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If we attack by day they will tomahawk the captives the very first thing . '' `` Shorely , ' , said the shiftless one . `` Then , '' said Henry , `` we do n't need to hurry . We 'll go on until about midnight , and then sleep until sunrise . '' They continued at a fair pace along a trail that frontiersmen far less skillful than they could have followed . But a silent dread was in the heart of every one of them . As they saw the path of the small feet staggering more and more they feared to behold some terrible object beside the path .