"Their old chiefs have talked over it long.

It is a great war trail upon which we would go, and he who would travel far and long should prepare well.

The white men are brave.

From their wooden walls last year they beat us off, and many Shawnees fell afterwards in the battle with them in the forest." Big Fox paused, and swept the circle again with his glittering eyes.

As before, every man among them drew a deep breath when that hypnotic gaze fell upon him.