This made his own situation exceedingly critical.

The only mitigating circumstance was that the four were dispersed, and only one of them could as yet have an idea of his whereabouts.
The Indian from the Rito braced himself against the tree, and taking off his helmet laid it carefully beside him on the ground.

Then he took off the quiver, emptied it, and tied the strap to which it was fastened around his waist.

To this belt he tied both the quiver and the helmet, distributing them in such a manner that in the prevailing darkness they appeared like one of the ragged kilts of deerskin which formed the main part of a Navajo's costume.

Next Tyope untied the knot which held his hair on the back of the head, divided the long strands into switches, and began to wind those around his skull.