Still, with the woods full of Iroquois they must have had some of us, and I hate losing a man if it can be helped.

We are well out of it.
"Now, lads, we had better be tramping.

There are a lot more bateaux coming out, and I expect, by the rowing, they are manned by Indians.
The redskin is a first-rate hand with the paddle, but is no good with an oar." The man who had been hit in the shoulder had already had his wound bandaged.

There was a minute's consultation as to whether they should continue their journey in the boats, some of the men pointing out that they had proved themselves faster than their pursuers.
"That may be," Rogers says; "but the Indians will land and follow along the shore, and will soon get ahead of us, for they can travel quicker than we can row, and, for aught we know, there may be a whole fleet of canoes higher up Lake George which would cut us off.

No, lads, the safest way is to keep on through the woods." The decision was received without question, and the party at once started at a swinging trot, which was kept up, with occasional intervals of walking, throughout the day.