You'll be a warrior some day." Robert smiled in the dark.

Tayoga himself was so great a warrior that he could preserve his sense of humor upon the eve of a deadly battle.
Robert also saw bushes moving now, but nothing was definite enough for a shot, and he waited with his fingers on the trigger.
"The enemy is at hand, Captain Colden," said Willet.

"If you will look very closely at the thicket about one hundred yards directly in front of us you'll see the leaves shaking." "Yes, I can make out some movement there," said Colden.
"They've discovered, of course, that we've left the fire, and they know also where we are." "Do you think they'll try to rush us ?" "Not at all.

It's not the Indian way, nor is it the way either of the French, who go with them.

They know your men are raw--pardon me--inexperienced troops, and they'll put a cruel burden upon your patience.