"Ugh! Good! That's easy! You are 'Nibowaka,' the wise one." For
the Indian had not missed any of the points, and so he was named.
Twenty or thirty miles a day they went now, avoiding the
settlements along the river. Thus they saw nothing of Albany,
but on the tenth day they reached Fort Edward, and for the first
time viewed the great Hudson. Here they stayed as short a time
as might be, pushed on by Glen's Falls, and on the eleventh night
of the journey they passed the old, abandoned fort, and sighted
the long stretch of Lake George, with its wooded shore, and
glimpses of the mountains farther north.
Now a new thought possessed them -- "If only the had the canoe
that they had abandoned on the Pipestave." It came to them both
at the sight of the limit less water, and especially when Rolf
remembered that Lake George joined with Champlain, which again
was the highway to all the wilderness.
They camped now as they had fifty times before, and made their
meal. The bright blue water dancing near was alluring,
inspiring; as they sought the shore Quonab pointed to a track and
said, "Deer." He did not show much excitement, but Rolf did, and
they returned to the camp fire with a new feeling of elation -
they had reached the Promised Land.
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