Confusion was at once apparent among them.

Oars were seen to drop, and as the fire continued, the rowing ceased.

Another minute and the boats were turned, and were soon rowing out again into the lake.
"There's the end of that," Rogers said, "and a close shave it has been.
"Well, youngster, what do you think of your first scout in the woods ?" "It has been sharper than I bargained for," James said, laughing, "and was pretty near being the last, as well as the first.

If it hadn't been for your taking us to the boats, I don't think many of us would have got back to Fort Henry to tell the tale." "There is generally some way out of a mess," Rogers said, "if one does but think of it.

If I had not thought of the French boats, we should have scattered, and a few of us would have been overtaken, no doubt; but even an Indian cannot follow a single trail as fast as a man can run, and I reckon most of us would have carried our scalps back to camp.