"By all means have it prepared during the day. Later on I may be able to give a pretty good guess what all this means." And the boys looked at each other significantly.
If the chiefs, or any of the lower order, knew anything about the origin of the town, they did not make it apparent.
"Do you notice one singular thing about this town and the people in it?" asked John.
Neither of the boys could guess.
"Where are the medicine men, and those who perform the sacred rites at their festivals?"
The boys again looked at each other for an answer. George replied: "I think they are at the caves of which the charts give some indication," finally exclaimed Harry.
"That is the case, undoubtedly. That is where we shall have the difficulty. The chiefs will not disclose their hiding places. Before going on the search we must question the chief."
In the early morning John and the boys called on the chief in company with Uraso. A complete change had come over him. Two days before he was sullen and moody, after the first lesson had been given him. Now he was different and agreeable.