The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-08
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BY IRVING l.. BENAN.

from Fort Detroit teeHDS bOJu ueiSatSu |
and dispraced, the first effort of his genius
was to discover who had revealed his muir
derous intentions to the commandant.
To this end he employed Whatever oe-
tective agencies were known among the
aborigines suspected persons were pHec
with keen aud even threatening questions
the medicine man, or prophet, was enlisted
withshis wild and weird ceremonies, aud
the general impression went abroad that
whoever should discover the offending
partv would be honOred with the highest
favors of the leading sachems.
Thus hundreds of cruel and suspicious
emissaries were set hunting poor Nee mis-
act of gratitude and mercy, and within
three DAYS the hounds of blood had struck
their victims trail.
{ Although Nee mi was not belle, hef
shy and delicate beauty bad attracted many
suitoIs.
/ one Young warrior in particular, named /
| A-ne-moosh the Dog, had cOurted her with |
. brazen assurance, announcing througnouG |
the tribe that ''Jhe Dog pWsues the NHd |
( Pigeon" A-ne-mOoSh was gIganuc |
fellow, sanguinary in battle and rapidly
gaining reputation as a fighter but he
was vain, rude and ugly looking, ana
therefore Iepulsive instead OF attractive III
the eyes of the Wild Pigeon. Hence,
when he pressed his suit she rejected him,
and told her father that 1.-THE W I'D Pigeon
cannot make her nest and keep her feathers
clean in the kennel of the Dog"
Nee mi was like her father in her gentle
traits, and therefore he appreciated her
aversion to the rough young brave and
when A-ne moosh appealed from daughter
to parent he was met with the terse re-
mark. ''Not till the Dog borrows the eagles
wings can he catch the Wild Pigeon"
After such a double rejection 1t is no
/; wonder that when he heard among the
: I souaws what fOvOrite Mee-m: was with
, the cummaudant of the fort his jealousy
/ was aroused and he became her relentless
f enemy.
|. Actuated by this feeling he fUnnd oc-
i casion to say i'll the presence of those whom
3 he knew wOuld soon whisper 1t IN every
e lodge Of the Ottavas eff the wings OF the
e Wild Pigeon had been clipped, the counsels
II of the sachems would not have reached the
ears of the white captain
This vas enough to kindle the fire. In
dian gossip naturally famed Ii INTO fury.
. sauaws euvious of Mee-mis skill with the
needle aud her favor at the fort, gave the
], story MANY ruff braves who were 9nx-
IN iuus to gam the good will of Pontiac by de
| tecting GIadwiu's 5 informant gruuted thelI
approval of the suspicion ana, III partl
cular friends of y ue-mOOSh did their Ut
most to confirm and magnify the report
. At lenyth it was told 20 Nee mis- father
who. upon inquiry, found in few hOui'
his daughters life would not be secure
~ and going TO the wigwam be said. " h'
on Dog has been barking and the Ottawas be
CR Iieve him. Let the Wild Pigeon spread
LF her wings o. they will kill her"
use Further warning was unnecessary 10
ale Nee mi.
Sc The commandant had promised to pro
tect her for revealing the plot, and as 500
!. as darkness fell she fled to the fort.
But she found the gate closed, for durin
/ the DAYS since the detection OF Pontiac
y. treachery Major Gladwin had taken ever
81 liz, Tfv- RFad dor nBlf 4
os savages.
Ell Listening she heard across the plain tn
md noise Of revelry iD the Indian encampmen
llr- Nv and within only the steady tread OF tn
til, white sentinel; and knowing so we'll I'll
ad- rigor of military rules and the stelnne'
i a with which The garrison were guardIn
ees. against their foes, she almost dcS2aired
und gaining admission to her good officer
eCn ; tell him of her peril.
1rg Taking off her moccasin, she began
and beat with it against tue portal OF the ior
per per- yet scarcely harder than might be blows
WV a wild pigeons wings, and at the san
e to time droning through the darkness in ton
not unlike some night bud, 'Omee m
a. Once mi -
- Finally these singular sounds caught Il
- sently's ear, and With NATAL voice he CHI
sale lenged, "Who there ?''
and But he girl made no other response tnt
vgd to beat on the gate with her slipper, al
ngs. cry, ''Omee-mi! Once mi ~
arts, lTH, Again the challenge, sterner than /
wv fore, "WhO's there -
,gan And again tho only reply was, Come
eTiy mi Omee-mir -
gelp ned At this the sentinel called the officer
irtly the guard and directed his attention TO t
Zto the singular noises outside the gate.
1as "a A burning torch was brought and thrO'
over the stockade, and by The light th
ueu, , saw, through the port holes of bastiC
rma. as if it were tableau, the slender form
the yolng squaw her long straight HI
na' loated in the night wind, one dusky ha
- grasping the mOccasin was lifted again
the portal, and her great black eyes W.
AZ dis gazing intently at the flaming torch.
-iste They recognized her az once as their
lchel vi0ur from the plot of Pontiac, and I
5efb 81, fact of her being at the gate was report
T the to Major Gladwin. Immediately a CO
,oint- pany of the garrison were ordered unt
from arms and posted on either side the
trance, and then the gate was opened
tor. the fugitive maiden.
But scarcely had she entered and
Il way been shut and secured behind h
-, when a score or more savages came r
las ming and dashed against the gate, excla
nbria ing in loud and and angry tones, ''M
e un- mi Mee-mi %
st ne Among the voices the squaw recogni
laims that of A-ne- moosh muttering vengea
ly au- against her and all the whites, and "
mr. grateful face, glowing in the light of
torches borne by the soldiers, she tur
- to the commandment and (by the interpre
told him that he had saved her life, a
little longer waiting outside the gate
\ stt -; she would have been prisoner whom
made power could rescue from the hatred of
2 to Dog and the sentence of Pontiac
D Dis a . blood bad ro+ 10. 49,, Ill =, N,
-ffI is known in history as "Pontiac's WI
- Major Gladwin refraned from opening
ICIAN guns on Me-mi's pursuers, aud they
J. Of turned unharmed from their blood thi
n, two but fruitless chase of the Innocent girl
night D.. .Lo ,,axt ,,,,,r,;,,o, d. r,,,.;,,,,s = :
naan DuI 1tO h0A' "'' h'.'s ~ i"O0 "t
. It'll was made on the Tort by nearly two [
- sand warriors. and every stratagem
employed by which TO capture it. Fai
however, a siege commenced which Ia
sogsa; nearly year, the longest in the histo