"This is my home and fortress," said Samson.  "I come to it occasionally when tired of hunting; and I always keep here a store of provisions.  At the further end is a spring of water, so that I might hold it for any length of time against a host of foes.  I have never as yet been attacked, for the Indians know that they could not attempt to drive me out with impunity, and think it wiser to leave me and my companion unmolested."