"Do you wish to turn back, Daganoweda ?" The eyes of the Mohawk chieftain glittered and he seemed to swell both in size and stature.
"We are a hundred," he replied proudly.

"What does it matter how many they are?
I am astonished that the Great Bear should ask me such a question." Willet laughed softly.
"I asked it," he said, "because I knew what the answer would be.

None other could come from a Mohawk chieftain." Again the eyes of Daganoweda glittered, but this time with pride.
"Shall we advance and attack St.Luc's force tonight ?" said Willet, turning to Rogers.
"I think it would be best," replied the Mountain Wolf.

"A surprise is possible tonight only.

Tomorrow his scouts are sure to find that we are near.