Six--"Washaw."

Seven--"Sootare."

Eight--"Acetarai."

Nine--"Aintru."

Ten--"Aughsah."

"Now you count ten," he said somewhat in the tone of a schoolmaster to
Henry.

"All right," said Henry tractably. "Here goes: Scat, Tindee, Shaight,
Andaught, Weeish, Washaw, Sootare, Acetarai, Aintru, Aughsah."

The chief's smile deepened.

"You good memory," he said. "You learn very fast." Then he added after a
moment's hesitation: "You make good Wyandot. Wyandots small nation, but
bravest, most cunning and most enduring of all. Wyandot being burned at
the stake calls for his pipe and smokes it peacefully while he dies in
the fire."

"I don't doubt it," said Henry, who had heard of such cases.

The chief glanced at him and concluded that he said enough on that
point. Once more he looked up.

"Washuntyaandeshra."

"The moon," said Henry. "Yes, it's bright."

"You learn. You remember," said the chief. "Now you sleep again."

He walked away, and Henry closed his eyes, but did not go to sleep just
yet. He had understood Timmendiquas perfectly, and it troubled him. He
liked the young chief, but white he was and white he would remain. He
resolutely forced the question out of his mind, and soon he was fast
asleep again.

CHAPTER IV

THE FOREST VILLAGE

They traveled another day and another, always rapidly. Henry continued
his policy and asked no questions. He divined, however, that the
Wyandots were on the way to a village of theirs, either permanent or
temporary, probably the latter, as they were far west of the country
conceded by the other Indians to be Wyandot.

He surmised, also, that the red alliance against the white vanguard had
been enlarged until it included all the tribes of the Ohio Valley north
of the river. He knew very well how all these tribes were situated,
their great villages at Chillicothe, Piqua, and other places, whence it
was easy for them to make raids upon the settlements south of the Ohio
and then retreat into the vast wilderness north of it, where it was
exceedingly dangerous to follow them. Should he escape, he would not be
sorry to have been a prisoner, since he might learn all their plans,
knowledge as precious as diamonds.

On the fourth day they checked their speed, and a lithe young Indian
whom Henry heard called Thraintonto, which means in Wyandot The Fox,
stripped himself of his breech clout, gave his long and defiant scalp
lock a somewhat fiercer curl, and darted ahe