"What I hoped for was a fat bear, what I got was a skinny Indian." Chapter 1, p. 1.

"Well, I just looked at him, and then I said, 'Pa always said, "I want it understood that no Sackett is ever alone as long as another Sackett lives."'" Chapter 1, p. 9.

"He was shot only just after he left here, shot by someone who both had a musket and who did not want him bringing help." Chapter 2, p. 21.

"If the men who had taken the girls were slavers, then they must be careful not to be found, and we were searching for them." Chapter 4, p. 38.

"What happened within these woods no man would know, and many had died here, unmourned and unknown, and so would it be with us if we erred even slightly." Chapter 6, p. 53.

"Also, they dared not let us escape, for once it was known that white...