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He would probably take another direction, for, after the threat he uttered to Arorara, and the panic into which he had thrown him, that warrior would be glad to hasten back to his friends, who were equally eager to reach Kentucky without loss of time. The moon was high in the heavens and the woods open.
"Arorara will do them no harm," said the individual in as cringing manner as before. "No, he will not, for Deerfoot will watch and slay Arorara if he seeks to do so," quietly remarked the youth, who, in every sense of the word, continued master of the situation. "Let us do vot he tells us," suggested Otto, moving awkwardly toward the door.
"Don't you sees?" asked Otto, turning his head and speaking in a whisper; "I want to scare old Roarer." "There's no call for doing that, for he's so seared now he can't speak; he won't fight Deerfoot." Arorara possessed less courage than Tecumseh, who, when challenged by Deerfoot in almost the same manner, would have fought him to the death had not others interposed.
He heard the of voices within, and a few seconds later he was peeping through the same orifice that had a similar purpose for jack Carleton when played the part of eavesdropper. Without quoting the language, it may be said that Arorara declared the two boys to be thieves and wretches of the worst imaginable degree.
Otto started on hearing the words, but whispered, as he hitched closer to his friend: "I don't dinks so." "Nor do I hark!" "How die?" asked Wish-o-wa-tum again struggling with the tongue to which he was a subject rather than of which he was master. "Arorara threw him down," replied the visitor, striking his fist against his breast to signify the name was his own; "jump on him take scalp.
The youth addressed his words to Arorara and his blazing eyes were fixed on him. He had no quarrel with Wish-o-wa-tum and understood his position, but he would not have shrunk from an attack by both. Deerfoot knew that either was more powerful than he, but in cat-like agility there could be no comparison between them.
"Arorara ish one pig liar!" he shouted; "he is a liar as never vos! He says dot Deerfoot is dead, and dere stands Deerfoot now!" And as the German lad thundered the words, he pointed toward the deerskin, which had been flung back once more.
While in this attitude, which might have been accepted as indicating the most heroic courage, Deerfoot saw the lump or Adam's apple rise sink in his throat, precisely as if he were to swallow something. It was done twice, and was a sign of weakness on the part of Arorara. The consuming anger of Deerfoot burned out like a flash of powder.
Immediately the youth shoved his knife in place, and for the first time seemed to become aware that he stood in the presence of others. He bestowed no attention on Wish-o-wa-tum or his squaw, but addressed his young friends. "Let my brothers go from this lodge and make their way homeward; Arorara will not pursue them."
The Shawanoe seemed to have overheard the expression, or at least suspected its meaning, guarded though the words were in their utterance, for he leaped to his feet and again striking his fist against his chest, exclaimed in hot anger: "Deerfoot dog Deerfoot dead! Arorara take scalp." To the amazement of Jack Carleton, Otto also sprang to his feet, and struck his chest a resounding thump.
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