You need not be afraid.

We could beat them off, if they were ten times as many." Reassured by the calmness with which James issued his orders, the boats took up the positions assigned to them.

James, who was in the last boat in the line, shuddered at the din going on behind him.

The yells of the Indians, the screams and cries of the provincials, mingled with the sharp crack of rifles or the duller sound of the musket.

The work of destruction was soon over.