"How do you know it?"
"John has just brought in several of the headdresses, and they are entirely unlike the one the chief has."
The utter disregard of the savages for the chief was now explained.
When morning came the Professor turned to the boys, and remarked: "I have still further information to impart this morning."
"What is it?" was the query of both.
"Last night when I made an examination of the articles John brought in, I was under the impression that our pursuers were the other tribe that we first met north of the river. On more carefully looking them over I find that our late enemies are an entirely different tribe, so that we must count on three distinct people in our further explorations."
CHAPTER IV
THE ESCAPE. ENCOUNTERING ANOTHER HOSTILE TRIBE
The boys did not know how to receive this news; whether it complicated the situation or really offered an easier solution. The annoying thing was that the natives were at war with each other, and, apparently, all were at war with them.