The face of the young Onondaga was very grave.
"You look for an early battle, I suppose," said Robert.
"Yes, Dagaeoga," replied his comrade, "and it will be fought with the odds heavily against us.

I think the Mountain Wolf should not have awaited Sharp Sword here, but who am I to give advice to a leader, so able and with so much experience ?" "But we beat St.Luc once in a battle by a lake!" "Then we had a fleet, and, for the time, at least, we won command of the lake.

Now the enemy is supreme on Oneadatote.

If we have any canoes on its hundred and twenty-five miles of length they are lone and scattered, and they stay in hiding near its shores." "Why are you watching its waters now so intently, Tayoga ?" "To see the sentinels of the foe, when they come down from the north.

Sharp Sword is too great a general not to use all of his advantages in battle.