The Washington herald., 1912-05-05

son. and. noting him standing thus.
Lord Dunmore said
eAh. hal Ny boyl You look as if
you had never seen white man be-
fore who wore aueht but the buckskin
Of the forest. But you win live and
learn much here that will be valuable
And then turning 70 Lord Fairfax, he
continued: i have much that would
speak with you about. These colonists
seem bent upon a separation from the
mother country and upon the shallow
est pretext imaginable That is one
thing that worries me, and the other,
IS, that see an Indian campaign
ahead, Of much magnitude, for it is
imperative that we send an armed body
against thtse Shawnees and Wappito-
nicas, who are not only menace to
our border, but who also fail to keep
any treaties which we make with them
II Is my intention to take this matter
up, first, and with an armed body ]
propose to infict such damage 10 them
that they will never again dare to lift
a tomahawk upon the defenseless
whites who are making a paradise Of
the wilderness. As for these hot-head-
ed Virginians, their reckoning will be
next in order. for my motto has always
been, One thing at time and do that
one thing well.
Lord Fairfax seated himself in one
of the many large wooden chairs, and
replied, with some warmth, -In your
desire to wipe out these Indian varlets
you are quite right. That we must do
and do right quickly, for, even now,
they have penetrated to my peaceful
valley and there we have had griey-
Gus battle with them. But. as for the
people of this province, remember that
they are of the same blood as you and
i; they have fought valiantly in the
French and Indian war, and they have
suffered much for their country. Be
sides, they are poor and struggling,
so it would be well for the mother
country 10 deal lightly with their Con-
gresses and Assemblies. Now-as TO
the Indians-I suggest that you gather
z.ooo men. or more, and move, at once,
to Fort Cumberland in. order to oper-
ate against them | will meet you and
give you all the assistance in my power,
and from Winchester can promise a
right sturdy body of fifty frontiers
men. Let our slogan be, England for
ever, and America for the sons Of
Great Britain
"Your zeal and interest please me"
cried Lord Dunmore, pacing rapidly
up and down the chamber "And feel
that you are right In your desire for
1000 seasoned troops to fight these red
devils. But as for these colonists, they
enrage me beyond measure. for, al
though the mother country, by means
Of great expense, has already won one
war for them, they refuse to pay a
proportionate amount Of the burden of
expense for the French and Indian
campaign which has given them peace
and quiet on the northern border /
lose all patience with this silver-topgued
Patrick Henry, these Nelson's, Carriers,
Lees, Pages, and other gentry, who love
to lie back upon the labor of their
slaves and play the part of philoso-
piers. They balk at every just and
righteous levy and strut about their
House Of Burgesses like so many cocks
on pile of straw. Egad- were not /
the Governor, I'd pull the noses of
half dozen Of them and fight them,
too. Their tongues clatter like the
hlackbird's IN yonder maple; their
heads wag like pippins on branch,
and, as for their ever doing aught? BY
george, i believe II you told one 10
run furrow with the plow he would
have to call in slave to his assist
ance."
''Tutl Tut! Governor" put in the
jovial master Of Greenway Court, mo
more of this in 50 loud a voice. The
walls has ears and so have the win
dows, for, even now, ! notice my riv-
erman listening to your TRADE with a
scowl upon his face To business. You
viii have the troops there at what
timer ! promise you goodly guam
tity of forest rangers, and brave men,
too, who can fight in Indian fashion
Perhaps may raise an army of 500;
ii all depends upon the feeling toward
Great Britain, which believe to be
slight IN our far distant mountains, for
the settlers are removed from ex-
cisenen and tax-gatherers, and would
have naught to give them IL they came. |