Now good-by, and God bless you both." Willet never displayed emotion, but his feeling was very deep as he wrung the outstretched hand of each.

Then he turned at an angle to the east and south and disappeared in the undergrowth.
"He has been more than a father to me," said Robert.
"The Great Bear is a man, a man who is pleasing to Areskoui himself," said Tayoga with emphasis.
"Do you think he will get safely through ?" "There is no warrior, not even of the Clan of the Bear, of the Nation Onondaga, of the great League of the Hodenosaunee, who can surpass the Great Bear in forest skill and cunning.

In the night he will creep by Tandakora himself, with such stealth, that not a leaf will stir, and there will be not the slightest whisper in the grass.

His step, too, will be so light that his trail will be no more than a bird's in the air." Robert laughed and felt better.
"You don't stint the praise of a friend, Tayoga," he said, "but I know that at least three-fourths of what you say is true.

Now, I take it that you and I are to play the hare to Langlade's hounds, and that in doing so we'll be of great help to Dave." "Aye," agreed the Onondaga, and they swung into their gait.