It'll blow the fog away, an' we'll lay in plain sight o' all o' them savages." Henry's instinct for generalship rose at once and he saw a plan.
"We must keep on for midstream," he said.

"We know what direction that is, and, out in open water, we'd have one advantage even over their numbers.

Theirs are only light canoes, while ours is a big strong boat that will shelter us from any bullet.

Pull away, boys! I'll help Sol keep up the watch." The boat once more resumed its progress toward the main current.

The wind, as Sol had predicted, rapidly grew stronger.