of which they caught the flash of
the rising sun on polished swords and carbines, and a gleam of color
from the flag that fluttered in the fresh morning breeze.

The Indians in the hole had heard the bugle also, and now there was
confusion indescribable. On came the troops, and Ted and Stella went
down to meet them.

Captain Hendry was in command, and it did not take him long to get in
possession of the facts.

"So you've got them bottled up, eh?" he said to Ted.

"Yes; all you have to do is to make them surrender," answered Ted.

"Which I don't think will be such an easy thing."

"I don't think you'll have any trouble about it. Come with me, and bring
a firing squad of your men."

The captain gave the order, and followed Ted to where he could look down
into the hole.

Then the captain laughed. "You have done better than I expected," he
said.

Raising his voice, Captain Hendry shouted:

"Flatnose, you know me. This is Captain Hendry. I have got you in that
hole like a rat in a trap. If you are wise, you will throw down your
arms and surrender. I have my men here with me, and if you do not
surrender, we will have to shoot you to death one by one. Will you
surrender?"

The old chief looked up and saw the captain leaning over the edge above.
For several minutes he stared upward, then he threw his rifle to the
ground and gave a hoarse command, and his followers threw their arms
upon that of their leader.

One of the troopers ran down into the valley with a command, while those
above lay flat on the edge with their carbines in a ring pointed at the
throng below.

In a few minutes the bugle sounded again, and the troops were seen
marching into the hole. The war was at an end without a fatal shot
having been fired.

As Captain Hendry marched away with his prisoners, he thanked Ted for
the great service which he had done the government by holding the
Indians and renegades until the arrival of the troops.

"Well, that's over," said Ted, as the last of them faded out of sight at
the end of the valley. "But _our_ work is just begun. We've got to find
those five hundred head of stolen Circle S cattle."

"I suggest that we take a look behind that shelter of Shan Rhue's, and
see if there is a passage leading from it," said Stella.

"Good idea," said Ted, and they climbed down into the valley and entered
the Hole in the Wall, where the other boys were waiting for them.

Ted went at once to the shelter, which w