I asked him how far it was to the first settlement, and he answered, "We will make it by tomorrow night."
CHAPTER X.
The next morning we were on the road very early, and we traveled nearly all day before we reached the first settlement.
There was a little cluster of houses there, perhaps fifty all together, and they were as prosperous farmers as I had seen in Texas.
They were all acquainted with the Capt. and were glad to see us.
We staid at this place a couple of days to let our horses rest, and we sold twelve of the horses that we'd captured from the Indians to the farmers.
The people there told us that it was three months since the Indians had made a raid on them, and there had not been any Indians through that neighborhood since the raid, but they had been told that the Indians were doing a great deal of damage to the settlement forty or fifty miles west of there.
Capt. McKee said, "Well, we will go down and investigate."
As we were leaving the village, an old acquaintance of the Capt. said, "Let us know when you are coming back, and we will have a banquet and a dance while you and your men are here."
Capt. McKee answered, "We will not come back until you have another visit from the Indians, and I don't believe you will want to dance then."