Two routes were open to him; one straight through the forest on foot, the other by water, which latter entailed the construction of another canoe.

Journey by water, too, he had found was subject to unforeseen risks.

Till he could train some of the younger men to row a galley, he decided not to attempt the voyage.

There was but the forest route left, and that he resolved to attempt; but when?
And how, without offending his friends?
Meantime, while he revolved the subject in his mind, he visited the river and the shore of the great Lake, this time accompanied by ten spears.

The second visit only increased his admiration of the place and his desire to take possession of it.