He trusted him no more, and managed him thereafter only by appeals to his fears.
When the camp was formed near Pensacola, Sam carefully canvassed the possibilities of Jake's misconduct, and concluded that the worst he could do would be to injure the boat or her tackle, and he sufficiently guarded against that by always sleeping near the little craft.
Jake was more desperately bent upon revenge than Sam supposed, and from the hour of going into camp he diligently worked over his plan for accomplishing his purpose.

He had learned by previous failures, to dread Sam's quickness of perception, of which, indeed, he stood almost superstitiously in awe.

He would not venture to take a single step toward the accomplishment of the end he had set himself, until his plans should be mature.

For many days, therefore, he only meditated revenge not daring, as yet, to attempt it by any active measures.

At last, however, he was satisfied that his plans were beyond Sam's power to penetrate, and he was ready to put them into execution.