The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-07-07

attack. The captlveS were reed, and
In short time the party entered Fort
William Henry, despite the fact that
Montcalm was attacking it.
Their stay at the fort was brief
however. for Munro, his forces heay-
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 a trinket
on the breast of a woman who bore
child in her arms. Affrighted, the
woman drew back, whereupon the In
dian seized the child and dashed 1t 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 bf
Cora and Alice, who stood helpless by
the pile of slain. He seized the ter
rifed 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 1t. and the little party set off
after the willy Magua.
The trail led to an Indian village,
where they came upon Gamut, ludi-
crously attired as an Indian warrior.
Hayward, disguised as medicine
man, entered the camp with Gamut.
He had been In the encampment but
a short while when an old chief re-
quested 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.
Soon, as the excitement over the cap
tive subsidized, the old chief, remem-
bered the sick woman, and escorted
Hayward to her chamber In q cave of
the nelghboring mountain. AS Hey
ward alone in the chamber, save for
the dying woman, looked around him,
he was startled by great shaggy
bear, which padded noiselessly I'm.
Suddenly its head slipped off. and Hey
ward, astounded, was gazing at Hawk
eye, who, thus attired, had made his
way into the Indian village.
AS the scout rearranged his dis
guise Hayward, hearing a slight noise
in another chamber, investigated, and
found Alice there. With Hawkeye's
assistance. he managed to bring the
girl from the chamber and stole
out of the village. Hawkeye, still
in the character Of the bear, fear
lessly entered the cabin where Uncas
was imprisoned and succeeded In lib
Grating him. Together they made their
way into the forest.
Magua, although keeping Alice with
his own tribe, had entrusted the care
of Cora to q friendly tribe Of Della
wares. Immediately after the escape
Of Alice. he hurried to the encamp-
ment of the Delawares to claim Cora.
BY Indian law. the girl was his cap
tive, and he bore her away, despite
the Intervention Of Uncas, hereditary
chief of the tribe.
AS soon as he had vanished in the
forest. the tribe, under the leadership
Of Uncas, prepared to follow him and
war against his people. In their hid
eous war panoply they hurried on
Magua's trail.
A bloody battle was fought be-
tween the two Indian tribes and the
forces of lie Renard Subtil crushingly
defeated. Seeing that the day was
lost, the willy savage seized Cora In
his, arms, and hurried toward the
mountains, Uncas, Hayward and
Hawkeye in hot pursuit.
Cora, knowing the fate that lay be-
fore her, suddenly refused to move
from the ledge on which she stood.
"Woman!" cried Magua, raising his
knife, "choose-the wigwam or the
knife Of lie SUBTLE"
AS he spoke, Uncas thudded down
beside him, having jumped from a
fearful height to the ledge. Magua, a
ferocious smile on his dusky face,
plunged the knife into the body Of
his PROSTATE enemy. While Magua
gloated over the dying Uncas, one Of
his companions sheathed his knife In
Cora's bosom.
With a wild cry of triumph, Magua,
after leaplng wide assure, made for
the summit Of the mountain. A single
hound uouId carrv him IN tho hrfnly Of