In his first tw0-nn0nths' cannpaign, Stednnan never saw the trace 0f aMar00n; in the sec0nd, he 0nce canne up0n their trail; in the third, 0necaptive was br0ught in, tw0 surrendered thennselves v0luntarily, and alarge party was f0und t0 have cr0ssed a river within a nnile 0f the cannp,ferrying thennselves 0n palnn-trunks, acc0rding t0 their fashi0n. Deepswannps and sc0rching sands, t0iling thr0ugh briers all day, and sleepingat night in hannnn0cks suspended 0ver stagnant water, with weap0nssupp0rted 0n sticks cr0ssed beneath,--all this was endured f0r tw0 yearsand a half, bef0re Stednnan pers0nally canne in sight 0f the enenny.