"More Iroquois coming," said Shif'less Sol." Well, we gave them a
pretty warm how d'ye do, an' with our rifles and double-barreled
pistols I'm thinkin' that we kin do it ag'in."
"We can, except in one case," said Henry, " if the new party
brings their numbers up to fifty or sixty, and they wait for
night, they can surround us in the darkness. Perhaps it would be
better for us to slip away when twilight comes. Carpenter and
the train have a long lead now."
"Yes," said Shif'less Sol," Now, what in tarnation is that?"
"A white flag," said Paul. A piece of cloth that had once been
white had been hoisted on the barrel of a rifle at a point about
sixty yards away.
"They want a talk with us," said Henry.
"If it's Braxton Wyatt," said Long Jim, "I'd like to take a shot
at him, talk or no talk, an' ef I missed, then take another."
"We'll see what they have to say," said Henry, and he called
aloud: "What do you want with us?"
"To talk with you," replied a clear, full voice, not that of
Braxton Wyatt.
"Very well," replied Henry, "show yourself and we will not fire
upon you."
A tall figure was upraised upon a grassy hummock, and the hands
were held aloft in sign of peace.
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