I think he will soon send two or three runners toward the south.

See, he is speaking to them now, and two are starting." Two Indians left the camp and glided silently into the woods.

Then Tandakora stopped his restless pacing, and lay down on the ground.

His face was in the shadow, but he seemed to be asleep.
The four on the hill crept away as cautiously as they had come, and they agreed that they would make a curve around St.Luc's camp, traveling all night toward the south.

Willet was anxious about the two warriors whom Tandakora had sent out, and he felt that they might possibly encounter them on the way.