They've built a dozen bark huts in which all the French, all the chiefs and some of the warriors sleep, and there are skin lodges for the rest.

Oh, it's quite a village! And they've accumulated game, too, for a long time." Colden looked depressed.
"We're not fulfilling our mission," he said.

"We've come out here to protect the settlers on the border, and give them a place of refuge.

Instead, it looks as if we'd pass the winter fighting for our own lives." "I think I have a plan," said Robert, who had been very thoughtful.
"What is it ?" asked Colden.
"I remember something I read in our Roman history in the school at Albany.

It was an event that happened a tremendously long time ago, but I fancy it's still useful as an example.