At War with Pontiac

sure himself that no unfriendly forest ranger had run across it, he turned his steps in the direction of the Seneca village. Here, although he was received with a certain co

t only lived, but was in a fair way to recover from his injury, and that by means of swi

liver to them the Ottawa captive. Sir William's note, though extremely courteous, was very firm, and contained an unmistakable order for restoration to the Senecas of thei

d on the point of expressing his feelings in forcible language. Controlling himself with a visi

my son, a little child, threw himself across the stranger's neck and saved his life. Was not that a sign from the Great Spirit that he wished the stranger to live? Could I do less than was done by that little child? You know I could not. You know that no Seneca warrior would allow a man to be killed who sought his protection in such a manner. So I lifted this stranger and took him to my lodge. At the same time I told his enemy that I would keep him until an order could be brought from the great white

ue is not crooked. He alone of all white men has never lied to us. He says the prisoner is gone, and it must be so. But it is not well. Our heart

s, twenty pounds of powder and fifty pounds of lead, one piece of blue

ns glistened at the prospect of this munificent present. "But," he

te brother, promptly, "for

unted the

of his white colleagues in the same service; namely, to give as little and get as

e it, that there may be no bad blood between us," was the answer; and

those set apart for him. Instead of so doing, he sent word to Major Hester that no gift, save that o

one, as the settlers discovered to their sorrow, when several of their cattle were killed, an outbuilding was burned, and finally the major himself had a narrow escape with his life, from a shot fired by an unseen foe. Finally, these things became so annoying that

astern shore again, under penalty of death. Having performed this virtuous act, the Senecas moved eastward to the long council-house of the Six Nati

n seen in the vicinity of Tawtry House. So absolutely peaceful were its surroundings that the vigilance of its i

f terror, and uttering unintelligible screams. It was at first believed that the child was drowned, but finally the distracted parents gleaned from the girl's half-coherent words that she had left

on at the Onondaga council-house. Toward the close of the second day, while Major Hester and most of his men were still engaged in their fruitless search, the heartbroke

yes, the bereaved woman sprang in the direction of the sound, and in another instant her child, alive and well, was clasped to her bosom. He had be

house with her precious burden, nor would she permit

figuration on his left arm, just below the shoulder. Though this soon healed, it was long before its myster