The Pioneer Boys on the Mississippi

he other Indian, whom he knew to be a chief among the fierce Miamis, both by the feathers he

lowering his voice, for he saw the two white men frowning in his direction. Bob noticed that his

them before, that I can remember; and yet I have seen most of

yees this minute. The wan ag'inst the tree, wid the scowl on his black face, is none ither than the infamous Simon Girty; while his frind's name it do b

ns, for already their names were being held up to execration among all honest settlers. Both Girty and McKee had been seen in the ranks of the hostile Shawanees when attacks w

ght, when met so unexpectedly in company with a noted Miami chief,

deed, neither Bob nor Sandy could ever remember seeing their young friend, Blue Jacket, quite so worked

ng a sly look down to make sure that there was powder in the pan, for the spark from flint and

r he knew that the Irish trapper was able to follow

he pair of treacherous renegades, whom he would not trust for a single second to get behind his back. "He tills him thot ivery ridskin ought to be the mortual foe av the palefaces wh

some day takes up the hatchet against the whites," Sandy went on to say, with a confidence born of an intimat

ntil yees own wigwam, h'alin' his hurts, so that instead av dyin' he lived. Now, it is av thot same kind mither av yees that he do be spakin', and how she bound up his bullet wound wid salve, an' trated him as tho

k, and appealing to him in another way. Tell us

istened for a minut

st the palefaces; and that, while it may be all right for him to keep frinds wid yer family, he ought to take up arrms aginst the rist av the sittlement. But Blue Jacket replied

njury to one would be an injury to all. All these months, now, while other places have been attacked, there has come no evil against our neighbors

the one he addressed, "that the man you called Simon Girty is edging off to the left, a l

say he has evil in his mind; but me finger is on the trigger, an', be the powers, wan hostile move on his parrt manes fo

no longer tried to keep on moving, a little at a time, toward the left. Doubtless Girty knew well what a splendid s

t on the young pioneers, because of their saving his life, must have impressed the Miami chief greatly. At that time Pontiac's name was one to conjure with a

o, nevertheless he grasped the meaning of what Little Turtle said; and knew that he was warning Girty and McKee not to

was by no means averse to trying conclusions with the two ugly desperadoes who had thrown their fortunes in w

rful lest the impulsive Sandy might attempt some sort of pl

beginning to retreat, still keeping watch on the renegades; for no white man who had his senses about h

lly since the keen eyes of Blue Jacket saw that not one of the thr

o hold out, Sandy?" asked

h you. If the worst comes, you can leave me behind somewhere, and the rest push on, for, unless the war

et those teeth of his firmly together it meant that he was just bound to do, or die. And in many a tight

, deep down in his own mind, though he did not say as much, Pat O'Mara was determined that if he had to take the lame boy upon his

orest. He could lead them over cut-offs that even the

a while, although the night was so dark that only the

here, Bob," said

hat must be the tree we shot the wildcat from, w

rked the younger boy gladly; for Sandy was fast reaching a point where ev

her and father, as well as Kate, anxiously awaiting news of the two who had crossed t

er. At the time of its selection by Daniel Boone, who had long admired the site as an ideal place for a growing town, no one had so much as dreamed that a flood might sooner or later come sweepi

hose having cabins lower down along the face of the hill might flee thither for refuge. And the wily Indians could not f

ee, it is on the side that looks down the river. I am sure mother must have put it there to serve as a gui

must have been detected by some sentinel, for a minute later a harsh voice rang o

elf; but with us come Pat O'Mara, and our friend, Blue Jacket, the last bringing news that will tell you

Neighbor Armstrong but a few moments ago, and he was much cast down because his sons had not arrived. Hasten then, a