So clear it was and so vivid that it was with a start that he came suddenly to himself, and found that the night was creeping on in an American forest, and that Du Lhut had roused himself and was ready for a start.
"Have you been awake ?" asked the pioneer.
"Yes." "Have you heard anything ?" "Nothing but the hooting of the owl." "It seemed to me that in my sleep I heard a gunshot in the distance." "In your sleep ?" "Yes, I hear as well asleep as awake and remember what I hear.

But now you must follow me close, and we shall be in the fort soon." "You have wonderful ears, indeed," said De Catinat, as they picked their way through the tangled wood.

"How could you hear that these men were following us to-day?
I could make out no sound when they were within hand-touch of us." "I did not hear them at first." "You saw them ?" "No, nor that either." "Then how could you know that they were there ?" "I heard a frightened jay flutter among the trees after we were past it.
Then ten minutes later I heard the same thing.

I knew then that there was some one on our trail, and I listened." "_Peste!_ you are a woodsman indeed!" "I believe that these woods are swarming with Iroquois, although we have had the good fortune to miss them.

So great a chief as Brown Moose would not start on the path with a small following nor for a small object.