You ain't gen'ally any roarin' lion then." "I think I'll keep this letter," said Henry, "an' we five will give an answer to it later on." He tapped the muzzle of his rifle, and every one of the four gravely tapped the muzzle of his own rifle after him.

It was a significant action.

Nothing more was needed.
The next morning they bade farewell to the grateful Mary Newton and her children, and with fresh supplies of food and ammunition, chiefly ammunition, left the fort, plunging once more into the deep forest.

It was their intention to do as much damage as they could to the Iroquois, until some great force, capable of dealing with the whole Six Nations, was assembled.

Meanwhile, five redoubtable and determined borderers could achieve something.
It was about the first of August, and they were in the midst of the great heats.