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He had considerable doubt in his own mind regarding Colonel Reid's "guideness," nevertheless, and rose early in the morning and left the settlement in Bolderwood's canoe. Instead of keeping on up the Otter he turned back to the lake. The route by which he and the ranger had come from Bennington would be far shorter than the one he had started upon; so he went back that way.
The boy's heart swelled with anger; but he was wise enough to hold his tongue and say nothing to rouse the suspicions of the Scots. In reply to his question regarding Colonel Reid's "guideness" Cameron told how he, with other Scots, had landed in New York early in June and had been engaged by the Colonel at once to go and occupy his land in the Disputed Territory.
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