They had looked upon a uniformed enemy for the first time, and they might soon see the colonial buff and blue of the eastern army.

Their hearts thrilled high at new scenes and new dangers.
They had gathered at Pittsburgh, and, through the captivity of the four in the Iroquois camp, they had some general idea of the Wyoming Valley and the direction in which it lay, and, taking one last look at the savage army, they sped toward it.

The time was the close, of June, and the foliage was still dark green.

It was a land of low mountain, hill, rich valley, and clear stream, and it was beautiful to every one of the five.

Much of their course lay along the Susquehanna, and soon they saw signs of a more extended cultivation than any that was yet to be witnessed in Kentucky.