Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04


attacked the shanty and killed the
mother and child while the father was
absent; or may be wei find his bones
outside; and the wolves have made q
meal of them, seeI" and he held up
bone On which. the marks Of teeth were
plainly visible Marden turned away
with 4 shudder.
ave viii bury them out of sight,
Jabe," he said.
By the aid OF knife and haSchct shall
low grave was dug in 4 corner of the
room. for there was no floor but the
mother earth, 10 whose bosom the poor
remains were consigned, while the
grave-dirgers, each according TO his
light. hallowed the spot with a silent
prayer. JADE then prepared supper,
after which he seated himself on
block of wood which had evidently been
used by the former occupants Tor that
purpose, lit his pipe with a frontiers
man appreciation Of present comfort, no
matter how far short il might come of
the genuine article.
Na-deu followed his example and
tried TO Danish from his mind the gloomy
thoughts incident TO the situation.
Its strange, said JADE, thoughtfully,
''how things happen accidenJal-like that
bring TO mind some other thing that
may be you haven't thought Of for years
and as good as forgotten" lie paused
for a moment, and then III answer TO
Marden's inquiring look he went on:
You see, Captain, I was thinking
about what happened here where we are
sitting, and I made a sort Of picture OF
it in my mind. with that poor woman
and her child. May be there was others,
carried off to Canada TO be slaves TO
their redsllin masters; ana the figure
that came into my mind 10 represent
this woman was the perfect picture Of
another that ! saw years ago, and
haven't Thought of since, although I
have been hunting for her in MY mem
DRY for months past
Why were you seeking for thing
forgotten asked Marden-
That is the queer part Of il, sir: /
was trying TO think how this poor
mother looked when she was alive, and
when her child was killed before her
| eyes, and another. may be, dragged away
| by the red devils, before they sunk the
tonahawk in her head-when up comes
| before my eyes, as plain as day, that
! other mother, grievlng for her children
that was lost in like manner, and there
| they stand, all three Of them, as ike as
| ears Of corn"
| ..AlI three?'' repeated Marden, 'twho
is the third?'
I'll tell you Captain. 1t IS twelve
| years ago, and I was working on faith
ers farm near Dee-feld- Mass. The
| Indians were friendly and went about
| the streets selling their bead-work and
| baskets-that IS, the women did. One
| Of them was the daughter Of chief
| Old Red Blanket, they called him. be-
! cause the Governor made him 4 present
| Of 4 piece Of red cloth. the same that the
! English soldiers coats are made Of, And
| the old fellow was so pleased that he
wore il for blanket.
| He had beautiful daughter and
an English officer fell in love with
| her and they were married. Her hus-
band hired teachers of all kinds for
| her, and she soon learned all that they
| knew. Then her husband took her to
| Boston and she must have been gone
| long time, for when she came back to
see her father she had two children.
| twins, about four years old
Then the news came that the Canadian
| Indians were on the war-path and kill
| ing the frontier settlers, and we had
| barely time TO get ready when band Of
them struck Deerfeld. Well, we man
| aged 10 repulse them but they killed
| Old Red Blanket and carried of his
| family, and although we pursued them
| and rescued the daughter, the children
were never heard Of again And now
remem Der her just as she looked then.
| How beautiful she was, with her tall,
straight figure and long black hair, and
/ dark eyes that were full of despair and
/ agony"
! And yet this poor woman could not
have resembled her" said Marden,
for the reason that one belonged to
| the native race and the other to ours.
/ But who is the third?''
That explains il aIlr' exclaimed
Jabe, with the air of one who
has solved a difficult problem.
See, Captain, what a wonderful
thing the human mind is. Their mis-
fortune brought them together in my
thought, and caused me TO recall the
woman l had forgotten and place her
/ beside the one l never saw, while the
one ] told you I was hunting my
memory for comes out OF the fog, 1neIts
again into the chiefs daughter. and
stands beside Ariel like a picture of
/ himself"
Ariel exclaimed Marden. do yos
mean TO say that the chiefs daughter
! is"
i don't know what she IS to him,
| Captain, but they are like as mother
! and son"
| So saying, Jabe wrapped his blanket
around him and fell asleep as soon as
| his head touched the earth.
! As the rangers approached the point
| designated in MERGERS order, their
/ progress became slower and dangers &C
/ cunQlated. Montcalm was cutting q
road through the forest to facilitate the
march Of his troops TO Oswego. and the
/ laborers were protected by numerous
parties Of regulars and militia, while
! bands Of Indians roamed the woods as
scouts and purveyors Of game; for the
/ comnissariat department OF the French
army was often scanty enough, for the
reason that the male population of Can
ada was taken from the pillow 10 fill up
regiments decimated by disease and war.
Having gained all the information
possible Marden decided to return.
and having made an agreement with
Jabe that if one was killed or
captured the other should make his
hack