Willet, Rogers and all the great foresters thought it safe, as they were coming now so near to the settled regions, and the faces of the pursuers had been scorched so thoroughly.

Scouts and skirmishers were thrown out on all sides, and then fires were built of the fallen brushwood that lay everywhere in the forest.

The ample supplies in the wagons were drawn upon freely, and the returning victors feasted at their leisure.
It was a happy time for Robert.

His imaginative mind responded as usual to time and place.

They had won one victory.