We've laid out four of 'em, good and cold, an' the Shawnees, like all the other redskins, haven't much stomach for a straightaway attack on people behind breastworks; I don't think they'll try that again, but they'll be up to new mischief soon.

We must watch out now for tricks.

Them's sly devils." Ross was a wise leader and he gave food to his men, but he cautioned them to lie close at all times.

Two or three bullets were fired from the forest but they whistled over their heads and did no damage.

They seemed safe for the present, but Ross was troubled about the future, and particularly the coming of night, when they could not protect themselves so well, and the invaders, under cover of darkness, might slip forward at many points.