Robert saw that his new comrades, although they did not know much of the forest, were intelligent, staunch and brave, and they saw in him all that Tayoga and Willet saw, which was a great deal.
The heat and dryness increased, and the brown of leaf and grass deepened.

Nearly all the green was gone now, and autumn would soon come.

The forest was full of game, and Willet and Tayoga kept them well supplied, yet their progress became slower.

Those who had been wounded severely approached the critical stage, and once they stopped two days until all danger had passed.
Three days later a fierce summer storm burst upon them.

Tayoga had foreseen it, and the whole troop was gathered in the lee of a hill, with all their ammunition protected by blankets, canvas and the skins of deer that they had killed.