"We must be up and doing; we must find fighting somewhere. On Lake
George we shall surely find work for men to do. Rangers of wood and
forest care nothing for winter ice and snow. We will go northward
and eastward, asking news of Rogers and his Rangers. It may be that
we shall fall in with them, and that we can make common cause with
them against the common foe."

So said Stark, speaking for all his band, for all were of one heart
and one mind.

Therefore, after a few days for rest and refreshment, the little
army retreated whence it had come; whilst the bold band of Rangers
started forth for the other scene of action, away towards the
north, along the frozen lakes which formed one of the highways to
Canada.



Chapter 2: Robert Rogers.


They met for the first time, face to face, amid a world of ice and
snow, upon the frozen surface of Lake George.

Stark and his little band had been through strange experiences, and
had met with many adventures as they pursued their course towards
the spot where they heard that the French and English were lying
encamped and intrenched, awaiting the arrival of spring before
commencing the campaign afresh; and they now began to have a