Delaware girl showed no ill effects from sleeping in the clothing
that had been wet. As for her father, he would have been insulted
at the mention of such a thing to him.

Ben's belief about finding water proved true. They had gone hardly
a half mile from camp when they came upon a sparkling brook, cold
and clear, and abundant enough to serve all. Having no vessels
with them, they lay down and quaffed their fill. Then they bathed
their faces and hands in the delicious fluid, and were much refreshed.

The expectation was that they would travel a good many miles before
night again overtook them. The way, while rough and broken in many
places, was not hard, and all, even to the smaller children, were
used to being on their feet. There was little fear indeed that Linna
would not do her part as well as the older ones. Young as she was
in years, she had been trained to hardship from the time she could
walk. Not only that, but, like all her race, she had learned to
bear suffering in silence and without sign of pain.

She would have to become very tired before her companions would
know it.

By and by the ground was found to be rising, and in the course of
an hour they gained an elevation which, having few trees, gave them
an extended view of the surrounding country.

Looking back in the direction of Wyoming, the sky was seen to be
soiled by the heavy smoke not only from the burned Fort Wintermoot,
but from other buildings that had been fired by the Tories and Indians.
The sight was a sorrowful one, and caused the mother and son some