If the arrows fail you, or rather if you should fail the arrows, which always go where they are sent, you can take the rifle, with which you are almost as good as the Great Bear himself.

And if you should encounter hostile warriors prowling through the woods the rifle will be your best defense." "I'll do as you advise, Tayoga, and do you keep a good watch at the entrance.

You're feeling a lot stronger today, are you not ?" "So much so that I am almost tempted to take the bow and arrows myself, while I leave you on guard." "Don't be too proud and boastful.

Let's see you walk across the cave." Tayoga rose from the bed of leaves, on which he had been sitting, and strode firmly back and forth two or three times.

He was much thinner than he had been a week before, but his eyes were sparkling now and the bronze of his skin was clear and beautiful.