"The chance may come for me to throw it back to the savage who left it here.

And now, as our sleep is broken up for the night, I think we'd better scout the woods a bit, and then come back here for breakfast." They found nothing hostile in the forest, and when they returned to the hollow the thin gray edge of dawn showed on the far side of the lake.
Having no fear of further attack, they lighted a small fire and warmed their food.

As they ate day came in all its splendor and Robert saw the birds flashing back and forth in the thick leaves over his head.
"Where did the Ojibway get his canoe ?" he asked.
"The Frenchmen like as not used it when they came down from Canada," replied the hunter, "and left it hid to be used again when they went back.

It won't be worth our while to look for it.

Besides, we've got to be moving soon." After breakfast they carried their own canoe to the lake and paddled northward to its end.