When they went out on the bank they took off their leggings and moccasins, wrung or beat out of them as much of the water as they could, and then let them dry for a space in the sun, while they rubbed vigorously their ankles and feet to create warmth.

They knew that Langlade's men would follow on either side of the creek until they picked up the trail again, but their maneuver would create a long delay, and give them a rest needed badly.
"Have you anything in mind, Tayoga ?" asked Robert.

"You know that the farther north and higher we go the colder it will become, and our flight may take us again into the very heart of a great snow storm." "It is so, Dagaeoga, but it is also so that I do have a plan.

I think I know the country into which we are coming, and that tells me what to do.

The people of my race, living from the beginning of the world in the great forest, have not been too proud to learn from the animals, and of all the animals we know perhaps the wisest is the bear." "The bear is scarcely an animal, Tayoga.