Allen bit off more tobacco, then pointed toward the camp, where the rest of the party was arriving. “The first name given to these mountains was Vert Monts. The inland sea is still called Champlain.”
Duncan paused, watching Allen as the big man continued down the trail. His words sounded almost like an effort of persuasion. Allen had no love for the colonial governments, yet he kept surveying the mountains as if for the purpose of some government. Had Duncan just been speaking with one of the conspirators?
“Saguenay!” Duncan called to his back.
Although Duncan still did not know if the word signified a person, a place, or an object, it clearly meant something to Allen. The frontiersman halted so fast he almost stumbled, but he did not turn to face Duncan. After a moment, without replyin
