Cartwright Hunter (C); 21Oct68; R446293.

"That's Langlade sending up signals," said the hunter, anxiously, "and he wouldn't do it unless he had something to talk about.

Of this number one, the interpreter and incidentally the best hunter of the party, was a half-breed; two were French voyageurs; one was a negro servant of Clark; nine were volunteers from Kentucky; and fourteen were regular soldiers.

A few of the more reckless and foolhardy, and more especially of those who were either merely hunters and not farmers, or else who were of doubtful character, lived entirely by themselves; but, as a rule, each knot of settlers was gathered together into a little stockaded hamlet, called a fort or station.

"It looks to me," said Bull Hunter mildly, "that you're trying to force a fight on me.

"Remember that I'm not urging you," said the hunter, politely.

" Briefly he sketched in the story of the rescue, and how Bull Hunter afterward had ridden the horse without spurs, without a bridle.

" "It can't be possible that they're aiming it at us," said the hunter, thoughtfully.