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If it ai n't the boss chief , then they are bound to try again . He would not like to take them back to their villages with the news that a grist of them had been killed and narry a scalp taken . I expect you will see this afternoon some of them come down to palaver with Harry . '' The morning passed quietly and not unpleasantly , for they were lying in the shade , but before noon the sun had climbed up over the cliff behind them and shone down with great force , and they had to lie with their heads well under the bushes to screen them from its rays . Presently , Leaping Horse said : `` Indian chief come , no lift heads . '' All shifted their position so as to look down the valley . An Indian chief , holding up his hands to show that he was unarmed , was advancing on foot , accompanied by another Indian also without arms .