were burning their wretched prisoners alive, and then plunging
again into the woods.

Late at night they lay down in a dense covert, and exhausted,
slept. They rose at dawn, and tried to shake off the horror.

"Be of good courage, Robert," said Willet. "It's a terrible blow, but
England and the colonies have not yet gathered their full strength."

"That is so," said Tayoga. "Our sachems tell us that he who wins the
first victory does not always win the last."

A bird on a bough over their heads began to sing a song of greeting to
the new day, and Robert hoped and believed.

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