It was manifest,
however, that both white men had disappeared and that along with them had
gone one of the packs, now doubly valuable in the eyes of the boys.
"Didn't you see the men anywhere, Zeke?" inquired Fred.
"Not a sign."
"Did you find out where they went?"
"Not exactly."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Why not seein' 'em, I'm not sure where they are nor where they went."
"But you think they went--"
"I'm not doin' very much 'thinkin'' just now," replied Zeke as he at once
began his preparations for the evening meal.
Fred however, was not to be turned aside so easily.
Approaching the place where Zeke was working he said, "Do you think those
men have tried to go to the place where Simon Moultrie staked his claim?"
"I don't know nothin' 'bout it," replied Zeke, without looking up from his
task. "My only 'pinion is that if there's any such claim and we don't get
there pretty soon there won't be much for us to look for."
"Why do you suppose John and Pete don't come back?"
"Because they have not returned."
"Don't you think that Kitoni found them?"
"I don't know much about it. I'm thinkin', however, that if they are to be
found, the Navajo will be as likely to find 'em as anybody.
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