 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER XIX 

THE DESERTED TEPEES 

Dem start dey go from daybreak, dem reach one hillside wey dey look the Stony village for the third afternoon. Surrounded by willows and ragged spruces, the conical tepees rise for the plain below, but Blake stop sharp-sharp as e see dem. Dem white reach the top, where the heat wey dey escape from the fire wey dey inside dey always melt the snow, and no smoke dey float across the clearing. The village dey ominously silent and e get deserted look. 

"I dey very much afraid say Clarke friends no dey house," Blake talk with forced calm. "We go sabi more about am for half an hour; that be if you think say e worth am to go down." 

Harding and Benson dey silent small, dey struggle with their disappointment. Dem don make one hard journey to reach the village, their food don nearly finish, and e go cost dem two days to waka go back to the valley, wey be their best road to the south. 

"Now we don dey here, we fit just spend another hour for the matter," Harding decide. "E fit be say dem no pack all their food along." 

His companions suspect say dem dey waste time, but dem follow am go down the hill, until Benson, wey dey one short distance to one side of dem, shout. When dem join am, e show dem one row of footsteps wey dey lead up the slope. 

"That person no too long wey e waka commot; snow dey yesterday," e talk. "By the line wey e follow, e suppose don pass near us. I dey wonder why e stay after the others don go." 

Numbered answers:```
 <response>: ```1. three days
2. no
3. half an hour
4. Blake
5. Clarke's
6. Yes
7. two days
8. south
9. no
10. food
11. Harding
12. no
13. footsteps
14. yes
15. there was snow yesterday
16. near them
17. no
18. conical tepee
19. Stony village
20. daybreak``` 