A destitute tribe captures horses from the Hat Creek crew, and Call, Gus, and Deets track them to a barren country where a misunderstanding leads to tragedy.

Then Deets dropped to his knees. He noticed with surprise that the young Indian was near him, already dead. For a moment he feared that somehow he had killed him, but then he saw that his own gun was still holstered. It must have been the Captain, or Mr. Gus. That was a sad thing, that the boy had had to die just because he couldn't understand that they were friendly. It was one more regret — probably the boy had just been so hungry he couldn't think straight. Then he realized that he was on his knees and tried to get up, but Mr. Gus put a hand on his shoulder and asked him to wait. "No, you don't have to get up yet, Deets," Augustus said. "Just rest a minute."

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