"I guess the pipe of peace has gone to his head," declared Ned
disgustedly. "Now you say they didn't get away. If not, they must be
over there now. How do you explain that?"

"No there."

"Of course they're not. Then they got away."

"No get away. Steal um," announced the Indian calmly.

His announcement was like an electric shock to them.

"Stolen? Stolen? Is that what you mean?" shouted Professor Zepplin.

"Yes."

"Oh, preposterous! Stolen? And with all of us sleeping within a rod
or so of them? Impossible."

"Eagle-eye say stole," insisted the guide.

"How do you know?"

"See um tracks, then not see um tracks."

"Well, what do you infer from that--what does that mean?"

The Indian went through a series of pantomimic gestures to indicate
that the feet of the missing ponies had been bound with cloths so that