It's the last place on the river," answered Lynn, with a grim smile.

"There's only a stockade there, an' a handful of men.

The Injuns hev swarmed down on it time and ag'in, but they hev never burned it.

Only such men as Colonel Zane, his brother Jack, and Wetzel could hev kept that fort standin' all these bloody years.
Eb Zane's got but a few men, yet he kin handle 'em some, an' with such scouts as Jack Zane and Wetzel, he allus knows what's goin' on among the Injuns." "I've heard of Colonel Zane.

He was an officer under Lord Dunmore.
The hunters here speak often of Jack Zane and Wetzel.