nearly ten to one
With less breadth of shoulder and heaviness of trunk , they had great depth of chest , great muscular development in arm and leg , and a leanness of flank that gave them a look of breed . Their skins , very hairy in the case of the mature men , were of a reddish-tan color , paling to pink and cream in the children and younger women . They had ample foreheads under the wild thatch of their hair , and high , well-bridged noses , and fierce , steady eyes of green , blue or brown-gray . Outnumbered nearly ten to one , and shrewd enough to see at a glance what ferocious power lurked in those misshapen frames at the foot of the slope , they stood staring down upon them in silence , with an undaunted loathing . For some minutes the hordes of the Bow-legs clustered together , jabbering and waving their crude but massive clubs excitedly . They seemed to have no chief , no plan of attack , no discipline of any sort . Some of them even squatted down on the turf and scratched themselves like monkeys , glaring malignantly but stupidly at the little array of their opponents , and snorting through their hideous upturned nostrils , which were little more than wide , red pits in their faces .