Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-26

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 The Indian shook his shaven head.
 'sThe rutting month is past, my brotAs er." said he, speaking in broken French, "but ere the month of the bird Iayins has come there will be no white man upon this river save only behind stone walls"
 What then? We have heard little. Have the Iroquois broken out 50 Acres. ly?"
 The Indian waved his hand along tho whole southern and western horizon. "Where are they not? The woods arc rustling with them. They are like . fire among dry grass. so swift and 70 terrible"
 "On my life," said De Catinat, If these, devils are indeed unclaimed they will need old Frontenac back if they are not to be swept into the river" He was an enemy of the church, and the right hand of the foul flend in this country" said voice from the bottom of the canoe.
 It was the friar, who had succeeded in getting rid of the buckskin glove and belt with which the two Americans had gagged him.
 Why should we take him fartherr asked Amos. He is but weight for us to carry, and I cannot see that we profit by his company. Let us put him out
 And have him maybe in front of uA warning the blackjackets" said old Ephraim.
 Ion that island, then"
 ''Very good. He can hail the first of his folk who pass"
 They shot over to the island and landed the friar, who said nothing, but cursed them with his eye They left with him small supply of biscuit and of flour to last him until he should be picked up. Then, having passed . bend in the river, they ran their canoe ashore in little cove, where they laid out their small stock of provisions and ate hearty breakfast while discussing what their plans should be for the fu- ture
 They were not badly provided for their journey. The captain of the Glouces- ter brig in which the Americans had started from Quebec knew Ephraim Savage well, as who did not upon the New England coast? He had accepted his bill, therefore, at three months' date, and he had let him have in return three excellent guns, good supply of ammunition and enough money to pro- vide for all his wants. In this way he had hired the canoe and the Indians and had fitted her with meat and bis cult to last them for ten days at tho least.
 Its like the breath of life to me to feel the heft of gun and to smell tho trees round me-" said Amos. "Why. it cannot be more than a hundred leagues from here to Albany or Sche- nectady right through the forest"
 Aye, lad, but how is the gal to walk . hundred leagues through forestf No, no; let us keep water under our keel and lean on the Lord"
 Then there is only one way for 1t. We must make the Richelieu river and Keep right along to Lake Champaign and Lake St. Sacrement. There we should be close by the headwaters of the Hudson"
 Tt is q dangerous road" said Do Catinat, who understood the converse tion of his companions even when he was unable to join in it. We should need to skirt the country of the Mo hawks"
 Tt is the only one, I guess. It is that or nothing"
 And have friend upon the Rich- elIeu river who. I am sure, would help us on our way" said De Catinat, with a smile. You have heard me talk of Charles de Ia Noue. Seigneur de Ste. Marie. His seigneury lies on the Rich- elieu. little to the south of Fort St Louls."
 "Goodw cried Amos. If we have . friend there we shall do well. That clinches 1t, then, and we shall hold fast by the river"
 And so for long week the little par ty toiled up the great waterway, keep ing ever to the southern bank. whers there were fewer clearings. The clear ings radiated out from the villages. and every cottage was built with a eye to the military necessities of the whole, so that the defense might make a stand at all points and might finally center upon the stone manor house and the mill.
 At every step in this country, whether the traveller were on the G. Lawrence or west upon the lakes or down upon the banks of the Missis- sippi or south in the country of tho Cherokees and of the Greeks. he would still find the inhabitants in the samc state of dreadful expectancy and from the same cause. The Iroquois. as they were named by the French. or the Five Nations. as they called them selves, hung like cloud over the whoIe great continent.
 For half century these tribes had nursed a grudge toward the French since Champlain and some of his fol- lowers had taken part with their enc mics against them. During all these years they had brcoded in their forest villages. flashing out now and again in some border outragr. but waiting for the most part until their chance should come. And now it seemed to them that ft had come. They had de-