Pushing the thick foliage aside, he made his way into the centre of the clump.
"Here it is," he said, "just as I left it." The canoe was lifted out and carried down to the lake, and, taking their seats, they paddled up Lake Champlain, keeping close under the shore.
"We have had good luck, captain," Nat said.

"I hardly thought we should har got out without a scrimmage.

I expect as the best part of the redskins didn't trouble themselves very much about it.

They expect to get such a lot of scalps and plunder, when they take the fort, that the chance of three extra wasn't enough inducement for 'em to take much trouble over it.

The redskins in the canoes, who chased us, would be hot enough over it, for you picked out two if not more of them; but those who started from the fort wouldn't have any particular reason to trouble much, especially as they think it likely that those who were chasing us would get the scalps.