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Updated: June 29, 2025
If we do not fight the Red Bones we may have to fight these Mayorunas, who now are our friends. We must stay." McKay nodded, still studying the expressionless countenance of Rand. "That's settled," he announced, crisply. "Now, Lourenço, find out Monitaya's plan of battle." The chief had finished his examination of the women and Lourenço promptly put the question. Monitaya laconically replied.
Savage and civilized, each man was fit, alert, formidable. Nowhere in the loosely joined chain was a weak link. Before the departure the Americans had been at some trouble to rid themselves of Yuara, who, with his men, had tarried at the Monitaya malocas during Tim's sickness.
Yuara and his companion meanwhile were being interrogated by both Lourenço and Monitaya, who in turn enlightened them as to the present state of affairs. At the promise of war the faces of the Suba men lit up. "Yuara comes only on a visit to learn news," Lourenço told the rest.
At that moment Monitaya and Lourenço both arose, the chief to inspect in person the progress of the arrangements for the feast, the bushman to return to his companions with additional news. "Monitaya tells me," he said, "that his people have lost girls in other ways than by the murderous attacks of the gunmen.
His companions lolled for some time, smoking and watching the family life of the ordinary members of the tribe, nodding now and then to some friendly-looking young fellow, but ignoring the mischievous glances of the girls. Monitaya himself lay back in his hammock and dozed.
Tucu intends to prevent trouble if he can; and often the best way to prevent trouble is to make the other man realize what may happen to him if he starts it. Also he has his orders from Monitaya to stay with us at all times, and he will follow that order even if you, Capitao, try to change it. Now we go together to the chief." He nodded to Tucu, who grunted to the Red Bone leader.
"The word was, 'No," answered Lourenço. "Monitaya asked those two crippled men, 'Is this the man? As you saw, they looked at the capitao, giving no attention to the rest of us. Then they said, 'No. You will remember that the capitao was the one whom Suba also picked upon. As soon as Monitaya finishes talking with those men I shall ask him what all this means."
For a few seconds there was the silence of thought. Then Knowlton chuckled. "I'll say we have our hands full this night. Now we not only have to get ourselves and Rand out of here, but also rescue the fair damsels from the clutches of the ogre. 'Twon't do to leave them here while we go back to Monitaya and get the rest of his army. By the time we could come back they'd be gone one way or another.
The blowgun men too were darting into every opening, handling their clumsy weapons like feathers and constantly moving to spy out fresh targets. But the men of Monitaya were by no means escaping unscathed. The Red Bones, assailed from every quarter and milling about in hopeless disorder, were fighting now with desperate frenzy.
And though the Americans were studying the central figures as they walked, they also noticed that the pair of Mayorunas who had been summoned were lame. One walked with a stiff knee, the other as if a whole leg was paralyzed. "Squad halt!" muttered McKay. A step and a half and the four stood aligned and alert, two strides from Monitaya.
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