We should cut off his trail to the north.

Nacaytzusle went too far east; there"-- he pointed toward the northeast--"is where he ought to stand." Tyope spoke the Navajo language fluently.
"Thou art right," said the other; "go thither, and we will be closer together." Tyope felt loath to follow this advice, for it would have brought him uncomfortably near his most dangerous foe; yet, under the circumstances and to avoid all suspicion he accepted the suggestion, and was about to turn in the direction indicated when the signals sounded again and simultaneously from every quarter.

The strange Indian held him back, asking,-- "How is this?
We are five, and four have shouted now.

Who art thou, and where dost thou come from ?" "I came from above," Tyope replied, with affected composure.
They stood so close together that the Navajo could notice some details of Tyope's accoutrements.

Grasping the cap of buffalo hide which dangled from the belt of the Queres, he inquired,-- "What dost thou carry here ?" All was lost, for the Navajos were well acquainted with this garment, peculiar to the war dress of the Pueblos.