Amherst is building a fort that he calls Edward, but we'll never need it.

He's very cautious, but it's as well, our curse in this war has been the lack of caution, lack of caution by both English and Americans.

Still, that over-confidence has a certain strength in it.
You've noticed how we endure disaster.

We've had heavy defeats, but we rise after every fall, and go into the combat once more, stronger than we went before." The three spent some time with Amherst, and saw his great force continue its preparation and drilling, until at last the general thought they were fit to cope with anything that lay before them.

Then, a year lacking but a few days after Abercrombie embarked with his great army for the conquest of Ticonderoga, Amherst with another army, mostly Americans, embarked upon the same waters, and upon the same errand.
Robert, Tayoga and Willet were in a canoe in the van of the fleet.