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Ahiram quickly
appeared, and before many minutes had elapsed, most of the hunters
dropped in, singly and in pairs, each man bringing with him some
fruits of his prowess in the field.
"The plain is free from red-skins, to-night at least," said Ishmael,
after the bustle of reception had a little subsided; "for I have
scoured the prairie for many long miles, on my own feet, and I call
myself a judge of the print of an Indian moccasin. So, old woman, you
can give us a few steaks of the venison, and then we will sleep on the
day's work."
"I'll not swear there are no savages near us," said Abiram. "I, too,
know something of the trail of a red-skin; and, unless my eyes have
lost some of their sight, I would swear, boldly, that there ar'
Indians at hand. But wait till Asa comes in. He pass'd the spot where
I found the marks, and the boy knows something of such matters too."
"Ay, the boy knows too much of many things," returned Ishmael,
gloomily. "It will be better for him when he thinks he knows less.


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