They supply him with the munitions of war, and he makes of our lives a terror.

Colonel Armstrong has been sent by the Governor to try to fall upon him unawares, and oust him from his vantage ground.

If the town were but destroyed and he slain, we might know a little ease of mind." The eyes of the Rangers lighted with anticipation.

This was the first they had heard of real warfare.

If they could lend a hand to such an expedition as this, they would feel rewarded for all their pains and toil.
"Captain Jacobs, Captain Jacobs!" repeated Charles, with a gleam in his sombre eyes; "tell me what manner of man this Captain Jacobs is." "I have seen him once--a giant in height, painted in vermilion, and carrying always in his hand a mighty spear, which they say none but he can wield.