Chapter 12: The Children Are Carried Off

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​⁠The pirate attack had been a complete surprise: a sure proof that the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it improperly, for to surprise redskins fairly is beyond the wit of the white man.

By all the unwritten laws of savage warfare it is always the redskin who attacks, and with the wiliness of his race he does it just before the dawn, at which time he knows the courage of the whites to be at its lowes