"No, that was wrong.

I was dreaming of the deer that we'll soon find.

Come, Lennox, we'll go seek him." "And while you're finding him," said Willet, "I'll be building the fire on which we'll cook the best parts of him." Tayoga and Robert went together into the forest, the white youth taking with him his rifle, which, however, he did not expect to use.

It was merely a precaution, as the Hurons, Abenakis, Caughnawagas and other tribes in the north were beginning to stir and mutter under the French influence.

And for that reason, and because they did not wish to alarm possible game, the two went on silent foot.
No other human beings were present there, but the forest was filled with inhabitants, and hundreds of eyes regarded the red youth with the bow, and the white youth with the rifle, as they passed among the trees.
Rabbits looked at them from small red eyes.