They gave one last look at the far edge of the prairie, where they could still dimly see the white stallion, now keeping well away from the woods.
"I don't think anything will get him," said Henry, "and I hope not.

Just as we do, he loves to be free." They, too, re-entered the woods and were fortunate enough to find a deer quickly.

Henry was willing to risk the chance of the shot being heard by their enemies and his bullet brought it down.

Then they cut up the body and took it back to the boat, where they told all that had occurred.

The others agreed that if Alvarez and his men were in the vicinity they ought to leave at once, and, transferring the drying clothes from the bank to the boat, they entered the Mississippi once more and set sail down its stream..