Frostburg mining journal., 1883-09-29
CHAPTER II.
Sola, sola, wo ca, no, sola!

SNiN'
--Shakspeare.
While one of the lovely beings we
have so curiously presented to the
reader was thus lost in thought, the
other quickly recovered from the alarm
which induced the exclamation, and,
laughing at her own weakness, she
inquired of the youth who rode by her
side,-
"Are such spectres frequent in the
woods, Hayward or is this sight an
especial entertainment in our behalf 7
If the latter, gratitude must close our
mouths; but if the former, both Cora
and I shall have need to draw largely
on that stock of hereditary courage
which we boast, even before we are
made to encounter the redoubtable
Montcalm."
"Yon Indian is runner of the
army; and after the fashion of his peo-
pie, he may be accounted hero" re-
turned the officer. "He has volunteer
ed to guide us to the lake, by path but
little known, sooner than if we follow
ed the tardy movements of the column !;
and, by consequence, more agreeably."
~ like him not" said the lady, shud-
dering, partly in assumed, yet more in
real terror. "You know him, Duncan,
or you would not trust yourself so
freely to his keepingP"
"Say, rather, Alice, that I would not
trust you. l do know him, or he would
not have my confidence, and least of
all at this moment. He is said to be a
Canadian, too; and yet he served with
our friends, the Mohawks, who, as You
know, are one of the six allied nations. y
He was brought amongst us, as | have
heard, by some strange accident in
which your father was interested, and
in which the savage was rigidly dealt
by; but forget the idle tale; it is
enough he is now our friend"
"If he has been my fathers enemy l
like him still less " exclaimed the now
really anxious girl. "Will you not
speak to him, Major Hayward, that l
may hear his tones? Foolish though
it may be, you have often heard me
avow my faith in the tones of the
human voice. ~
at would be in vain and answered
most probably, by an ejaculation.
Though he may understand it, he af-
fects, like most Of his people, to be ig-
norant of the English, apd least of
all will he condescend to speak II now,
that the war demands the utmost exef-
else of his dignity. But he stops; the
private path by which we are to jour.
ney, is doubtless, at hand"
The conjecture of Major Hayward
was true. When they reached the
spot where the Indian stood, pointing
into the thickst, that fringed the mill
tary road, a narrow and blind path,
which might, with some little incon-
venience, receive one person at time,
became visible.
Here, then, lies or way" said the
young man, in a low voice, Manifest
no distrust, or you may invite the dan
ger you appear to apprehend.'
"Cora, what think you ?" asked the
reluctant fair one. ''If we journey
with the troops, though we may find
their presence irksome, shall we not
feel better assurance of our safetyR"
"Being little accustomed to the
practices of the savages, Alice, you
*Thers existed for long time confelera-
ton among the Indian tribes which occupied
the northwestern part Of the colony of New
York, which was at first known as the "Five
Nations" AT later day il admitted another
tribe, when the appellation was changed to
that Of the "Six Nations" The original con-
federation consisted of the Mohawks, the
Oneidas, the Senecas, the Cayugas, and the
Onondagoes. The sixth tribe was the Tusca-
roras. There are remnants of all these people
still living on lands secured to them by the
State; but they are daily disappearing, either
by deaths, or by removals to scenes more con-
genial to their habits. In short time there
will be no remains of these extraordiary peo-
pie in those regions in which they dwelt for
centuries, but their names The State of New
York has counties named after all of them but
the Mohawks and the Tuscarosas, The sec
ond river of that State is called the Mohawk.