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At War with Pontiac

At War with Pontiac

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Chapter 1 TAWTRY HOUSE

Word Count: 1539    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

f approaching night, flung a bridge of tremulous shadows across the surface of Loch Meg, and all nature was at peace. The tiny lake, though bearing an

thus provided with an ample estate, Major Hester, with his young wife and half a dozen trusty followers, left the old world for the new, and plunged into its wilderness. Though somewhat dismayed to find his property located a score of leagues beyond that of h

three sides of a square, in the centre of which was dug a deep well. Having thus in a time of peace prepared for war, the proprietor began the improvement of his estate with such success that, within three years from the felling of the f

standing two superb oaks. These not only afforded a grateful shade, but gave a distinctive feature to the place that was quickly recognized by the surrounding Indians. Thus they always spoke of i

the forest at will and had established one of their villages at no great distance from it. With these, by the exercise of extreme firmness and an inflexible honesty, Major Hester succeeded in maintaining friendl

r Wyandots, Ojibwas and Pottawattamies, who were allied in a defensive league against their powerful enemies. Their ancient hatred of the Iroquois, animated by the traditions of generations, was ever fanned into a blaze by Jesuit priests eager for the triumph of their faith, French traders anxious to monopolize the immensely profitable fur

ented with odors of the forest from which it had been so recently hewn, was born Donald Hester, as

become very dear to them; for, representing years of toil and privation as it did, it was their very own and the heritage of their boy, now two years of age, who toddled behind them in charge of a ruddy-cheeked Scotch nurse. While they rejoiced over what had b

and listen. Borne faintly on the evening breeze, was a distant firing of guns, an

, as she clasped her husband's arm and glanced instin

or the advent among them of a new lot of wretched captives, or something of that kind. I remember Truman mentioning, more than a week ago, that another war party had gone

ill not the time ever come, Graham, when these poor heathen will cease from t

stors a few centuries ago; while in their torture of captives they are only reproducing the acts of civilized Romans, mediaeval knights, and the Holy Inquisition. It is not long since, even in England, Elizabeth Gaunt was burned to death at Tyburn for yielding to the dictates of compassion and giving shelter to a political offender; nor are the cries fo

harge, was some paces behind them. At a wild scream from the girl those in advance turned in time to see the flying form of a young Indian, who had just emerged from the near-by forest, fall headlong at her feet. His naked body was pierced by wounds, a

fication, ran forward with a gurgle of delight, stumbled, and fell directly across the head of the prostrate Indian. But for the child's sudden mo

a leap like that of a panther, Major Hester gained the spot first, snatched up his ch

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1 Chapter 1 TAWTRY HOUSE2 Chapter 2 THE MAJOR GAINS A FRIEND AND MAKES AN ENEMY3 Chapter 3 TRUMAN FLAGG'S STORY4 Chapter 4 ESCAPE OF THE PRISONERS5 Chapter 5 A BABY LOST AND RECOVERED6 Chapter 6 THE WILDERNESS7 Chapter 7 THE MAJOR RE-ENTERS ACTIVE SERVICE8 Chapter 8 DONALD SETS FORTH ON A PERILOUS MISSION9 Chapter 9 ST. AUBIN'S STARTLING INFORMATION10 Chapter 10 PONTIAC DECLARES WAR11 Chapter 11 MAJOR HESTER IS TAKEN PRISONER12 Chapter 12 DONALD AT JOHNSON CASTLE13 Chapter 13 PAYMASTER BULLEN AND HIS WONDERFUL TUB14 Chapter 14 A WHITE MEDICINE MAN15 Chapter 15 DONALD AND CHRISTIE CEMENT A FRIENDSHIP16 Chapter 16 QUICKEYE AND THE ZEBRA 17 Chapter 17 A BRAVE GIRL CAPTIVE18 Chapter 18 SURPRISE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BOAT BRIGADE19 Chapter 19 THE TOTEM SAVES DONALD'S LIFE20 Chapter 20 BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT AT FORT DETROIT21 Chapter 21 IN SEARCH OF A LOST SISTER22 Chapter 22 AMID THE RUINS OF FORT SANDUSKY23 Chapter 23 DISCOVERED AND PURSUED BY SAVAGES24 Chapter 24 CHRISTIE'S BRAVE DEFENCE OF HIS POST25 Chapter 25 DONALD FIRES THE MINE AND SAVES THE BLOCKHOUSE26 Chapter 26 FRIENDS IN CAPTIVITY27 Chapter 27 HOW THE PAYMASTER NAVIGATED LAKE ERIE IN A TUB28 Chapter 28 THE PAYMASTER IN WAR-PAINT AND FEATHERS29 Chapter 29 DONALD AND THE PAYMASTER ESCAPE30 Chapter 30 IMMINENT DANGER OF THE SCHOONER GLADWYN31 Chapter 31 PONTIAC RECOGNIZES THE TOTEM32 Chapter 32 LAST CRUISE OF THE PAYMASTER'S TUB33 Chapter 33 FORT DETROIT IS REINFORCED34 Chapter 34 AH-MO, THE DAUGHTER OF PONTIAC35 Chapter 35 A NIGHT OF FIGHTING AND TERROR36 Chapter 36 BRAVE DEATH OF THE OLD MAJOR37 Chapter 37 THE CURSE OF THE MAGIC CIRCLE38 Chapter 38 A WINTER IN THE WILDERNESS39 Chapter 39 AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST40 Chapter 40 THE PRINCESS ANSWERS DONALD'S QUESTION