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Following the disappearance of Black Ear, those in the trading-post redoubled their vigilance. Each person was armed to the fullest possible extent, and each kept on the alert for a first view of the red enemy.
"They'll not wait another day," said one of the frontiersmen. "They will be too much afraid of the others coming back to aid us."