fought-for

Updated: May 17, 2025

The dense pine forest, the forbidding rocks, the silver upper reaches of the river where his fought-for treasure had lain hidden for two years from all human eyes, unknown to any living man save himself. Then the canoe swung into midstream for the return voyage, its narrow little bow facing the south at last. For many days the taut little craft danced merrily, homeward bound.

E. Pauline Johnson - The Shagganappi