Chief Woonga himself is her captor, and they are taking her into the North.

Rod, only you can save her!" "Only--I--can--save--her ?" gasped Rod slowly.

"What do you mean ?" "Listen!" cried the Indian boy, clutching him by the arm.

"You remember that after our fight with the Woongas and our escape from the chasm we fled to the south, and that the next day, while you were away from camp hunting for some animal that would give us fat for Mukoki's wound, you discovered a trail.

You told us that you followed the sledge tracks, and that after a time the party had been met by others on snow-shoes, and that among the imprints in the snow was one that made you think of Minnetaki.