Frostburg mining journal., 1883-12-15

tion of LIE Renard ?"
'Listen," said the Indian again.
''The hght eyes can go back to the
Horican, and tell the old chief what
has been done, if the dark-haired
woman will swear by the Great Spirit
of her fathers to tell no lie"
"What must promise = demanded
Cora.
"When Magua left his people, his
wife was given to another chief he has
now made friends with the Hurons,
and will go back to the graves of his
tribe, on the shores of the great lake.
Let the daughter of the English
chief follow, and live in his wigwam
forever"
However revolving 4 proposal Of
such character might prove to Cora,
she retained, Notwithstanding her
powerful disgust, sufficient self-cOm-
mand to reply without betraying the
weakness.
"And what pleasure would Magua
find in sharing his cabin with a wife
he did not love /; one who would be of
q nation and color different from his
own? 1t would be better to take the
gold of Munro, and buy the heart of
some Huron maid with his gifts
The Indian made no reply for near
q minute.
"When the blows scorched the back
of the Huron, he would know where
to find woman to feel the smart.
The daughter of Munro would draw
his water, hoe his corn, and cook his
venison. Tho body of lhe gray-head
would sleep among his cannon, but
his heart would lie within the reach
of the knife of lie Subtil."
"Monster well dost thou deserve
thy treacherous name !" cried Cora
in an ungovernable burst of filial in
dignation. "None but fiend could
mediate such a vengeance! But thou
overratest thy power! You shall find
it is, in truth, the heart Of Munro you
hold, and that it will defy your ut
most malice !"
The Indian answered this bold de-
fiance by Il ghastly smile. Hayward
flew to the side of the agitated female
and demanded the result OF dialogue,
that he had watched at q distance
with so much interest. But unwilling
to alarm the fears of Alice, she evaded
a direct reply, betraying only by her
countenance her ntter want of sue
cess. To the reiterated and earnest
questions OF her sister, concerning
their probable destination. she made
no other answer than by pointing to-
wards the dark group and murmuring
as she folded Alice to her bosom,-
"There, there read our fortunes
in their faces we shall see we shall
seem
When Magua reached the cluster of
lolling savages, who, gorged with
their disgusting meai, lay stretched
on the earth in brutal indulgence, he
commenced speaking with the dignity
OF an Indian chief,
At first, the language, as well as
the action Of Magua, appeared calm
and deliberate. When he succeeded
in sufficiently awakening the atten-
ton of his comrades, Hayward fan
cied, by his pointing so frequently
towards the direction OF the great
lakes, that he spoke Of the land OF
their fathers, and of their distant
/ tribe.
He spoke Of the wives and children
of the slain; their destitution their
misery, both physical and moral
their distance: and, at last, OF their
unavenged wrongs. Then, suddenly
lifting his voice to pitch of terrific
energy, he concluded, by demanding
''.Are the Hurons dogs to bear this /?
Who shall say 10 tho wife OF
Menowgua that the fishes have his
scalp, and that his nation have not
taken revenge Who will dare meet
the mother OF Wassawattimie, that
! scornful woman, with his hands clean
\ What shall pe sand TO the old men
when they ask Us for scalps, and we
! have not Il hair from white head 10
! give them The women will point
their fingers til II. There is a dark
spot on the nalnrs Of the uUrons, and
il must be hid in blood
Ills voice Was no longer audible in
/ the burst Of rage which now braie
into the air. as if the wood, instead
Of containing 50 small ban.l, was
filed with the nation.
Two powerful warriors east them.
selves on Hayward while another was
occupied in securing the less active
singing-mas,er Neither Of the cap
tives, however, submitted without
desperate though fruitless struggle.
Even David hurled his assailant to the
earth nor was Hayward secured until
the victory over his companion enabled
the Indians to direct their united force
to that object. He was then bound
and fastened TO tle body of n SaDlinp