lf, ingenious, resourceful, resolute.

He rose from his bed, folded the blanket into the usual tight square,
which he fastened on his back, and took a look at his surroundings.
There was no human presence save his own, but innumerable tracks showed
him that the hills were full of game. Then sharp hunger assailed him,
and he ate another portion of the wild turkey, calculating that enough
would be left for several more meals. He considered himself extremely
lucky in securing the turkey, as it undoubtedly would be dangerous now
to fire his rifle, since the warriors must have come much nearer in the
course of the night.

Going to the crest of the highest hill, whence he could get a long view,
he saw smoke in the west, not more than three miles away, and he was
quite certain it was made by some portion of Red Eagle's band. They
would not allow so much smoke to rise, unless it was intended as a
signal, and his eyes followed the circle of the horizon in search of the
answer.

From his lofty perch he saw far over the tumbled mass of hills to the
eastern sky, and there he caught a faint trace across the sunlit blue.
It was miles away and only eyes of the keenest, like his, would have
noticed the vague smudge, but he did not doubt that it was a response to
the first signal. They could not see from the first to the third smoke,
but there must be a second in between, probably to the north, where the
hills shut out his view, and the messages were transmitted from the
extremes through it.

He gazed a long time at the eastern smoke, trying to read what it was
saying. The warriors of Red Eagle's band were not likely to have gone so
far in the night, and, at last, he came to the conclusion that Yellow
Panther and the Miamis had come up. The more he thought about it the
more thoroughly he was convinced that it was so, and that his situation
had become extremely dangerous again. The Shawnees were bound to pick up
his trail in time, they would find that it led into the hills, and then,
by means of signals of one kind or another, they would tell their
allies, the Miamis, to close in on him. They would also send warriors to
both north and south, and he would be surrounded completely.

Henry did not despair. It was characteristic of him that his spirits
should rise to the highest when the danger was greatest. The lassitude
of the soul that he had felt for a few moments disappeared and once more
he was alert, powerful, with all his marvel