The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-03-09

eod, fifteen miles distant. They had
come ontsof the pond, and were camped
.ou point projecting into the lake, by
which the upper end is tAade into bay
"a the shape Of L. S,f;ly they went up
the lake near the shore, listening to ev-
cry sound, and watching every ripple of
,he waters About midnight they passed
,lle camp Of the lodians, so silently that
not dog barked. They could see tha,
they had just come in from their night
huating, were talking and laughing, aud
apparently delighted with their success.
The smell OF roasting venlson hlled the.
air. Rober, tried to pierce The darkness
to catch glimpse OF Mary, bat IN vain.
In pursuance OF their plan, upon which
Robert had been contrivlng and working
all day, and the night previous; somewhere
about two O'clock in the morning, on Of
Mohawks aroused his companions, and
pointed TO small, bright, steady light
on Watch Rock, about mile dislant.--
They all started up, and set of to see
what il meant. la a moment, two more
lights were seen, one east and the other
west, deep in the bay! What conld it
be! As they came near Watch Rock,
instantly the light was quenched The
went round the rock went to the shores
-~-conld hear thing, could see nothing!
Again they went TO their camp to cou-
suit, when 10! these lights appeared again
in three different places! They listened
but all was silence. They now began to
be afraid. /, must be Chepl! (ghosrs. y
The captive maiden, Slightly bound, has
her curiusity excited, and saw at once
that il mdsi be the light Of the candle--
sure sign that the white man was near!-
She thought, TOO. that they burned steady
and clear, like the candles of beeswax,
TO hunt with! She dunbted in her own
m,nd whe lher they we're intended as sig.
pals to her, or for stratagem. After much
talking, and doubtug and fear, the Mo-
hawks conclude ed once more TO 60 out and
see if il certainly was Chepi--anj il so L o
break up their camp. aud be away as
quickly as possible. They took their dogs
wth them to aid in the search. The
lights n0w seemed TO burn up directly
uut Of the water! Again they came near,
aud again, ore after smother weut out be-
fore they rea aci,ed them. Oae of The old
d q stuck his nose over the side of he
canue, aud after sufing momeat, utter
ed yell. They all stopped and listened;
bat nothing was to be heard. Did old
Wamparetah, (whltefoot,) see or hear a
Chepl! Again they turned towards their
camp, and when about half way to ii from
where The lights were, they heard blow,
low scream, and the paddles OF a acanoe!
Cautiously they came Ia their camp, when
they found The sentinel whom they left
with the captive, lying d cad, with a blow
which had crushed bis skull. The cap
tive, TOO, was gone, the fires put onI, or
mostly so. Was it Chepi! They smoked
and talked in low tones, ill the day
dawned They then found the footprints
n other feet besides their own, and litlle
pieces of bark aoating on the lake with
pieces OF candle on them, so well cut as
to Length, as to be qnenched at the righI
time. They were more chagrined still,
to find how completely they hal been de-
ceiveG.
The low scream which the Mohawks
heard was that ofjoy, when the captive
ma den saw her lover strike one blow al
the sentinel, and catch her in his arms the
next moment. Qnlck as deer tie youth
bounded with her 10 his arms into the ca
noe, and long before the Mohawks got
back to their camp, they were fa4 down
the lake.
All that night and the next day, the
little party pnshed on. On the second day
Dn : The Plans OF Abraham they met
party Of Green Mountain boys 10 pursuit
Loud were the cheers, " arm the' gre tings
aud unaffected The JOY when Robert show
ed the unsca he'd, biushing maiden hang
ng on his arm. But who can tell the
tears and sobs hen lie delivered her 10
the old folks! They trembed, and wept,
and laughed, aud screamed. The loss Of
property was forgotten, and all uri,ed IN
a da, Of spe c,al thank giving TO God, for
his great goodness. The neighburs all
turned in and helped Rober put up a
new buuse, aud 50 he actu lily won his
brlde a month sooner than he otherwIse
would. OLD Tumo assured all concerned,
that the lesson which tue Mohawks had
received at Head Island, aud on the Ssr
snac lake, would keep them away in iu
Hre. lie pronounced Mary a pretty
quaw, but stood TO il that the white man
I'D not know how to court wife.
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