They must mean mischief upon the Richelieu.

You are not sorry now that you did not bring madame ?" "I thank God for it!" "The woods will not be safe, I fear, until the partridge berries are out once more.

You must stay at Sainte Marie until then, unless the seigneur can spare men to guard you." "I had rather stay there forever than expose my wife to such devils." "Ay, devils they are, if ever devils walked upon earth.

You winced, monsieur, when I took Brown Moose's scalp, but when you have seen as much of the Indians as I have done your heart will be as hardened as mine.

And now we are on the very borders of the clearing, and the blockhouse lies yonder among the clump of maples.