"What do you mean?" demanded John excitedly.
"Just what I say," said Zeke.
"Do you mean the whole Navajo tribe or just the two that we've seen?"
"You certainly be the most innocent chap I've ever seen," remarked Zeke irritably, as for a moment he halted and looked sternly at the two boys. "Of course I mean Thomas Jefferson and Kitoni."
"What are they coming up for?" demanded Fred.
"Children should be seen and not heard," retorted Zeke.
John laughed, but the face of his diminutive friend flushed angrily though he did not reply to the statement of the leader.
Plainly Zeke was not inclined to talk. In silence he led the way back to the camp without referring again to his visit or explaining what his future plans were to be.
Neither would he talk after he had arrived, except to remark that it would be time enough to talk when the Navajos came.
Two hours later Thomas Jefferson arrived in camp. The time had been hanging heavily upon the hands of the Go Ahead Boys and the coming of the Indian provided a sharp relief.