The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-01


!, 81 hardly think that they will w
d are four and they are only two. am
. they know now that we are on on
] guard. We must push on fast now
S for where there are two Ironuois ther
: are likely to be 200 not very far of
: All. here is the Aiidaumo creek, wher
2 the Indians set the sturgeon nets.
is still seven miles to Poitou.
!. I'VE shall be there before nightfal
, them"
, Il think that we had best wait TO
nightfall before we make our way in
Since the Iroquois scouts are out n
far as this it is likely that they Ii,
thick round Potion. and we may fin,
the last step the worst unless we hav,
care He paused a moment Will
! slanting head and sidelong ear "B,
Ste. Anne" he muttered. I'VE have no
shaken them off They are still upol
our trail.
You hear them!''
Yes: they are no great way from
us. They will find that they have fol
lowed us once too often this time
Slip off your moccasins, monsieur
De Catinat pulled off his shoes as
directed and Du Lhut did the same
Put them on as if they were
gloves" said the pioneer. and an in
slant later Ephraim Savage and Amos
had their comrades shoes upon their
| hands.
You can swing your muskets over
/ your back. So, Now down on all
tours, bending yourselves double. with
\ your hands pressing hard upon the
earth. That is excellent. Two men
can leave the trail of four. Now come
with me. monsieur
He fitted from tree to tree on a line
which was parallel to but few yards
distant from that of their comrades.
Then suddenly he crouched behind a
bush and pulled De Catinat down be-
side him.
They must pass US in a few min
utes," he whispered. do not fire if
you can help it, Something cleaned
in Du Lhut's hand. and his comrade.
glancing down. saw that he had drawn
a keen little tomahawk from his belt.
Suddenly he saw something move 1t
fitted like a shadow from one trunk
to the other, SO swiftly that De Catinat
could not have told whether it were
saw it, and yet again, sometimes one
shadow, sometimes two shadows. Then
for few moments all was still once
more, and then in an instant there
crept out from among the bushes the
most terrible looking creature that ever
walked the earth-an IroquOis chief
upon the war trail.
He was tall. powerful man, and
his bristle of scalp locks and eagle
feathers made him look like a giant in
the dim light, for a good eight feet lay
between his beaded moccasin and the
topmost plume of his headgear. One !
side Of his face was painted In SCOT. |
ocher and vermilion to resemble dog |
and the other half as fowl His gun
was thrown forward. and he crept |
along with Bonded knees, peering. lis |
tcning. pausing, hurrying on, breath
ing image of caution. Two PAGES be-
hind him walked lad of fourteen,
clad and armed in the same fashion,
but without the painted face
They We're just abreast of the bush
when something caught the eye of the
younger warrior. some displaced twig
'r fiuttering leaf, and he paused, with
Instant and he had warned his COM
'anion. but Du Lhut sprang out and
buried his Ratchet in the skull of the
'lder warrior. De Catinat heard a dull
rash, as when an ak splinters its way
nto a rotten tree, and the man fell
ike log. kicking and striking with
rs powerful limbs. The younger war
Tor sprang like a deer over his fallen
omrade and dashed on into the wood.
'ut an instant later there was a gun
hot among the trees in front, followed
Y faint wailing cry.
That is his death whoop," said Du
hut composedly
AS he spoke the two others came
ack. Ephraim ramming a fresh charge
ITO his musket
An. he's gone" said Du Lhut. As
e spoke the Indian gave a last spasm
nth his hands and feet and lay rigid.
Hes great chief" said Du Lhut
1t is Brown Moose of the Mohawks. !
nd the other is his second son. We
ave drawn first blood, but l do not
link that it will be the last, for the
'oquois do not allow their war chiefs t
die unavenged. He was a mighty {
yhter'' |
They turned away, leaving the red 6
CURE stretched under the silent trees. '
they passed on they caught I
lmpse of the lad lying doubled I'D
nong the bushes where he had fallen. c
he pioneer walked very swiftly until {
. came to a little stream which pratt {
ri down to the big river Here he I
pped off his shoes and leggings and t
AIDED down it with his companions for
If a mile or So 8.
They will follow our tracks when
ey find him." said he "but this will a
row them off. for it is only on run
ng water that an Iroquois can find sc
trace. And now we shall lie in this -,
imp until nightfall. for we are little =,
er mile from Fort Poitou. and it is
ngerous to go forward. for the ground :,
comes more OPEN ..s
And SO they remained concealed a.
long the alders while the shadows "
med from short to long. and the -
lite drifting clouds above them were
ged with the pink of the setting sun. ~
Lhut coiled himself info hall with "a