"When he falls it is to be by my hand." "Yes, he belongs to you, Tayoga," said Willet "Now they've concluded that we continued toward the south, and they're going on that way." As they felt the need of the utmost caution they spent the remainder of the day and the next night on the crest.

Robert kept the late watch, and he saw the dawn come, red and misty, a huge sun shining over the eastern mountains, but shedding little warmth.

He was hopeful that Tandakora and his warriors had passed on far into the south, but he heard a distant cry rising in the clear air east of the peak and then a reply to the west.

His heart stood still for a moment.

He knew that they were the whoops of the savages and he felt that they signified a discovery.