human
I don't know whether you have seen that Winnebago or not since you started him on the run yesterday; he may be still running, but I am quite sure, from the way you have behaved, that you suspect that he and the rest of his companions are prowling through the woods, on the lookout for a chance to revenge themselves.
gpt
My brother speaks the words of truth; his thoughts are the thoughts of Deerfoot.
human
How come ye to know all that, Fred?
gpt
I see nothing remarkable about it; all I had to do was to observe the actions of Deerfoot since he joined us to-day. In the first place, he wouldn't have made us change our camping place if he hadn't had some misgiving, and then the way he has been mousing around the outside, and his decision to keep watch to-night: why what could tell the story more plainly?
human
Begorrah, said the admiring Terry,
gpt
Which looks as if you are a bigger dunce than you seem; but, added Fred, turning toward the Shawanoe,
human
Deerfoot has seen their footprints in the woods; they are on the watch for his white brothers that they may gain their scalps, because the gun of the Wolf was taken from him.
gpt
They seem to have hard work in finding us: where do those Winnebagos come from?
human
Their hunting grounds are many suns' travel that way.
gpt
Why do the spalpeens come down in this part of the world, and why don't they behave thimselves whin they do?
human
Deerfoot has met Shawanoes and Sacs and Wyandottes and Pawnees far away from their villages and hunting grounds, besides the strange Indians who come much further from the setting sun. The red men travel whither they will. Why the Winnebagos passed near the home of my brothers only they can tell.
gpt
Well, they're a bad lot, said Terry,
human
he added the next moment,
gpt
I'm glad they done the same, for if they hadn't, how would I've got hold of this lovely gun? Do ye think we shall have any more trouble with them?
human
Deerfoot believes there will be trouble, and it will come soon!
gpt
Well, if it does, all ye have to do is to take away the rist of their guns and set 'em on the run home agin.