Two miles nearer Forty Fort was a farmhouse one of the Wyandots had seen it-not yet abandoned by its owner, who believed that his proximity to Forty Fort assured his safety.

He lived there with his wife and five children, and Wyatt and the Indians planned to raid the place before daylight and kill them all.

Henry had heard enough.

He slid back from the bank to the water and crept into the boat.
"Pull back down the river as gently as you can," he whispered, "and then I'll tell you." The skilled oarsmen carried the boat without a splash several hundred yards down the stream, and then Henry told the others of the fiendish plan that he had heard.
"I know that man," said Shif'less Sol.

"His name is Standish.