When he turned his head and saw the horrid face of Waukko, no doubt then remained of where he was.

But he looked upon a far different scene from that upon which he had closed his eyes.
Instead of being upon the broad, sweeping prairie, he was among the mountains.

They towered upon every hand, and the war party had halted in a sort of canon or valley, where they seemed shut out from the outer world.
"Where are we ?" asked Fred, thinking it polite to open a conversation with his guardian, with a view of conciliating him; but the red-skin did not seem to be in a mood for conversation, or it may be that he did not possess a very profound knowledge of the English tongue, for he made no reply.
After a time, the lad ventured upon another modest remark, but receiving no attention, he concluded it hardly worth his while to attempt to work any further in that direction, and he gave over the effort.
As soon as the halt was made, Lone Wolf gave a sort of address to his warriors, which Fred believed to be a sort of harangue, intended to incite them to deeds of greater daring than any they had as yet shown.
The red-skins became much excited, and answered his appeals with angry shouts, grunts and gestures.

No doubt, had he chosen to lead them, they would have rushed back to a second attack upon New Boston, without the addition of another warrior to their number.

The oratory of Lone Wolf was not very graceful, but it was very effective.