Three young warriors, uncommonly swift of foot, soon followed him, and three more as nimble of heel as the others, sank from sight in the forest to the left.

Both right and left soon swallowed up several of the rangers also, who were not inferior as scouts and trailers to the Mohawks.
"The wings of our force are protected amply now," said Tayoga, in his precise school English.

"When such eyes as those of our flankers are looking and watching, no ambush against us is possible.

Now our main force will advance with certainty." Twenty men had been sent out as scouts and the remaining eighty, eager for combat, white and red, advanced on the main trail, not fast but steadily.

Now and then the cries of bird or beast, signals from the flankers, came from right or left, and the warriors with Daganoweda responded.
"They are telling us," said Tayoga to Robert, "that they have not yet found a hostile presence.