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

ana the dogs who steal our game and murder
our kindred shall eat the dust before the fires of
our camp-let us meet them
AS soon as the council was ended the war
dance was commenced, and each narrated his
prowess, and uttered defiant threats toward the
ccr mon enemy. The forest rang with triumph
ant shouts of their expected encounters, and the
success of their expedition.
When the day broke, the war party-num-
bering fifteen hundred brave warriors, their
faces and bodies hideously paintcd-sallied forth
to the depths of the forest in the direction of
the Mohawk village. As they proceeded, they
were divided and arranged into five companies,
each ranging q portion of the territory and
thus scattered, were better able to procure that
supply of provisions necessary, while spies and
runners were kept in advance to give warning
of any indication of the presence of their ene-
mics.
When the Mohawks received the war club,
sent by the Cayugas, yell of defiance arose
from the foremost one, who sprang in pursuit of
the bearer followed by another, and another,
until the whoops of the foe filled the air and
rang through the valleys of the deep forest
The young warrior fled before his pursuers, but
finding his pathway surrounded by feet fresh
to the chase, he was driven to take the direction
of the Onedas Along the valleys and up the
hill sidcs as he darted like the fcetness of the
deer before the hound-like yells of his pursu-
, ers, and the chase seemed almost up, and he
had fallen bya log in despair, a spy of the
Allies, who had discovered the chase, set up u
whoop of taunting dersion to attract their at
tention, and fled toward the main parity
The Mohawks FASTENED to the thicket beyond,
and overlooked the Cayuga's concealment, until
the distant sound of their footsteps died away.
The Cayuga arose and listened Save the cry
of the whipoorwill and the song of the night
bird, nothing disturbed the stiffness. The sun
had gone to his rest, leaving a busy expedition
under the cover of darkness, to spy out their
victims, render homes fatherless, wigwams des-
olate, and to spill the blood of their enemies
until the fair Cayuga Lake was coorcd, and
the white swan upon its bosom bathed in
the crimson how The owl from his fir haunt
Knocked the dying war whoop, while the eau
tious Cayuga warrior fastened along the we'll
known trail, believing the Oneida warriors to
be on the look out, and half suspec ting the
stratagem which had sealed the fate of his
pursuers. Stealing along at distance, he
espied a camp fre-he saw the last convulsions
of his Mohawk enemies The willy fox of the
. Oneidas had led them into the snare, and ere
they could retreat, II hundred arrows were aim
ed at their hearts. Satisfied with their days
trophies the scalps of the Mohawks were sus-
pended in derision around their camp, q fre
? knded, and guard set to watch the approach
of strangers.
AS the night was advancing, the Cayuga
= walked boldly into camp, not unseen by the
guard, but suffered unarmed as he was, 70 ap-
proach. Hc was welcomed by good repast by
a company of his own tribe, and after narrat-
ing his exploit, furnished with bow and culver
taken from his pursuers
The next days march was far spent without
meeting with any exciting occurrence, when a
murmur from the party in the direction of the
Cayuga village reported that the Mohawks,
to the number of five hundred, were encamped
on the shore of the Lake, near the pine hills, as
if apparently awaiting signs of the approach of
the Cayugas Nagowa feared for the safety of
his village if he turned toward the land of the
Cayugas without first assuring himself that no
party of the Mohawks were engaged in that di-
rection, and he was also determined to discover
if the village of the Mohawks was vacated by
the warriors, and also of the direction they
had taken.
And when the spies returned and reported no
they decided to cross tho big hills and drop down
upon their camp like the eagle upon its victim.
Two suns passed over them, and the frequent
skirmishes reported the presence of the spies of
the Mohawks, who were fully aware of the
coming of the Allies While the signs of the
enemy became more apparent, the skirmishing
parties not unfrequently returned at night fall,
g bearing the long black-haircd scalp Of a Mo-
= hawk.
"Nagowa is inpatient" said he us they
gathered in council I" the Dove of the Oneidas
will pine if she hears not the voice of her
9 Chief. The Wolf will steal upon her happiness
the raven will feed upon her hesh and Nagowa
. cannot see her except he bring the flower of the
-, Mohawks to redeem her %
Wahontes cannot betray his word his
tribe would shoot him like dog" replied the
chief of the Cayugas. " If the Oneida loves
, ,, the Oneida Dove he will fight the enemy of the
= Cayugas, and give them a ransom for her.
As the council was near its close, and thew
n supposed themselves concealed under the cover
of night lall, the signal of the approach of the
q Mohawks was given, and Immediately the war
whoop was heard in pursuit of a small party of
Cayugas leading them into the ambush prepared
g for their reception.
The Mohawks are coming wbispered
4 half-a-dozcn runners Fastening along the ranks.
q and again tho war whoop rang out upon the
. distant hills like the report of cannon.
" The Onoidas will sell their scalps dearly i"
q said young warrior in derison.
And the Cayugas will remember the blood
of their kindred and the trespass of their hunt
ing grounds, " said Cayuga.
e While the Allies were proceeding to the at
tack, the three Oneida hunters who had preyi-
3 ously visited the Mohawk nation bearing their
= wounded Chief unbeknown to the rest of the
expedition, undertook visit to the Mohawks
to bring the daughter of their Chief as a ran