I can see a heap of underbrush that has gathered against a projecting point, and the current would naturally bring the canoe into it.

Suppose we let it rest there until it seems to work free by the action of the water, and then go on down the river." "It's a good idea, Tayoga, but it's a pretty severe test to remain under fire, so to speak, in order to deceive your enemy, when the road is open for you to run away." "But we can do it, all three of us," said Tayoga, confidently.
A spit of high ground projected into the river and in the course of time enough driftwood brought by the stream and lodged there had made a raft of considerable width and depth, against which the canoe in its wandering course lodged.

But it was evident that its stay in such a port would be but temporary, as the current continually pushed and sucked at it, and the light craft quivered and swayed continually under the action of the current.
The three behind the canoe thrust themselves back into the mass of vegetation, reckless of scratches, and were hidden completely for the time.

Since he was no longer kept warm by the act of swimming Robert felt the chill of the water entering his bones.

His physical desire to shiver he controlled by a powerful effort of the will, and, standing on the bottom with his head among the boughs, he remained quiet.
None of the three spoke and in a few minutes a warrior on the other side of the stream, watching in the bushes, saw the dim outline of the canoe in the darkness.