We might be tomahawked in here and nobody would ever know what became of us." "I think," said Tayoga, "that our danger increases.

Tandakora after leaving the son of Onontio, St.Luc, might not go back to him.

He might fear the anger of the Frenchman, and, too, he would still crave a scalp.
A warrior has followed an enemy for weeks to obtain such a trophy." "You believe then," said Robert, "that the Ojibway is still on our trail ?" Tayoga nodded.

After a moment's silence he added: "We come, too, to a region in which the St.Regis, the Caughnawaga, the Ottawa and the Micmac, all allies of Onontio, hunt.

The Ojibway may meet a band and tell the warriors we are in the woods." His look was full of significance and Robert understood thoroughly.
"I shall be glad," he said, "when we reach the St.Lawrence.