About two hours before noon
These records are a kind-hearted try to save other Injuns that come along a whole lot of trouble . That 's why old Haukemah wrote it in Ojibway ` stead of Cree : this is by rights Ojibway country . '' `` We 'd better pike out , if we do n't want to get back with th ' squaws , '' suggested Dick . About two hours before noon , while the men 's squadron was paddling slowly along a flat bank overgrown with grass and bushes , Dick and Sam perceived a sudden excitement in the leading canoes . Haukemah stopped , then cautiously backed until well behind the screen of the point . The other canoes followed his example . In a moment they were all headed down stream , creeping along noiselessly without lifting their paddles from the water .