Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-06-24

Monedo was in his breast, approaohing their
retreat calmly, and as if afraid toI frighten the
object of his attention.
The maidens turned as if to fly fpm his ap-
proach, but the voice of the Wolfof the Mo
hawks, and the appearance of three of his war;
riors in their path, arrested their steps.
"The roe fees from the shadow of its own
form, and the Dove would fly from her worship
err" said Mowegan, following still nearer to
where the afrighted maidens weie standing
=" Mowegan has wampum and much lands-hc
will give these to Mameah and w warriors
shall hunt all the winter for tile skSie far for
her jacket; and beads and singing birds shall
be hers in her home on the shore Of the great
river. Does the Dove consent to 60 again to
the lodge of her father?'
"The smile ofthe Great Spirit is on the land;
if Mameah forsake her promise, peace will not
come to her couch, her dreams will not be sweet,
and her heart will break with sorrow. Mameah
cannot CO."
IhO SHiCi VI nIUIuN Nd litn uiilly WuT-
riors to bring the naughty spirit of the daugh-
ter of the aged warrior to his lodge. Mowcgan
is great Chief; Mameah has heard his saying !:
must go to his lodge"
"The winds change, and the winter goes,
and summer is warm the birds come, and the
flowers and the green leaves give them home !;
but the promise of Mamoah breaks not Moons
come and go; suns awake and 60 to sleep; but
the bride of the Oneida will remember her
love'
"The Chief of the Onedas shall eat the dust !;
his scalp shall hang on the Mohawk lodge; and
Mameah shall be a slave, if she 60 not to the
lodge of the Mowhawk." ;"
"The wolf can slay and eat the young roe, but
it lives in the fair lands of the west, said she,
pointing to the sun and the brave warriors
of the Cayugas and Oneidas will remember her
blood. Go, Mowegan your dogs are waiting, y
and she darted off, while an arrow from his
bow as quick as thought sped on its mission
and Mameah sank bleeding to the moss her feet
were trcading.
Quickly seizing her companion who had been
a silent observer, his warriors sprang to do his
biddings. One was about to release the scalp
from the crown of the wounded Dove, when she
raised her hand and motioned him away. Mo
wegan approached, and as his eyes met hers, he
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the wound, which, though not mortal was
bleeding profusely. Together with the Swan
of the Cayugas, she was born to the distant vii
lage of the Mohawks.
Accompanying the party suns journey,
Mowegan gave his warriors instructions to take
all possible care of Mameah, and then departed
to the camp, which he had left with q company
of his warriors to reconnoitre the Cayuga vii
lage, where he discovered Mameah.
Soon after his arrival at the camp, a runner
entered with the information that party of
Oneidas and Cayugas were encamped behind the
hill Of pines, and beyond the arm Of the lake,
This intelligence was unexpected to Mowegan;
and surprised at their obtaining this command
ing position so near his own territory, he de-
spatched runner to caution those in charge OF
the two captives, and set out at once to assure
himself of the position and strength of the enc
my
He had not proceeded far, when he discovered
that his camp was harrassed by the enemy in
considerable numbers, and once as he passed a
thicket, an arrow sped past him and lodged in
the bark of a tree some steps in advance. But
the careless spy Of the Allies, who had dis
charged it, paid dearly for his want of caution.
His scalp was borne before the party on long
stick as trophy to intimidate the enemy.
A few hours later, and'the party of Mohawks
crossed the trail of band of theeAllies, which
was observed to lead toward the mountain. The
Mohawks followed hastily, and at nlghtfall they
camped only a few arrow-shots distant from
where they supposed to be the camp of the AL
lies.
See" said Mowegan, " the Cayuga dogs
are within our grasp"
q" But their eyes never Sleep" said a warrior
" if they are not the most powerful, they will
be with the catamount among the dens of the
thicket."
"The Mohawk will mark him close. His
tread will be heard, and the arro-s will bring
him down.
The Mohawks closely watched for any favor.
able indication from the Allies camp and neal
the approach of morning they discovered that
aside from one solitary sentinel, the party had
lain down to sleep.
A surprise was planned, and the Mohawkc
crept cautiously to the vicinity of the camp
when, mistaking an image dressed as man
which was the only object seen, q dozen arrows
were fred simultaneously with the utterance O
the war-whoop, and the Mohawks rushed upor
their supposed enemies. The camp was vacant
Maddened by the deception, they sought th'
trail of the Allies but until daylight nothing
was discovered to indicate tho true direction ia
ken. They followed single footstep, now 10
singit, and again discerning it, until the mouth
of n considerable cave seemed to be the place O
rendezvous. What the number of the party
was, Mowegan only conjectured from their hav
ing flown the previous night instead of attempt
ing q battle.
Stratagem after stratagem was resorted to tt
draw them out, but to no purpose. They dare,
not risk an attempt to enter the cave, and a
last warrior kindled a fire at the front of tn
ledge of rocks, which had the intended effect. |
penetrated to the inner recess, filling it to suffo
cation. Then came the strife. A Cayuga crop
out from concealed entranee and creeping be
hind large fir, awaited the approach Of tn
next and the next, until portion sufficient t.
Ie,rround tba onamv rhnuld hava laff tbo oaya