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Furnished with these facts, Middleton detailed a small guard of his
most trusty men, took leave of Don Augustin, without declaring his
hopes or his fears, and having arrived at the indicated point, he
pushed into the wilderness in pursuit. It was not difficult to trace a
train like that of Ishmael, until he was well assured its object lay
far beyond the usual limits of the settlements. This circumstance, in
itself, quickened his suspicions, and gave additional force to his
hopes of final success.
After getting beyond the assistance of verbal directions, the anxious
husband had recourse to the usual signs of a trail, in order to follow
the fugitives. This he also found a task of no difficulty, until he
reached the hard and unyielding soil of the rolling prairies. Here,
indeed, he was completely at fault. He found himself, at length,
compelled to divide his followers, appointing a place of rendezvous at
a distant day, and to endeavour to find the lost trail by multiplying,
as much as possible, the number of his eyes.


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