A fort flew our own regimental flag beside the pretty banner of our new nation.
"Oho!" said Boyd, with an oath.

"I'm damned if I care for barracks when a bed in the open is good enough.

Why the devil have they moved us indoors, do you think ?" I knew no more than did he, and liked our new quarters no better.
At the fort gate the sentry saluted, and we dismounted.

Our junior ensign, Benjamin Chambers, a smart young dandy, met us at the guard-house, directed Boyd to Captain Simpson's log quarters, and then led the Sagamore inside.
"Is this our Moses ?" whispered the young ensign in my ear.

"Egad, Loskiel, he looks a treacherous devil, in his paint, to lead us to the promised land." "He is staunch, I think," said I."But for heaven's sake, Benny, are we to sleep in filthy barracks in July ?" "Not you, I hear," he said, laughing, "-- --though they're clean enough, by the way! But the Major's orders were to build a hut for you and this pretty and fragrant aborigine down by the river, and lodge him there under your eye and nose and rifle.