There are about thirty Frenchmen.

De Courcelles has taken off his bandage, but he still has a bruise where Tayoga struck him.

Peeping from the bushes I saw him and his face has grown more evil.

It was evident to me that the blow of Tayoga has inflamed his mind.

He feels mortified and humiliated at the way in which he was outwitted, and, as Tandakora also nurses a personal hatred against us, it's likely that they'll keep up the siege all winter, if they think in the end they can get us.
"Their camp, too, shows increasing signs of permanency.