Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-20

saasa ~ rDviAs In1iaA hAnAs: ~ no.
~ tsibls N eoaasll; the sAaasas q
7tEssohssy and dsAtA la1iktng n evesy
stsD Of The way. Audaoaty, dstGsminar
Tan. ths lives 6ssendsn4 q my 500.
esss. savs me courage. II VS. work
Someone must DO. ! drew the letter
over again. and studied It
You are sure, general, this 'Wa-pa,
tee-tah' u not n our handsI At some
q the other torts?"
~ sure - can b; l heard from
Pitt yesterday. with reports from the
garrison between. and NO account vas
made Of such prisoner being brought
IN. Hambrouck wrote me from Vim
csnnes two weeks ago some French
voyageurs left the letter ON their way
up the river-and he mentions moth.
Ing savs his troubles with tho Indians
Of the Wabash. who are most impu-
dent and unruly-the. worst Of the lot,
to my notion. expect the fellow has
been Killed in the woods
"A man. thenl A chief?'' To my
ears the name had feminine sound
''Wa-pa-tss.&ah; 'tis % musical % q
brook"
"Ay! IL sounds. like that; but 0irty
gave me some other name l have for
gotten. .Gadl l hated 20 to talk with
the foul.mouthed renegade, thai I
asked few questions; only you may be
sure tits NO squaw the Wyandots would
war over. A medicine man, or some-
thing Of that kidney, a. under stand;
Girty said religious teacher, whom
the tribe loved moro than q chief"
crossed the narrow room twice, en-
deavoring to sum up the evidence
clearly.
"A poor pretense for war. surely"
said at last. "but might be sufficient
to Indian mind"
More than. one war. even among
civilized nations. has been started on
less" he answered soberly. BESIDES,
II u my Judgment all those devils want
10 IN excuse. They may have manu-
factured this out Of whole cloth; to
me It don't look reasonable. But you
have all the facts now. Hayward. and
can understand what to say and do.
Those red devils know our weakness,
and are wild to break loose. II I
send back formal letter by the hands
OF their messenger. denying any knowl-
edge Of this medicine man Of theirs,
and expressing regret Ut his disap-
pearance, they viii consider 1t q lie.
know Indian nature; they have got
to be blu6ed at their own game. Show
fear, and they are sitter you at once.
the whole pack in full cry: face thcm
boldly, and they hesitate. II you 60
straight to them, through the woods
to their council ire. an odicer Of this
garrison. In uniform, they will inter
pref your coming. - sign that We
are not afraid Of their threats"
Then am to talk boldly; threaten,
II necessary"
with discretion-yes. Il = our only
chance to avert war. The scheme may
not work, but IL II even results In de-
lay, It will b worth the effort"
when DO .startr'
AT dusk tonight Come here FIRST
for nnal Instructions. and . lettsr to
Hamilton. You viii 80 mp the Mus
kingum to the forks BY boat, and then
straight through the woods. There
must be no lettering on the march,"
There win be none. sir; and what
about Girty p
, II viii hold him on some pretext un.
I'll morning. Your party will have If
teen hours start
There seemed nothing more. and,
after waiting . moment in silence. I
saluted.
Very we'll, sir; that 10 ALL"
All at present"
turned toward the door, then hest
tated. ~ memory suddenly returned.
Pardon me. general" I sadd impul.