"I can't see my own hand close to my face." "That's so, captain, and we'd best halt till daylight.

I could make my way along, easy enough, but some of these fellows would be pitching over stumps, or catching their feet in a creeper, and, like enough, letting off their pieces as they went down.

We may just as well stay where we are.

They ain't likely to miss us, even in the camp, and sartin the redskins can't have known we have gone.

So there's no chance whatever of pursuit, and there ain't nothing to be gained by making haste." James gave the order.