While he was yet talking Lisa entered the tent, under the pretext of coming to borrow a towing line.

High words instantly ensued between him and Dorion, which ended by the half-breed's dealing him a blow.

A quarrel in the "Indian country", however, is not to be settled with fisticuffs.
Lisa immediately rushed to his boat for a weapon.

Dorion snatched up a pair of pistols belonging to Mr.Hunt, and placed himself in battle array.

The noise had roused the camp, and every one pressed to know the cause.