"Knotted Cord!"
"Pale-face friends of Apaches!"
It was plain that the description given of them by Red Wolf and the girls had been quite accurate enough for their instant recognition.
"Other pale-faces run away. Why you stay?"
"Don't know them. Strangers. Run away from Apache chief. Chief must not follow."
"Why not follow?"
"Run against Lipans. Have big fight. Lose many warriors. All for nothing. Better go back."
"Send Warning is a good friend. Do what he say. You come?"
"Yes. We come. Trust friend."
Steve listened in silent wonder. He had never heard Murray speak a word about the Apaches that was not full of distrust of their good faith as well as hate of their ferocity. Yet here he was treating them with absolute confidence. Steve felt quite sure he would have hesitated, for his own part, to meet a band of Lipans in that way.