"I don't think that your palisades will stand before heavy cannon balls, will they, Ware?"
"I fear not," replied Henry, "and it is likely that many of our people will suffer, but you must bear in mind, Colonel de Peyster, that whenever a man falls in Kentucky another comes to take his place. We are fighting for the land on which we stand, and you are fighting for an alien ruler, thousands of miles away. No matter how many defeats we may suffer, we shall win in the end."
De Peyster frowned.
"You do not know the strength of Britain," he said, "nor do you know the power of the warriors. You say that you were at Wyoming. Well, you have seen what we could do."
Girty broke into a sneering laugh at Henry and then seconded the words of his chief.
"All we want is union and organization," he sa
