Then, after a moment: "You must portage the canoe round the falls, and from there we can paddle back to the path." The return trip made, they approached the house.

As they turned the corner they saw Colonel Zane standing at the door talking to Wetzel.
They saw that the Colonel looked pale and distressed, and the face of the hunter was dark and gloomy.
"Lew, did you get my turkey ?" said Betty, after a moment of hesitation.

A nameless fear filled her breast.
For answer Wetzel threw back the flaps of his coat and there at his belt hung a small tuft of black hair.

Betty knew at once it was the scalp-lock of an Indian.

Her face turned white and she placed a hand on the hunter's arm.
"What do you mean?
That is an Indian's scalp.