"So that is where you learned to speak such good English is it?" said George.
"Yes."
"Do you find that your education helps you a good deal out here in your life among the Navajos?"
For a moment the young Indian stared blankly at the inquirer and then without replying to the question, once more turned to his companion and after a brief conversation he again faced the boys and said, "We thank you for the breakfast you have given us. We must go now."
"Shall I tell those men if they come back," spoke up Zeke, "that Thomas Jefferson and another Navajo have been here to see them?"
There was a gleam in the eyes of the namesake of the great statesman when he answered, "Say nothing."
"Yes," said Zeke, "but I would like to know if they are looking for you."
"We are looking for them," retorted the Navajo.
"Well, all I can say," said Zeke, "is that I hope you'll find them. Maybe you'll find them too before they find the claim staked by old Sime Moultrie."
Plainly the Navajo was startled by the guide's suggestion for he stopped abruptly and said, "Is Simon Moultrie dead?"