"We have had proof that the Delawares and the Shawnees have been preparing for an expedition for months.
We shall have another siege some day and to my thinking it will be a longer and harder one than the last.

What say you, Wetzel ?" "I ain't sayin' much, but I don't calkilate on goin' on any long hunts this summer," answered the hunter.
"And do you think Tarhe, Wingenund, Pipe, Cornplanter, and all those chiefs will unite their forces and attack us ?" asked Betty of Wetzel.
"Cornplanter won't.

He has been paid for most of his land and he ain't so bitter.

Tarhe is not likely to bother us.

But Pipe and Wingenund and Red Fox--they all want blood." "Have you seen these chiefs ?" said Betty.
"Yes, I know 'em all and they all know me," answered the hunter.
"I've watched over many a trail waitin' for one of 'em.