With a shrewdness far beyond her years, Linna said--"He wants
them to go to the other big river, off yonder"--pointing eastward.
"Why do you wish to take them back to Wyoming?"

"If he wants them to go to the other big river, he can send them
after he sees them again."

"You will make Omas angry; he will strike you down with his tomahawk,"
said Linna.

Although these words were the words of a child, they produced their
effect. Red Wolf knew how deeply the grim warrior loved his only
daughter, and he knew, too, how terrible was the wrath of the warrior.
Omas had chosen to spare this family from the cruelty visited upon
so many others. If Red Wolf dared to run the risk of rousing the
vengeance of Omas, he must take the consequences. He shrank from
doing so.

The Delaware beckoned to one of the Senecas, and they stepped aside
and talked a few minutes, in tones too low for the listening Linna
to hear what was said. Subsequent events, however, made clear the
meaning of their conversation.

Red Wolf proposed to spare the fugitives. He wished to go away
with his companions and leave them to pursue their flight without
molestation, so far as they were concerned.

But the Senecas held Omas in less dread than did Red Wolf. They were
unwilling to let the whites escape. The third warrior, who joined