Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-04-12

alter contemplating MS own llberal
share of the spoil with peculiar graf
ification, repeated with emphasis, the
words
"My brother is wise chief. He is
welcome" t-....I
''The Hurons love their friends
the Delawares," returned Magua.
HAS not my brothers scented spies
in the woods?"
"There have been strange moccasins
about my camp. They have been
tracked into my lodges"
"Did my brother beat out the
dogs!' asked Magua. rr
at would not do. The stranger is
always welcome to the children of
the Lenape."
'The stranger, but not the spy"
'Would the Yengeese send their
women as spies? Did not the Huron
chief say he took women in the bat
tie -
"He told no lie. The Yengeese
have sent out their scouts. They
have been in my wigwams, but they
found no one to say welcome. Then
they fled to the Delawares-for, they
say, the Delawares are our friends
their minds are turned from their
Canada father"
This insinuation was home thrust,
and one that in more advanced state
of society, would have entitled Magua
to the reputation Of skilful di-
plomatist. This alarming annun-
citation was received, as Magua intend
ed, with manifest disapprobatlon, if
not with alarm. ..
"Let my father look in my face"
said Le-cGur-dur; che will see no
change. 1t is true my young men
did not go out on the war-path;
they had dreams for not doing so.
But they love and venerate the great
white chief"
''Will he think so when he hears
that his greatest enemy is fed in the
camp of his children? When he is
told a bloody Yengee smokes at your
fire: That the pale-face who has
slain so many ofhis friends goes in and
out among the Delawsres: Go; my
great Canada father is not fool
"Where is the Yengee that the
Delawares fear - returned the
other; "who has slain my young
men? who is the mortal enemy of
my Great Father p
ola Tongue Carabine."
The Delaware warriors started at
the well-known name, betraying that
they now learnt, for the first time,
one so famous among the Indian al
lies of France was within their
power.
"What does my brother mean ?"
demanded Le-ceur-dur.
"a Huron never lies," returned
Magua, coldly. "Let the Delawares
count their prisoners they will find
one whose skin is neither red nor
pale ..:
A long and musing pause succeed
ed. Messengers were despatched to
collect certain others of the most dis
tingulshed men of the tribe.
AS warrior after warrior dropped
in, they were each made acquainted,
i'll turn, with the important intelli-
gence that Magua just communicated.
When the excitement had q little
abated, the old men disposed them
selves seriously to consider that which
it became the honor and safety of
their tribe to perform, under circum-
stances of so much delicacy and en-
barassment.
The council of the Delawares was
short. When it was ended, a general
hustle announced that it was to be
Immediately succeeded by solemn
and formal aseemblage of the nation.
1t might have been half an hour
before each individual, including even
the women and children, was in his
place.
In a collection of so serious savages,
there is never to be found any I'M
patient aspirant after premature dis
tinction, standing ready to move his
auditors to some hasty, and perhaps,
injudicious discussion, in order that
his own reputation may be the
gamer.
At length, one of those low mur-
murs that are so apt to disturb null
titude, was heard, and the whole ma
tiOn ornca IN their fnat bv a common