Part 27 (2/2)
”Where are the others?”
”Safe, by this time What do you intend to do with runted the red man
”Then he is on this hunt, too?”
”He is”
”When will he be here?”
”Soon”
”Don't you know that I aood deal of trouble for yourself byme a prisoner?”
”The white ht”
”This is no way to redress wrongs, Red Wolf Why don't you go to Colonel Fairfield and make a complaint? He will send the story to the Great Father at Washi+ngton”
”The Great Father will not listen We have sent many complaints--as the white captain knows”
”He will listen--if the complaint is a just one The trouble is, the Indians will not obey Colonel Fairfield's orders”
”And why should they obey the white man? Is not White Ox their chief?”
”That is true But the land is now the white man's, and the Indians ton, or in the end it will go hard with theely ”In the end the white s No one shall rule in these reat chiefs have spoken”
”What! you are going on the warpath?”
”The hatchetup, if the white man will not listen to the red man”
”I knohat the trouble is, Red Wolf Matt Gilroy and that scoundrelly half-breed, Mose, have set you up to this They have filled your ears with false stories about our cruelty and about much money at the fort”
By the look on the Indian's face the young officer saw that he had struck the truth, at least in part
But the redhe had already said too uard to be careful and not let the captain escape
When left to himself, Captain Moore's reflections were very bitter
”If the redskins are out in force they'll probably fall in with Benson and the boys,” he told himself ”And if they do there will surely be trouble Benson won't allow theood deal of shooting all around”
He listened attentively for shots in the distance, but none came, and this caused him to be more perplexed than ever