CHAPTER VI.
PUPILS OF THE BEAR When Robert and Tayoga returned to the camp and told Willet what they had done the hunter laughed a little.
"Garay doesn't want to face St.Luc," he said, "but he will do it anyhow.

He won't dare to come back on the trail in face of bullets, and now we're sure to deliver his letter in ample time." "Should we go direct to Albany ?" asked Robert.
The hunter cupped his chin in his hand and meditated.
"I'm all for Colonel Johnson," he replied at last.

"He understands the French and Indians and has more vigor than the authorities at Albany.
It seems likely to me that he will still be at the head of Lake George where we left him, perhaps building the fort of which they were talking before we left there." "His wound did not give promise of getting well so very early," said Robert, "and he would not move while he was in a weakened condition." "Then it's almost sure that he's at the head of the lake and we'll turn our course toward that point.

What do you say, Tayoga ?" "Waraiyageh is the man to have the letter, Great Bear.

If it becomes necessary for him to march to the defense of Albany he will do it." "Then the three of us are in unanimity and Lake George it is instead of Albany." They started in an hour, and changing their course somewhat, began a journey across the maze of mountains toward Andiatarocte, the lake that men now call George, and Robert's heart throbbed at the thought that he would soon see it again in all its splendor and beauty.