I can now see men in uniform, and there are some red coats among them.

Hold your paddle as high as you can, Dagaeoga, as a sign that we are friends, and I will send the canoe in toward the shore.

Ah, they see us now, and men are coming down to the lake's edge to meet us! It is a large camp, and it should hold enough men to make St.Luc give up the siege of Colden." The two sent the canoe swiftly toward the land, where soldiers and others in hunter's dress were already gathered to meet them.

Robert saw a tall, thin officer in a Colonial uniform, standing on the narrow beach, and, assuming him to be in command, he said as the canoe swept in: "We are messengers, sir, from the force of Captain Colden, which is besieged at the sawmill ten or twelve miles farther north." "Besieged, did you say ?" said the officer, speaking in a sharp, dry voice.

"It's one of those French tricks they're always playing on us, rushing in under our very noses, and trying to cut out our forces." "That's it, sir.