"Any fool could have done it," added Plunkett.
"Of course they could—you could have done it," retorted Morgan.
"It is just the plan I was going to propose——"
"But didn't."
I backed the wagon into the two trenches I had dug to load the flour, and rolling the gun upon the platform, where we also placed the ammunition, we started for the line of defence.
CHAPTER XX.
IN WHICH PHIL WITNESSES THE OPENING OF THE BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS.
"Did you fire the gun, Phil?" asked Mr. Gracewood, as we halted for a moment at the Castle to inform him that his goods were at the landing.
"Yes, sir; Morgan fired one shot at the Indians in the dugout, who would not let us alone. He used a solid shot, and smashed the boat so that the redskins had to swim ashore. We left an Indian wounded in the hip on your island."