"Six brass eighteen-pounder field pieces.
"Four brass twelve-pounder field pieces.
"Two brass six-pounder field pieces.
"Four bronze twelve-pounder field guns.
"Ten thousand rounds of ammunition for the cannon.
"Two hundred barrels of best rifle powder.
"Thirty thousand pounds of bar lead and more than two hundred thousand dollars worth of clothing, provisions, and medicines.
"Wouldn't that make your mouth water? Did any of us ever before have a chance to help at the taking of such a treasure?"
"It is not wonderful that the white men fight so well to keep what they carry," said Timmendiquas.
Then the chief questioned Braxton Wyatt closely about the fleet and the men who were with it. His questions were uncommonly shrewd, and the young leader saw that he was trying to get at the character of the boy. Wyatt was compelled to give minute descriptions of Adam Colfax, Drouillard and the five, Henry Ware, Paul, Shif'less Sol, Tom Ross, and Long Jim.