My force is very much greater than Captain Colden's, and has him hemmed in.

If my Indian allies suffer too much in the attack it will be difficult to restrain them.

I'm not stating this as a threat--you know me too well for that--but to make the facts plain, and to avoid something that I should regret as much as you." "I don't think it necessary to consult Captain Colden, and without doing so I decline your offer.

We have food to eat, water to drink and bullets to shoot, and if you care to take us you must come and do so." "And that is the final answer?
You're quite sure you don't wish to consult your superior officer, Captain Colden ?" "Absolutely sure.

It would waste the time of all of us." "Then it seems there is nothing more to say, and to use your own fanciful way of putting it, we must go back from the play of words to the play of swords." "I see no alternative." "And yet I hope that you will survive the combat, Mr.Lennox." "I've the same hope for you, Chevalier de St.Luc." Each meant it, and, in the same high manner of the day, they saluted and withdrew.