The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03

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SCI CHAPTER n .E I-Joseph Hayward. an On.
way to Fort Harmar. meets Simon Girty
| renegade whose name has been con.
| nected with all manner Of atrocities. also
neaoed Tor Fort Harmar with a message
| from the British general, Hamilton Hay.
ward guides him 10 the fort and protects
MN from number Of scouts who tried
| to kill him.
CHAPTER 11-At General Harmar's
neadquarters Hayward meets Rene d.
altha pay who nc pro processes to recognize him
having seen her before.
CHAPTER III-Hayward volunteers Ia
C ..hy message for Harmar to Sandusky
west indian tribes are ready for war and
are only held back by the refusal Of the
friendly Wyandots to join. The latter are
q relsious teacher whom they believe to
assure the Wyandots that the man is
presses on Hayward the necessity OF
reaching Hamilton before Girty.
CHAPTER Iv-Rene asks Hayward to
let her accompany him. She tells him
that she is quarter blood Wyandot and
q missionary among the Indians She
i mas bee n. in search OF her father. She
fore but tnh n sh Rr haS HAYWARD be-
starts for the north accompanied by a
scout named Brady and a private soldier,
CHAPTER v-They come on the trail
OF war party and. to escape from the
inolans, take shelter in hut on an
Island Hayward finds murdered man in
the hut. SO
CHAPTER Wilt proves to be Raoel
Is called by the Wyandots white chief"
Rene appears and Hayward is puzzled nv
her insistance that they have met be-
CHAPTER vII-Rene recognizes the
murdered man as her father. who was
known among the Indians as Wa-pa-tse-
tab.
CHAPTER VIII-She tells HAYWARD her
father was exled from the French court
and had spent his life among the Indians
converting them to Christianity.
CHAPTER IX-Brady reports see,n~ .
nand OF marauding Indians in the yicin-
NY and with them Simon Girty. Brady's
eVi psit;e conxinces the girl that there is
ward who resembles the American,
CHA ELY A-F1ndlng escape from the
island cut of Hayward and his compan.
Indians. >.'"
CHAPTER xr-Reconnoitering around
the cabin at night Hayward discovers q
fight.
CHAPTER xII-The Indians CAPTURE
the cabin after a hard struggle in which
Hayward IL wounded.
from death at the hands Of the savaTes
ana conceals him in tho cellar Of the
CHAPTER xIv-Hayward discovers a
nall breed negro in the cellar, They en-
the bntts hs bTa hen
out against the low roof Of the cellar.
,o CHATTER FER xy.Hayward meets his
army. The latter admits that he had
heid D'Auvray a prisoner in the cabin,
put q, that r., he knew nothing about his
was to help incite the Wyandots to war.
q, CHATTER n! PIE. xvI-rhe Britisher de-
me negro. out Of vengeance.
CHAPTER xv1r-Rene reports that
hat he is to be burned at the stake. They
plan to rescue the scout.
CHAPTER xv11I-Rene pleads with tho
,hisf for the life Of the scout. Although |
n Is highly respected among the In
l ! a,I her Efforts are without avail. The
British officer is recognized by a renegade
lamed Lappin. who demands his life Of |
he chief.
CHAPTER x1x-The renegade kills the
To Aerl,k
CHAPTER xx-Brady is tied to the
'take and the fire started. Hayward
lppears before the Indians who. thinking
t Is the CHEST of the dead man, flee in
error. Simon Girty appears and assists
CHAPTER xXI-Girty reports that the
Nyandots have Joined the other tribes on
he warpath. Brady and Hayward are
made prisoners BY the Indians. but
hroueh Hene's influence are not harmed.
CHAPTER xxrI-Brady and Hayward
scape with the assistance Of Rene.
CHAPTER XxIII-Hayward insists on
sene accompanying them. Brady. wound
d. takes his own life rather than be a
caches st. Clair. the American general.
nd warns him Of the approach Of the
onsoiidated Indian tribes. but St. Clair
not impressed by the seriousness OF
he situation.
CHAPTER XXIV-Hayward partici-
ates IN the battle on the Wabash In
'hich st. Glars forces are utterly routed,
CHAPTER xxv-Hayward starts with
.ene for his home on the Ohio. They
onfess their love for each other.
CHAPTER XIII.
In the Woods.
you must get into the canoe, Rene"
said shortly. Come. we have no
me to lose"