The Washington herald., 1912-05-05


of the nobIeman's canoe struck theirs
they were III prepared for the attack
Hitting one with his paddle over the
head. Lord Fairfax knocked him from
| the craft. and. as sharp ping" from
: pistol sounded forth, the rear pad
der was precipitated into the water.
This overturned the boat and threw
two other braves into the river, where.
as they rose 10 the surface, they we're
fred upon by the rest of the party.
MEANWHILE. those in the other canoe
had turned to fight in earnest, as still
another Indian boat had rounded the
bend and hurried to the direction of
the affray. Shots rang out from many
rifles, and, as Adam and Jack reached
the shore. well-directed bullet pierced
their own vessel and sent II to the bot
tom Leaping to the bank they soon
had taken revenge upon two of their as
sailants, when a wild cheer rose from
Lord Fairfax. and they, too joined in.
when they saw the cause of It. For,
running along the shore, was the we'll
known form Of old Flintlock, who. with
several companions, was aiming some
well directed shots at the two Indian
parties that were still ahoat One
canoe was soon punctured and sank,
while the other made of down the
stream with speed that was remark
able
Let 'em 60" shouted Lord Fairfax
as they rounded a bend in the river.
Tive had all the fighting that l want
for one morning, and now that old
Flintlock IS here, all will be well Until
we reach the court"
Hello, Mr.. F1intlock," shouted Jack
to the trapper. How is It that you
always appear just in the nick of timer
If you'd been half an hour late there
might not have been any of Us left to
tell the tale"
The trapper laughed as he ramned
another bullet home in his long rife
wall, It's kind Nv curious. now, aine
It? But you see, Jack, kind nv cal
lated that you would be up the river
to-day. and, nowin' at the court that the
Indians was still on tn rampage down
this way, / thought as how ! might
be wanted about this time Nv day. So
that's. how and why I'm here
Adam Poe was apparently more over-
joyed than any one else TO see the we'll
known features of the woodsfnan, for
he grasped him warmly by the hand
and shook it fervently.
be present al the very time when you
were needed most" he said. Flint
lock, you are indeed chip of the old
block"
wall, wall. hope you got some
news of assistance from the GoyernoS"
answered the trusty man of the forest.
For thar's lots been goin' on since you
people left. 1t seems ez how, up at
Wheeling it was reported that canoe
full Nv Indians was comm down tn
river and was not far from tn place.
and, as there was bad blood with tn
Indians, a feller named Capt. Cressp
said that he was goin' up tn river to
head 'em off Col Lane-the COM
mandant Nv the station-opposed this
leetle scheme, Sayin' that it would
bring on a general war. But the fel-
lers with Cresap wouldn't hear Nv II
and went up the river. When they came
back and was asked what had become
NV III Indians, they said They fell
into tn river" But their canoe was
found bloody and filed with bullets.
"On the evenin' Nv tn same day the
party went up to tn mouth nv tn
Captina and killed several more Nv tn
savages. This was done by thirty-two
men under a feller named Daniel
Greathouse, and several of them was
killed, also. This rounded up tn fam
ily of Logan. who was, as you know,
for peace, but they say he has sworn
revenge and IS now as bloodthirsty as
he was peaceful before. Every one on
tn frontier has retreated into tn forts
for it is tn general belief that there's
to be a big war now with the savages,
and they've commenced hostilities al
ready. There's no doubt about it that
CreSap began tn whole affair, and all
that he made tn opening attack on was
tn rumor that tn Indians had stolen
some horses from some land Jobbers
on the Ohio and Kanawila Rivers. This
made him believe, he says, that the In
dams were about to make war on tn
settlements. At any rate, these here
savagcs that you fellows ran into were
a bunch from the Shawnee tribe under
Constcck, an they were on tn look
out for you. hearin', no doubt, that you
were bringin' news from tn Governor
and wishin' to intercept it.
"Yss. we are bringing news from the
Governor" said Adam, "and a message
to Col. Andrew Lewis, of Botetoure
County, to raise a large force of vol
unteers from the southeastern counties
of the State They are to come togeth-
County, while Lord Dunmore is to
raise another army in the northern
counties and is to rendezvous at Fort
Pitt, from which place he is to descend
the river and meet the other force.
They will invade the Indian country
and destroy as many villages as they
can reach in the course of the season.
Old F1intlock's eyes were sparkling
with interest, as he listened to this
plan of campaign, and, as the tutor I'M
ished, he uttered a loud whoopi
So at last they're goin' to round EN-
up in good style" he exclaimed. And
I'm mighty glad to hear it, can tell
you. You an !, Jack, will be volun-
teers, and we will have another chance
to have a little pow-wow with your
friend Mr.. Logan, who. Pm sorry to
learn, has turned enemy instead OF
friend. We will be with Abe lewis
whom / know to be frst-rate man.
What do you say to it, boy?"
'T say that it viii be fine"
"All right, then, let's march away to
the court and soon we'll be having bet-
ter adventures than ever before"
So saying, the old frontiersman
turned and led the way up the river
bank, and soon they had arrived at the
place from which they had started