He intended to invade the Indian camp, and he knew full well that it was the most perilous enterprise that he had ever attempted.
Yet scouts and hunters had done such things and had escaped with their lives.

He must not shrink from the path that others had trodden.
He made up his mind firmly, and partly thought out his plan of operations.

Then he rested, and so sanguine was his temperament that he began to regard the deed itself as almost achieved.

Decision is always soothing after doubt, and he fell into a pleasant dreamy state.

A gentle wind was blowing, the forest was dry and the leaves rustled with the low note that is like the softest chord of a violin.