Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-07-19
/" It's the first luck we've had hllin' in with

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you, Mr.. Archer" SAID Andrew Chestney.
"And the last we will have, ,"aid Allan, des-
pondngly. "If he'd been aIiN he'd have an
swercd when we whoopcd and ollered. He's
dead afore now, Pm afoared, o. weariness and
hunger and the skear."
No. know" said Cloud, SHAKING his head
May be skeart and hide. Not god whoop and
holer when hunt lost boy. He frightened when
he hear whoop, and hide from own fader. Very
bad holler. White man not gooihunt lost boy.
Indian go still, go slow, not whoop Bit anyways.
Indian find boy, reckon"
You are right, White Cloud, ,"'epied Chest
ney," If that's your namo"-.-
"rhat name," interrupted the chief "He
good name, howl"
every good name bat you are qide right
"Any one knows that Then Why do him?
Why whoop? Ugh"
"Why, it was SO lato and darkwe could not
see to hunt him, and Allan thought it best SO
guv' in"
"Not best; wust, l tell you! No whoop,
morrow nornin.' Nohoolcr. White Cloud find
him, maybe Eat now. Lie down sleep. Up
afore light; wind out of east with sun; so sail
up to inlet Lie down now, sleep"
And suiting the acton to the word, he threw
himself down before the fire, wrapped in his
blanket and slept, or seemed to sleep, almost in
stantly but Forester and Archer sat up some
time longer couversing with their white guests,
until their hunger was appeased, and their wear
mess began to prevail even over their interest
and their sorrow. Then all lay down and slept
soundIy, until they were aroused by the Indians
short half hour before day break.
A hasty breakfast was soon despatched; the
canoes were lightened TO the utmost, nothing
being placed in them but arms, and cooked pro.
visions for two days consumption. The deer
hounds were secured to trees around the camp,
with abundance of food and water within reach ;
and the wind having come out of the eastwood,
and blowing steady and fresh rightup the lake,
the masts were shipped in the two canoes be,
longing to our party--that of the woodman be-
Ing unprovidcd with such applications, rude
substitute was soon made bya MacEnaw blank
ct stretched from mast and spfit fresh cut
from the island pnes-and, just as the sun a.
rose, the three light barks shot away from the
shore in company, at full speed, caee.ing over
the tiny waves, dead before the light breeze,
towards the head of the lake.
1t had been agreed that Archer ana the White
Cloud should run directly for the inlet; paddle
through it into the upper lake, and then proceed
to search the southwestern shore of that sheet
the canoe having been found on that.side of The
AXE they were now nnvgatiaa. essse to The
inlet. Fores,or und seneca John Nerys to cous'
the northern shore of the lower lake, keeping q
bright lookout along the shingles, and the hunt.
crs we're to do the same with the southern, that
being the converse to what they had lone on the
previous day; on passing through The inlet, the
hunters and Forester were both to follow the
north eastern shore until they should intersec
Archer's course at the head of the upper lake.
Three rifle shots, in quick succession, wele a
greed on the signal of discovery.
Away they went-away, almost as fleet a
the white winged sea ,gulls which famed thei
broad pnions everywhere around them, ant
swooped unerring on their iinny prey. Ava.
they went, away; Archer and the White Cloud
directly before the wird for the Inlet; Forcste
and the young Indian edging off to the north
ward, and the white hunters to the southward
with the wind nearly on their quarters. Within
an hour, Archer had run the others-which ha,
a longer course to run, and were, perhaps
scarcely so well handled-almosto out of sight
and had made the mouth of the inlet, and dis
g covered the spot at which the calloe Of the los
boy had been beached, Here they both landed
and after short search, the "Whtc Cloud
found the trail of the boy gong up the wcster
shore of the inlet towards the upperoke, lhroug
the moist alIuvial woodlands, which, he assert
ed he could follow till he found him, sartain.
20 through the wood. Brother take cano
up inlet. Meet you on shore, where lake begin
Know then whether 60 long stone bcacl
whether through wood. If want brother soone
> call like loon cas-not holler, no how Brotl
er take down SAIL no use here, only paddle"
With word, Archer obeyed his dark skim
, ed monitor, struck his mast, furled his sail, am
seating himself in the stern, sent the little bircl
=, bark vessel right up the swift clear waters of tn
rapid inlet which glanced past her gunwalC
!. and gurgled round her stern in nipples of lqu
k silver. The inlet was crcutous, and the Gu
f rent swift and strong against him, so that it W,
$, no wonder when he reached the upper lake, tt
e White Cloud had anticipated him, and sloc
Il leaning on his rife just where the shingly ma
2. gin, which ran round the clear BASIN, Joined ii
h wooded fiat through which the inlet rushed in
e petuous.
it A wafture of his hand brought Archer
ID forthwith, and, as the canoe touched the shor
r the Indian stepped in lightly, motioned Har
ID to take his place in the bows, and assumed h
l. place us helmsman in the stern.
re "Boy gone up lake, long shore. Not 90
" wood; keep along stones. Went afore da
v last night, maybe. Paddle slow now, lo
I'd sharp, keep close in Shore"
I'd And for two hours they did So at the midd
is of which period they saw the other canoes cor
st out of the inlet aud commence a similar so,r
H. on the farther shore. Several times the India
ID landed to search for signs, where one or f.
ID, small muddy rivulets crept over the beach
S. join the lake, and in one place, especially. VIII,
M an extensive cranberry marsh bordered the w
IT. er for nearly quarter of mile. At each
ch these spots the boys tracks was plainly discel
IL iblo, and at the marsh the Indians sagacitv 50,
tn Oily discovered that he had made hearty m,
ed on the luxUaant berries.
d. Atabout a half mile above this spot
st. character of the coast altered; a long, roc
point ran out, and the outline of the shore alb,