Lookin' you up an' lookin' you
down, an' sizin' you up, an' sizin you down, all purty careful,
an' examinin' the corners O' your eyes oncommon close, an' also
lookin' at the way you set your feet when you walk, I'm
concludin' that you just natcherally love a fight, an' that you
are lookin' fur one."
But Cornelius Heemskerk sighed, and shook his head.
"It is flattery that you give me, and you are trying to make me
brave when I am not," he said. "I only say once more that I
ought to be in Holland painting blue plates, and not here in the
great woods holding on to my scalp, first with one hand and then
with the other."
He sighed deeply, but Solomon Hyde, reader of the hearts of men,
only laughed.
Colonel Butler's force stopped about three o'clock for food and a
little rest, and the five, who had not slept since the night
before, caught a few winks. But in less than an hour they were
up and away again. The five riflemen were once more well in
advance, and with them were Taylor and Heemskerk, the Dutchman,
grumbling over their speed, but revolving along, nevertheless,
with astonishing ease and without any sign of fatigue. They
discovered no indications of Indian scouts or trails, and as the
village now was not many miles away, it confirmed Henry in his
belief that the Iroquois, with their friends, the Wyandots, would
not stay to give battle.
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