The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-07-30


Montcalm was attacking it.
Their stay at the fort was brief,
however, for Munro, his forces heav-
lily outnumbered by those of Mont
calm, was forced to capitulate. Mont
calm promised that the defenders Of
the fort should be permitted to depart
for Fort Edward, and guaranteed that
they should not be mOlested. Munro
agreed. and the English abandoned the
stronghold.
AS the women and children were
filing across the plain before the fort
an Indian reached out for trinket
on the breast Of q woman who bore
a child in her arms. Affrighted, the
woman drew back, whereupon the In
dian seized the child and dashed it to
the ground, then buried his tomahawk
in the head of the woman. In an In
slant the Indians of Montcalm's army
fell upon the helpless women and chill
dren. Death was everywhere, and IN
horrible forms.
Suddenly Magua caught sight OF
Cora and Alice, who stood helpless by
the pile Of slain. He seized the ter
rified girls, and hurried them Into the
woods. Gamut, whom the Indians
venerated as one insane, was permit
ted to accompany them.
A few days later Hawkeye and his
Indian companions, with Hayward and
| Munro, stood on the bloody plain.
They had searched carefully for the
bodies of the girls, but without sue
cess. Hawkeye, certain that Magua
had carried them off, searched dill
gently for the trail. Suddenly they
found it, and the little party set of
after the willy Magua.
The trail led to an Indian village,
where they came upon Gamut, ludi-
crously attired as an Indian warrior.
iHeyward, disguised as a medicine
man, entered the camp with Gamut.
He had been in the encampment but
short while when an old CHIEF re-
auested him to drive the evil spirit
from the wife of one Of his young men,
As Hayward was preparing for the
unwelcome task, an Indian was
: brought into the camp, and all thought
of the woman vanished at the news
that the prisoner was Uncas, deadly
> foe Of the tribe.
: Sool. as the excitement over the cap
: tive subsidized, the old chief, remem
! bered the sick woman, and escorted
Howard to her chamber in cave
, the neighboring mountain. AS hey
: ward, alone in the chamber, save TO
the dying woman, looked around hin
> he was startled by a great snagg
9 be&. which padded noiselessly II
Suddenly it's head slipped off, and Hey
q ward, astounded, was gazing at HAVE
9 eye. who, thus attired, had made n
way into the Indian village.
AS the scout rearranged his oil
guise Hayward, hearing slight nois
in another chamber, investigated, an
IL found Alice there. With Hawkeye
n assistance, he managed to bring Il
1t girl from the chamber and $40
q out of the village. Hawkeye, st
q in the character Of the bear, fea
+, lessly entered the cabin where Uncs
le was imprisoned, and succeeded In IL
Grating him. Together they made the
q. way into the forest
IS Magua, although keeping Alice WI
ID his own tribe, had entrusted the ca
n of Cora to a friendly tribe OF Del
l. wares. Immediately after the escal
er of Alice, he buried to the encam
ne ment of the Delawares to claim Co
ne BY Indian law, the girl was his ca
n, tive. and he bore her away, despl
st the Intervention Of Uncas, heredita
chief Of the tribe.
as AS soon as he had vanished in t
Eli forest, the tribe, under the leadersr
II, of Uncas, prepared to follow MIN a
war against his people. In their n
al eous war panoply they hurried
ITO Magua's trail.
re, A bloody battle was fought b
TX tween the two Indian tribes and
ad forces of LIE Renard Subtil crushing
defeated. Seeing that the day "
lid lost. the willy savage seized Cora
Ito his arms, and hurried toward
mountains, Uncas, Hayward
et' Hawkeye in hot pursuit.
pi- Cora, knowing the fate that lay
to fore her, suddenly refused to M
to from the ledge on which she stood
for "Woman ~ cried Magua, raising
as knife, "choose-the wigwam or
led knife Of LIE Subtil?''
lex AS he spoke, Uncas thudded dc
beside him, having jumped from
ght fearful height to the ledge. Magus
, to ferocious smile on his dusky II
IN plunged the knife into the body
one his PROSTATE enemy. While Ma
an gloated over the dying Uncas, ont
ven his companions sheathed his knife
,ur- Cora's bosom.
hey With wild cry Of triumph, MAJ
after leaping a wide assure. made
Is the summit of the mountain. A sill
APP bound would carry him to the brinl
and the precipice and assure his SAT
heir He shouted defiantly: "The
In faces are dogs! The Delawa
am womeni Magua leaves them on
see rocks for the crows!'
geo He turned and leaped Tor