The rain was driving upon him in sheets and he began to paddle with renewed vigor in order to keep up his circulation.
"I'll welcome the fire, Tayoga," he said.
"And I, too," said the Onondaga in his precise fashion.

"The collapse is coming after our mighty efforts of mind and body.

We will not reach shore too soon.

The Mountain Wolf and his men build the fire high, so high that it can defy the rain, because they know we will need it." A shout welcomed them as they drew in to the mainland, and the spectacle of the huge fire, sputtering and blazing in the storm, was grateful to Robert.

All the captured boats and canoes were drawn out of the water, well upon the shore, and then, imitating a favorite device of the Indians, they inverted the long boats, resting the ends on logs before the fires, and sat or stood under them, sheltered from the rain, while they warmed white or brown bodies in the heat of the flames.
"'Twas a great achievement, Dave," said Rogers to Willet, "and improves our position wonderfully, but 'twas one of the hardest things I've ever had to do to stand here, just waiting and listening to the roar of the battle." "Tayoga says we were helped by Areskoui, and we must have been helped by some power greater than our own.