His face, tanned red instead of brown, was of the blonde type and bore an aspect of refinement unusual in the woods.

The blue eyes were thoughtful and the chin, curving rather delicately, indicated gentleness and a sense of humor, allied with firmness of purpose and great courage.

His dress was similar in fashion to that of the older man, but was finer in quality.

He was armed like the others.
"I suppose we're the only people on the lake," said the hunter and scout, David Willet, "and I'm glad of it, lads.

It's not a time, just when the spring has come and the woods are so fine, to be shot at by Huron warriors and their like down from Canada." "I don't want 'em to send their bullets at me in the spring or any other time," said the white lad, Robert Lennox.