Besides, you are not strong enough yet to walk more than a few steps." Robert knew that he would be forced to obey, and he passed the night partly in dozing, and partly in staring at the sky.

In the morning he was very hungry and showed an increase of strength.

Tayoga, true to his word, gave him a double portion of the soup, but still forbade sternly any attempt at walking.
"Lie there, Dagaeoga," he said, "and let the wind blow over you, and I'll go farther into the forest to see if friend or enemy be near." Robert, feeling that he must, lay peacefully on his back after the Onondaga left him.

He was free from fever, but he knew that Tayoga was right in forbidding him to walk.

It would be several days yet before he could fulfill his old duties, as an active and powerful forest runner.