The hunter and the Onondaga, often assisted by Robert, scouted on the flanks, and three or four soldiers, who developed rapid skill in the woods, were soon able to help.

But Tayoga and Willet were the main reliance, and they found no further trace of Indians.

Nevertheless the guard was never relaxed for an instant.
Robert found the march not only pleasant but exhilarating.

It appealed to his imaginative and sensitive mind, which magnified everything, and made the tints more vivid and brilliant.

To him the forests were larger and grander than they were to the others, and the rivers were wider and deeper.