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“Not so bad,” said James Morris, as he eyed the game. “But you have made a long stay of it.”

“Yes, and we might have had a bear, two cubs, and a buffalo had it not been for the Indians,” replied Dave.

“The Indians!” burst out his parent. “Do you mean to say you ran into the Indians again?”

“We certainly did,—and I have been a prisoner, too,” said Henry. “I might be a prisoner yet if it hadn’t been for Dave.”

“Well, this is certainly news,” said Rodney. “I thought all the Indians had cleared out.”

“I said all along they’d be skulkin’ around,” said Sam Barringford. “Don’t ye remember as how I warned ye to keep your eyes peeled? Some o’ them redskins ain’t a goin’ to git out until they actually have to, mark me!”

The news that Dave and Henry had encountered the Indians quickly spread, and Captain Ecuyer, who was in charge of the stronghold, sent for them, that he might learn the details. They knew the captain well, and readily told him all.

“I shall have to look into this,” said the commandant of Fort Pitt. “The Indians must be cleared out of this district entirely.”