After hurling the tomahawk he would not stay to risk a shot from Lennox.

He was willing even to abandon a weapon which he must have prized.

Ah, here is his trail! It leads through the forest toward the lake!" They were able to follow it a little distance but it was lost on the hard ground, although it led toward the water.

Robert told of the shadow he had seen near the farther bank, and both Willet and Tayoga were quite sure it had been a small canoe, and that its occupant was Tandakora.
"It's not possible that St.Luc sent the Ojibway back to murder us!" exclaimed Robert, his mind rebelling at the thought.
"I don't think it likely," said Willet, but the Onondaga was much more emphatic.
"The Ojibway came of his own wish," he said.

"While the sons of Onontio slept he slipped away, and it was the lure of scalps that drew him.