I'm merely an instrument." "It was the same warlike fury that caused you to come here, build your fire and set no watch, expecting the woods to be as peaceful as Philadelphia ?" said Colden.
Wilton colored.
"I didn't dream the French and Indians were so near," he replied apologetically.
"If comparisons are valuable you needn't feel any mortification about it, Will," said Colden.

"I was just about as careless myself, and all of us would have lost our scalps, if Willet, Lennox and Tayoga hadn't come along." Wilton was consoled.

But both he and Colden after the severe lesson the latter had received were now all for vigilance.

Many sentinels had been posted, and since Colden was glad to follow the advice of Willet and Tayoga they were put in the best places.

They let the fire die early, as the weather had now become very warm, and all of them, save the watch soon slept.