Being inside them, I got a sight of 'em some distance away, but I knew they couldn't see us, sharp as their eyes are.

The only chance was their hearing, and, as there was no noise for them to hear, I felt safe enough after I had once caught sight of 'em, and saw they were lying out at the edge of the shadow.
"If they had been close under the bushes, as they ought to have been, we should have been in for a fight; for we mightn't have seen each other till the boats touched.

Let that be a lesson to you, captain.
When you are on the lookout for a canoe, at night, lie in among the bushes.

It must pass between you and the light, then, and as they can't see you, you can either grapple or shoot, just as you like.
"If they had a seen us, we should have had a hot time, for I could hear by their calls, right along the other side, that they were looking out for us in earnest, and, if a rifle had been fired, we should have had half a dozen canoes down upon us in no time; and, like enough, should have had to leave the boat, and take to the woods." "How far is Crown Point away ?" "Not more than ten miles," Nat said.

"It is thirty miles from Ticonderoga.