Then all the air was filled with the flakes, and they were so thick they could not see the forest.
"The first snow of the winter and a big one," said Wilton, "and again I give thanks for our well furnished fort.

There may be greater fortresses in Europe, and of a certainty there are many more famous, but there is none finer to me than this with its' stout log walls, its strong, broad roofs, and its abundance of supplies.

Once more, though, I'm sorry for your friend, Tayoga.

A runner may go fast over ice, if he's extremely sure of foot and his moccasins are good, but I know of no way in which he can speed like the gull in its flight through deep snow." "Not through the snow, but he may be on it," said Robert.
"And how on it, wise but cryptic young sir ?" "Snow shoes." "But he took none with him and had none to take." "Which proves nothing.

The Indians often hide in the forest articles they'll need at some far day.