They unite and disperse with ease.

They require no pay nor formal subsistence; and the hardships of an irregular war are not very remote from their ordinary course of life.

Victories are easily obtained over such a rude people, but they are rarely decisive; and the final conquest becomes a work of time and patience.

All that can be done is to facilitate communication by roads, and to secure the principal avenues and the most remarkable posts on the navigable rivers by forts and stations.

To conquer the people, you must subdue the nature of the country.