He is a mighty hunter and he has hunted mighty game, but the game that he hunts now is more wary than the stag or the bear, and has greater power to strike back than either." "Well spoken, Tayoga." The hunter and the Onondaga looked at each other in the dark and laughed.

Their spirits were as wild as the wilderness, and they were enjoying the prospect of the Ojibway's empty trap.

Robert laughed with them.

Already in his eager mind success was achieved and the crossing was made.

After a while he saw dim silver through the trees, and he knew they had come to the river.