Seven out of twenty-five is a sharp lesson, and the first man who fell was their chief, I reckon, and they will wait till the sub-chiefs with the other bands come up.

Now, the sooner the sun goes down the better.

There is one thing, it will be dark down here an hour before it is on the hill-tops." "Why shouldn't we fall back at once ?" Tom asked.
"Because, like enough, they will open fire occasionally, and if we didn't reply they would think we had made off, and would follow us, and pick up the trail where the horses left the valley.

We have got to wait here until it is too dark for them to follow the trail.

The moment it is dark enough for that we are off." It was just getting dusk, when Dave said, suddenly: "There is one of the other bands coming up.