The information, most of which had been obtained by Zeb Crane, was to the effect that Tandakora believed a guard of English soldiers was in the house.

After his custom he would swoop down upon them, slaughter them, and then be up and away.

It was a trick in which the savage heart of the Ojibway delighted, and he had achieved it more than once.
The August night came down thick and dark.

A few lights shone in the Chateau de Chatillard, but Willet and his rangers stood in black gloom.
Almost at their feet the great St.Lawrence flowed in its mighty channel, a dim blue under the dusky sky.

Nothing was visible there save the slow stream, majestic, an incalculable weight of water.