at which they approached.

In a few minutes they were clearly made out

to be a party of three horsemen driving pack-horses

before them, and

somethin

' which some of the hunters

guessed was a buffalo calf.

Young Marston guessed too, but his guess was different.