"You've learned to tell the real rush from the pretended one.

They won't try anything yet a while, but they're madder than hornets, and they're sure to move on us later.

You just watch." Yet Colden, Wilton and the others were compelled to argue with the men, especially with the boat builders and wood choppers.

Stern military discipline was unknown then in the forest; the private often considered himself a better man than his officer, and frequently told him so.

Troops from the towns or the older settled regions seemed never to grow used to Indian methods of warfare.