His advances were met by distrust and menace, which pained him deeply.

He remonstrated and referred to the fact of coming to meet us alone, when if he meant us injury he could easily secure us.

Satisfied, at length, that his friendship was sincere, we consented to accompany him to meet another friend who had taken a different road in the direction of the mountain.

He was known to us by character, but that knowledge, with me at least, tended to increase rather than to allay distrust.

I had formed an idea of the man from reading speeches of his which appeared of an unscrupulously partisan character.