The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-12

uueStion might Well have arisen 10 an
observer of this tremendous spectacle
The wigwams of the different tribes
and clans and families were grouped
anqrt. scattered alous ali the mar
row shore back of the great hill
and over the Convent gardens; anc
among these stalhcd the native French
clad in coarse cloth OF blue, with gaotS
hcn and hucbskinS. and cap OF tur ana
nnceasins of hide, mlnslinS irater-
nallv with their tutted and bepsinted
visitors. as we'll as with those rangers
Goth enyied and hated, the savage
.oure,rs de bois OF the Tar northern
mr trade: men bearded. silent, stern,
clad In breech-clout and lesgingS like
snv savage. as silent, as stoical, as
hardy on the trail as on the mario"
thwart OF the canoe
savage feastingS, riotings and drank
apnesS. and long debaueherles came
with the Great Peace, when once the
word had gone ont that the far trade
was TO be resumed. HeneCforth there
was 10 be peace. The French we're nc
longer 10 raid the little cabins alons
NE Kennehec and the Penobscot Thf
river Richelieu was 10 be no longer .
red wal trail. The English were ne
longer 20 offer arms and blankets fol
line beaver. belonging by right OF erio'
discovery 10 those who offered French
brandy ana French beads The lro
ouois were no longer Ia pursue 2
timid Zoe across the great prairieS o.
mo valley uf the MesSaSChc Tn
+ Oiibvays were not to ambush the scat
/ tered parties of the Iroquois. The IN
anbifions colonists of New Enclanl
/ and New YorR were to be left 10 til
Their stony farms ia quiet. Meantime
the tur trade. wasteful. liceutlouS, IN
profitable. was to extend onward az
outward in an the marches OF the West
From one end of the Great RIVER o
HE West tu TIE other the insignia @
France and of Frances kjng were L
be- erected. ANA Francs posts were 4
hold all the ancient trails, Even al IN
mouth of the Great River, torestalllm
4 these sullen English and these sluggish
English rolunistS, far TO the south y
The sombor forests and miasmati
marshes, there was 10 be eslabllshe'
one more ruling point for The arms O
Louis the Grand. II was a great sam
this. for which the continent OF Amer
ica was in preparation. i was
mighty thing. this gathering Of ~
Great Peace, this time when colonlst
and thoir kine were seeing the ilf,
breaking ct the wave on the shore
an empire alluring, wonderful. unpaI
alleleA
lnto this viii rabbe Of sayases an
citizens. of priest and soldier an
coureur Laws friends, Pierre NO
and Jean Breboeuf swiftly disal
reared. naturally. htly and unayoiS
ably. "The West Is calling to us MOI
giour said Pierre Nor one morn'n
a. b. stood looking ont across 7
liver Il hear once moro the splfi
of the Nessasebe Monsieur, will ye
Gomez"
Law shook his head Yet two dal
later as he stood al that very pom
there came To him the silent feet
two coufeurs instead Of one once mo
he heard in his ear the quesltol
; Monsieur Las, will you Gomez
Al this yoice he started. In an i
slant his arms were about the neck
, IN Mesnc. and tears we're falling fro
tho ewes OF both In the welcome OF tn
. brotherhood which is admitted only
= those who have known together arr
: and danger and hardship the touch
The hard ground and the sight OF I
wide blue sky
"Du Mesne ms friend
Monsieur Last
1T is as though you came from !
dcpths of the sea. Du Mesne. sa
Law.
Ard as though you yourself arc
from the grave. Monsieur
How did you know
why. easily You do not underata
The ways of the wilderness, where ne
| travels as fast as in the cities. Y
| we're hardly below the foot OF Mlchls
non before runners from the Him \
4 epread The news along the Chicaq
where was then in camp. For
rest. the runners brought also news
the Big Peace I reasoned that
Iroanois would not dare to dest'
7 their captives. that IN time the age
If he government would receive
captives Of the lroquois-that tn
| capiiyes would naturally come to
! settlements on the ST. Lawrence. ~
| If was the French against whom
lronuois had been al war, that nav
come 10 Montreal. you would nature
remain here for time The rest
P' easy. Jared on TO the straits
''- snrinc and then on down The lakes
ITS have sold our fuTs. and am no" re
VI. Ia accornt to yoH with a sum q
~ as much as we should have eXpea
~. NOV. Monsieur and M ne
rS stretched ont bis arm again poin'
~ fo the Gown-coming food Of ne
Lawrence. Monsieur. win you eol
~ see not the ST Lawrence, 0ut
we neasasebe can bear Inc voices
,. in-'"
~" Law dashed his hand across his
and turned his head away. Not
-, Dn Mcgne." said he ! do not kf
Not vat mugt first 90 across