Something moved in the thicket, a bear, perhaps, or a lynx, and the two Indians, when they were within twenty feet of him, turned aside to investigate it.

Then they went on, and it was quite clear again to Robert that he had been right about the friendly intervention of Tododaho.
Nor was it long until the truth was demonstrated to him once more, and in a conclusive manner.

The entire party departed, taking with them the portions of the deer, and they passed so very close to him that their wary eyes, which always watched on all sides, would have been compelled to see him, if Tododaho, or perhaps it was Areskoui, or even Manitou, had not seen fit just at that moment to draw a veil before the moon and stars and make the shadow so deep under the bush where young Lennox lay that he was invisible, although they stepped within fifteen feet of him.

They went on in their usual single file, disappearing in the direction of the village, while he lay still and gave thanks.
They had not been gone more than fifteen minutes when there was a faint rustle in the thicket, and Tayoga stood before him.
"I was hid in a clump of weeds not far away and I saw," said the Onondaga.
"It was a narrow escape, but you were protected by the great powers of the earth and the air.

Else they would have seen you." "It is so," said Robert, devoutly, "and it makes me all the more glad to see you, Tayoga.