That war whoop tells 'em all as we have gone.

They will gather there, and then be after us like a pack of hounds.
"Ah! That is what I thought the captain was up to." Rogers had turned sharp to the left, the direction in which Ticonderoga stood.

He slacked down his speed somewhat, for the perspiration was streaming down the faces even of his trained and hardy followers.

From time to time, he looked round to see that all were keeping well together.

Although, in such an emergency as this, none thought of questioning the judgment of their leader, many of them were wondering at the unusual speed at which he was leading them along.