Now they are gone whence they came, and I think that we are safe for a time.

Soon you will be better and we can go hence.' 'Where can we go to, Otomie?
We are birds without a nest.' 'We must seek shelter in the City of Pines, or fly across the water; there is no other choice, husband.' 'We cannot try the sea, Otomie, for all the ships that come here are Spanish, and I do not know how they will greet us in the City of Pines now that our cause is lost, and with it so many thousands of their warriors.' 'We must take the risk, husband.

There are still true hearts in Anahuac, who will stand by us in our sorrow and their own.

At the least we have escaped from greater dangers.

Now let me dress your wounds and rest awhile.' So for three more days I lay in the cave of the mountains and Otomie tended me, and at the end of that time my state was such that I could travel in a litter, though for some weeks I was unable to set foot to the ground.