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versed in low tones with a few accompanying 

 gestures, and then separated. 



Two took the short cut across the open, and 

 the other two entered the woods behind Cran- 

 dall. From his place behind the boulder he 

 watched the two Indians cross the open and re- 

 enter the forest beyond. After a brief wait he 

 audaciously followed the first two across the 

 open. While they were searching for him in the 

 woods he entered the woods beyond them. 



Darkness came and Crandall left the woods 

 and travelled in the open, but ever near the edge 

 of the woods. Morning brought him to the end 

 of the forest. As it would not do to travel the 

 open in daylight, he must necessarily lie in hid- 

 ing until night. 



But before hiding he waded down the brook 

 for a quarter of a mile, then left it and travelled a 

 short distance beyond, as though starting across 

 the prairie. Then, with utmost care to conceal 

 his trail, he made his way back to the brook 

 and waded up it some distance above the place 

 where he had first entered it. Here he drew him- 

 self up into a tree by means of a limb that ex- 

 tended across the brook. From this he swung 

 into another tree and came down upon rocky 

 | debris that showed no track nor hint of a trail. 

 He climbed a crag and on the top of this, just at 

 sunrise, lay down to wait for darkness. 



