"No guest of ours shall fight upon our island; and if you go outside, they will outnumber you.
Men outnumber women throughout the entire western territory; in some states, two and three to one; in Nevada, still higher.
"It's a narrow stream, but deep, and crossed by several stone bridges. It will be hard to force a crossing here, but further up it can be done with ease since we outnumber Lee so much that we can overlap him by far. I have my information from Shepard, and he makes no mistakes.