Wilton was near the blockhouse and was confident about the siege, but worried about Tayoga.
"You tell me that the Indians won't go away," he said, "and if you're right, and I think you are, the Onondaga is surely shut off from Fort Refuge." Robert smiled.
"I tell you for the last time that he will come at the appointed hour," he said.
A long day began.

Hours that seemed days in themselves passed, and quiet prevailed in the forest, although the young soldiers no longer had any belief that the warriors had gone away..