His foot is very small, and it has been less than an hour since he passed here.

They are ahead of us, directly in our path." "What do you think we ought to do, Dave ?" asked Robert, anxiously.

"You know we want to go south as fast as we can." "We must try to go around Langlade," replied Willet.

"It's true, we'll lose time, but it's better to lose time and be late a little than to lose our lives and never get there at all." "The Great Bear is a very wise man," said Tayoga.
They made at once a sharp curve toward the east, but just when they thought they were passing parallel with Langlade's band, they were fired upon from a thicket, the bullet singing by Robert's ear.

The three took cover in the bushes, and a long and trying combat of sharpshooters took place.