George's pack which Thomas Jefferson had insisted upon taking when he rescued the Go Ahead Boy was now opened but there was no food in it. "There's nothing else to be done," said George, shaking his head. "Yes, there is something to be done," said Fred tartly. "We've got to do something. You don't know where Soc and Zeke are and I don't know where String and Pete may be. We've got to find them." "We'll find them," suggested Thomas Jefferson quickly. Both young Indians had been silent during the conversation although they were intensely interested in the conversation of the two boys. "I shall go to look up the two who went ahead of you--" began Thomas Jefferson. "But they may have passed this place and gone in the other direction," interrupted George. "I shall see," said the Navajo quietly. "I shall go in that direction and Kitoni will go in the other looking for the other two." "But he may not find them," suggested George quickly. "They probably thought Fred was lost and they have been staying where they were when he left them." "We shall see," was the laconic reply of Thomas Jefferson. "But what makes you think they will be where Fred left them?" demanded George. "I do not know," replied the Indian. "One may look and one may stay. If they think he is lost one may stay in the camp so that he will know where he is if he finds his way back to it. You must both stay right here where you are," he added. "Do not move even if no one comes for a day and a night. It is your only hope." "Hi! Hi!" exclaimed George abruptly. "I've found something in my pack! It's good to eat." George, greatly alarmed for his friend, had renewed his search among his belongings hoping to discover some food that might be prepared for the hungry lad. Strips of bacon quickly were cut and the boys, in spite of George's lameness and Fred's hunger, insisted upon making a fire and cooking the food. They were eager for the Indians to begin their search for their missing friends as speedily as possible. It was not long before the two Navajos started on their expeditions, Thomas Jefferson moving in the direction in which Grant and Zeke had gone, while his companion retraced his way in the hope of discovering John and the other guide. It had been agreed that neither should remain away longer than the following evening. If the Indians were not back in camp by that time it was agreed that the meeting place which previously had been selected for the two parties should be the spot which all should seek when they returned with the lost members of the party. It was also agreed that neither of the boys should try to withdraw from the place where they then were. The overhanging ledge protected them from the heat of the sun, and if they should be compelled to spend the night there they would be safer from the attacks of any prowling beasts than would likely be the case in a more open or exposed spot on the way they had followed.