A local tribe claimed that the band was infringing upon their hunting grounds and began war with a treacherous attack upon a hunting party.
The war was not long but the few hundreds who took part in it shared all the passions and fierce emotions of two great nations in conflict.

Henry was in the thick of it, first alike in attack and defense, superior to the Indians themselves in wiles and cunning.

Several of the hostile tribe fell at his hand, although he could not take a scalp, the remnants of his early training forbidding it.

But once or twice he was ashamed of the weakness.

The hostile party was triumphantly beaten off with great loss to itself and Henry and his friends pursued their journey leisurely and triumphantly.