human
Will you gentlemen please to divide up, so as to make seven altogether in each party, without the natives?
gpt
I need not tell you to keep a sharp lookout, Captain Whitney. We know the blacks are a very strong party and, now they know that they are pursued they may, as likely as not, make a stand.
human
Yes, that is quite possible, Reuben agreed.
gpt
Will you please be careful that neither of your parties get more than two miles, at the outside, away from mine? We can hear the sound of rifles, at that distance. If either party fires, the others will of course hurry to their assistance. Now, let us move forward.