I'm thinking it's the same Auguste de Courcelles, Colonel of France, whom we met first in the northern woods and again in Quebec.

There was one memorable night, as you know, Dave, when we had occasion to mark him well." "I think you're right, Robert," said the hunter.

"It looks like De Courcelles." "I know he is right," said Tayoga, speaking for the first time.

"I have been watching him whenever he passed before the fire, and I cannot mistake him." "I wonder what he's doing here," said Robert.

"He may have been in the battle, or he may have come to Duquesne a day or two later." "I think," said Willet, "that he's getting ready to lead a band against the border, now almost defenseless." "He is a bad man," said Tayoga.