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if he wasn't as handsome.
Ross handed the rifle to her across the little distance separating the canoes. "I probably couldn't hit anything with it until we got close. And if I understand the plan right, we're going to keep as much distance as we can."
He cocked an eye at James. Tiana's brother smiled blandly.
"We'll go straight at the Chickasaw canoes until we get within musket range. Then we'll veer off and try to pass them on the southern side."
"Shooting all the way," his brother muttered. "As great war plans go, this one isn't going to be remembered."
"Best I could come up with." James hefted his paddle and began stroking again.
"We'll lead. You follow," he said to Ross and Sequoyah. Ross was in the rear of their canoe, Sequoyah in the bow. He'd stop paddling once they got near enough, then use his musket. In the middle, Nancy Ward had her pistol resting in her lap.
Tiana, also in the middle of her canoe, admired her newly acquired rifle. It was a beautiful-looking thing.
"I don't like Chickasaws,"
Ross handed the rifle to her across the little distance separating the canoes. "I probably couldn't hit anything with it until we got close. And if I understand the plan right, we're going to keep as much distance as we can."
He cocked an eye at James. Tiana's brother smiled blandly.
"We'll go straight at the Chickasaw canoes until we get within musket range. Then we'll veer off and try to pass them on the southern side."
"Shooting all the way," his brother muttered. "As great war plans go, this one isn't going to be remembered."
"Best I could come up with." James hefted his paddle and began stroking again.
"We'll lead. You follow," he said to Ross and Sequoyah. Ross was in the rear of their canoe, Sequoyah in the bow. He'd stop paddling once they got near enough, then use his musket. In the middle, Nancy Ward had her pistol resting in her lap.
Tiana, also in the middle of her canoe, admired her newly acquired rifle. It was a beautiful-looking thing.
"I don't like Chickasaws,"