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"Well," Pete was saying "We could take tagons, but that would mean we'd have to travel slow, and there wouldn't be any ani except Bordeaux's horse" He scanned the stunned faces "Or, we could throw our saddles on the lanced at Bordeaux "What do you think?"

Bordeaux took a sip of coffee, considering the possibilities

"If you leave the wagons behind, you'll be rewarding the Indians If you take theain" He took another sip of his coffee "On the other hand, if you abandoned the wagons and rode the ht be able to keep ahead of the Indians"

Pete frowned "I know all that"

Bordeaux stared at him "I can't make the decision for you It's your et about theabout the safety of these people What would you do in ed "Saddle a ht need on the extra asped "But we're only three days out of Ashley, at the most"

Bordeaux frowned "One and a half or two if you leave the wagons - and leave tonight"

She nodded "But what if we buried the supplies under the wagons and then burned the wagons?"

"Yeah," Royce chimed in "They'd think we burned the supplies, like you said"

Bordeaux shook his head "It would take all night to bury that et more coffee and Cassie pored him another cup

She sat back on her heels "But theall day They need a rest"

"So do you And you'll need to be alert" Bordeaux countered

Pete was going to be the deciding factor and all eyes turned to hi the supplies, but I don't think the Indians would be fooled if we buried everything - even if we could" Heon his coffee while they all waited for his decision Finally he looked up "We'll spend two hours burying supplies - noin this sand Then we sleep for three hours By then the ons with laet out of here"

The decisionunder their wagon They selected thethe extra sand, they ht behind them