Have no fears for me.

I will not enter the village Until after dark." He glided away without noise, and Robert, having supreme confidence in him, lay down among the bushes, which were so dense that the keenest eyes could not have seen him ten feet away.

His frame was relaxed so thoroughly after his immense exertions and he felt such utter thankfulness at his escape that he soon fell into a deep slumber rather than sleep, and when he awoke the dark had come, bringing with it Tayoga.
"Lo, Dagaeoga," said the Onondaga, in a tone of intense satisfaction, "I have done well.

It is not pleasant to me to take the property of others, but in this case what I have seized must have been captured from the English.

No watch was kept in the village, as they had heard of their great victory and the warriors were away.