Ay! worse--in the country of our enemies.

You may not comprehend the full truth of this, but Spain lays claim now to all this great river, with the country bordering it.

O'Reilly has already despatched soldiers as high as the mouth of the Ohio, to guard its passage; so there is peril lurking before us, as well as behind." "O'Reilly has sent soldiers northward?
How know you this, Eloise ?" "It was common talk in the town.

I saw with my own eyes the departure of one expedition.

It was composed of a captain, with twelve soldiers, destined for the Ohio.