Soon they were opposite him, and he saw the outline of every figure.

Scalp locks drooped in the rain, and he knew that the warriors, hardy as they might be, were suffering.
Henry expected to see the long boat pass on, but it was turned toward a shelving bank fifty or sixty yards below, and they beached it there.
Then all sprang out, drew it up on the land, and, after turning it over, propped it up at an angle.

When this was done they sat under it in a close group, sheltered from the rain.

They were using their great canoe as a roof, after the habit of Shawnees and Wyandots.
The boy watched them for a long time through one of the little openings in the bushes, and he believed that they would remain as they were all night, but presently he saw a movement among them, and a little flash of light.

He understood it.