Henry shuddered at the thought of the tomahawk flashing along every mile of a frontier so vast, and defended so thinly.

He was glad in every fiber that he and his comrades had remained to hang upon the Indian hordes, and be heralds of their marches.

In the forest a warning usually meant the saving of life.
The rain ceased after a while, although water dripped from the trees everywhere.

But the big fire made an area of dry earth about it, and the warriors replaced the long boat in the water.

Then all but four or five of them lay beside the coals and went to sleep.