beat hisself."

They were all buoyant over the affair, and they followed some distance,
until they saw that Wyatt and Blackstaffe had changed their course in
order to join the main band, when they started back to Clark, having
seen all they wished. They arrived at the river about daylight, and were
ordered to the southern shore where they made a report that was greatly
satisfactory to the commander. Clark passed his whole force over the
Ohio the next day and then built a small fort on the site of Cincinnati,
placing in it all the surplus stores and ammunition.

Several days were spent here, and, throughout that time, Henry and his
comrades scouted far and wide, going as far as thirty miles beyond the
fort. But the woods were bare of Indians, and Henry was confirmed in his
belief that Timmendiquas, after the failure at the mouth of the Licking,
was concentrating everything on Chillicothe, expecting to resist to the
utmost.

"Thar's bound to be a pow'ful big battle at that town," said Shif'less
Sol.

"I think so, too," said Henry, "and we've got to guard against walking
into any trap. I wish I knew what thought is lying just now in the back
of the head of Timmendiquas."

"We'll soon know, 'cause it won't take us many days to git to
Chillicothe," said Tom Ross.

The army took up its march the next day, going straight toward
Chillicothe. It was the most formidable white force that had yet
appeared in the western woods, and every man in it was full of
confidence. It was not only an army, but it marched in the shape and
fashion of one. The borderers, used to their own way, yielded readily to
the tact and great name of Clark. The first division under Clark's own
command, with the artillery, military stores and baggage in the center,
led; Logan, who ranked next to Clark, commanded the rear.

The men walked in four lines, with a space of forty yards between every
two lines. On each flank was a band of veteran scouts and skirmishers.
In front of the white army, but never out of sight, marched a strong
detachment of skilled woodsmen and marksmen. In the rear and at a
similar distance, came another such band.

Clark also took further precautions against surprise and confusion. He
issued an order that in case of attack in front the vanguard was to
stand fast while the two lines on the right of the artillery were to
wheel to the right, and the two on the left were to wheel to the left.
Then the cannon and the whole line w