the Chiefs I will do
so."

"There is another thing which you must do. The Illyas have some of the
white people in captivity. You must send a messenger and say that if
they injure the captives I will visit them and destroy them and their
villages, and that they must at once return to us, and if they do not,
we will go there and take them by force."

"It shall be done."

"Muro, you may restore the weapons to the Kurabus."

While the foregoing proceedings caused the utmost wonder in all of its
phases, the restoration of the arms was one which so completely
astonished them that the Chief could hardly speak. He finally approached
the Professor, and grasping him by the hand, said:

"I have never heard of such things before."

"You must have your weapons, because your people must have food. Go to
your villages now, and take with you the warriors we took three days
ago. We have given them back their weapons, as you see."

Ralsea, Oma and Suros then pressed forward, and held out the hands of
friendship to him. He then turned to the Professor and said: "I do not
see Uraso."

"No; he is with the people who are coming from our village, but he will
be the first one to go to you and tell you what the others have said."

The first act of Tastoa was to select the fleetest runner, to attempt
overtaking the Illyas, in order to deliver the message which the
Professor had instructed him to communicate.

CHAPTER V

THE NEW TOWN SITE. THE WATER WHEEL AND THE SAWMILL

The Professor and his party immediately left for the Brabos' village,
and before noon of the next day, Uraso, with the wagons and package
train, came in sight. The warriors, together with the chiefs, and the
two boys, Jim and Will, rushed to meet them, leaving the Professor and
Chief Suros almost deserted. They smiled at the eagerness of all. They
were just like boys.

When the procession from the village came up they surrounded the wagon
and Uraso's warriors, and took the packages from the carriers, bearing
them in triumph to the village, and passed before the Professor and
Suros. The boys began the dancing, and the warriors took up the
suggestion, and improved on it. The hilarity knew no bounds.

Uraso was the first to tell the warriors who were with him of the
surrender of the Kurabus. This acted like a stimulant to the assembly.

Later in the day, when peace and order had been restored, the Professor
addressed them as follows: "Suros and I have enj