"
The bee-hunter so far obeyed as to continue immovable and silent. But
there was still sufficient light to convince his companion, by the
contracted brow and threatening eye of the young man, that a discovery
would not bestow a bloodless victory on the savages. Finding his
advice disregarded, the trapper took his measures accordingly, and
awaited the result with a resignation and calmness that were
characteristic of the individual.
In the mean time, the Siouxes (for the sagacity of the old man was not
deceived in the character of his dangerous neighbours) had terminated
their council, and were again dispersed along the ridge of land as if
they sought some hidden object.
"The imps have heard the hound!" whispered the trapper, "and their
ears are too true to be cheated in the distance. Keep close, lad, keep
close; down with your head to the very earth, like a dog that sleeps."
"Let us rather take to our feet, and trust to manhood," returned his
impatient companion.
He would have proceeded; but feeling a hand laid rudely on his
shoulder, he turned his eyes upward, and beheld the dark and savage
countenance of an Indian gleaming full upon him.
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