Tandakora is very angry, not at Sharp Sword--he would not dare to show anger against him--but at the will of Manitou who would not let him win a victory over us.

He did not get much satisfaction from Sharp Sword, because he stayed with him only a very short time.

Here his trail leads away again, and Sharp Sword once more walks on alone.
"Perhaps Sharp Sword prefers to be alone.

Most men do after a disappointment, and he knows that his attack upon the boat builders has been a failure.

Sharp Sword does not like failures any more than other people do, and he wants to think.