"Yes."
"Do they know how to sail it?"
"A little; the Captain handles it better'n the rest."
"Has he ever been to sea?"
"No, sir."
"What sort of a boat is it?"
"A dug-out; we made it ourselves."
"Oh, did you? Why didn't you tell me that first? Never mind, it's all right. They'll never try to put to sea in a dug-out, but they may try to escape to some point lower down the bay in it, so my message to the fort won't be amiss."
The Lieutenant had sent a message to the fort that at daylight he should arrest the party, and that if they should take the alarm and try to escape by water, a boat must be sent from the fort to overhaul them.
He now dressed himself, first sending for a file of soldiers under a sergeant, with instructions to parade at his door immediately.