Instead, the night, the great forest, the swift river and the gliding canoe appealed to his sensitive and highly imaginative mind.

He was uplifted and he felt the confidence and elation that contribute so much to success.
It was characteristic of the three, so diverse in type, and yet knitted so closely together in friendship, that they would talk much at times and at other times have silence long and complete.

Now, neither spoke for at least three hours.

Tayoga, in the prow, made occasional strokes of his paddle, but the current remained swift and the speed of the canoe was not slackened.

The young Onondaga devoted most of his time to watching.