“Will we go!” exclaimed Robert. “Of course we’ll go and the sooner the better. When do we start, Walt?”
“The first thing in the morning. Just sit down a minute and I’ll tell you about it.”
CHAPTER XVI
A SCOUTING PARTY
“I can’t tell you much, for I don’t know much about it, myself,” Walt explained. “All the information I have are my orders. I am to carry some dispatches from General Atkinson to Fort Armstrong.”
“That’s all that is necessary for us to know,” cried Robert enthusiastically. “How many are there to be in our party?”
“Ten. We four and six others.”
“We’d better get ready then, I guess,” suggested Joseph, who was always of a practical turn of mind. “How about food? Who is to look out for that?”
“I am,” replied Walt. “The rest of you needn’t worry about a single thing. Everything is ready and all you will have to do is to go along.”
“That’s fine!” exclaimed Robert. “Just the kind of an expedition I like. Not a blessed thing to worry about.”
“Except Indians,” Joseph cautioned him.