Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-08-17
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A LITTLE MARYLAND CAPTIVE
An Historical Romance of the Pioneer History of
Western Maryland
By the late Rev. A. L. Oerter

The next morning Dannie said he
would like to go to the new village
and help Marie's squaw-mother fix up
her new wigwam, and Marie said she
would go with him. AS it was only a
short walk, the trader consented, after
presenting Dannie, with a gun, in case
as he said, he should see some game
The boy was delighted, and afte.
thanking the trader heartily, they left
the post together, Dannia as proud
as a prince of his new gift. After
they had started, the trader sent two
of his men to follow them and sea that
no harm came to them, and to bring
them back safely.
"Dannie," said Marie, as they walk
ed along through the forest, edo you
think that army will come here?"
"No," he replied, they're only 60
ing to take that fort, and besides,
there are no French soldiers around
here"
"But they might come to fight the
Indians, and what would we do then ?"
"They wouldn't do anything to us,
because they could see we're not In
dians," he assured her.
"But the Indians might do some
thing tons, Danie."
"They would have to get this gun
away from me first" he declared.
would you shoot them, Dannie::
"I certainly would, if they tried to
do anything to us; though I'd be sor-
ry too, because they've been kind to
US. But it wasn't kind to kill our
folks and carry US off; and they've
killed lots of other people too"
"Oh | wish this war would soon stop
so that we could go home, don't you
Dannie?"
eyes, only l don't know where we
would go, Marie. They burned our
house and everything"
"Why, wouldn't you go with me,
Dannie?"
81 would like to very much, Marie,
if l could"
"Why of course you could, and your
mother too. "Dannie," she continued,
slipping her hand in his, "if you'll be
my brother, III be your sister, and
then we can always stay together.
Will you?"
"All right" said Dannie with a
smile, you be my sister and I'll be
your brother
Having thus innocently plighted
their troth, they walked on in silence
for a few minutes, and then Marie
asked, "Where is that fort, Dannie,
that the army wants to take?"
ooh, good ways from here" he
told her, "away up the river, once
heard the men say"
"Well, if they take it, and drive the
French soldiers away, perhaps the
army will come down here, and take
us away from the Indians
BY this time they had arrived at the
new site for the Indian village, a
grassy glade of good size, gently slop-
ing towards a small tributary of the
Ohio. The poles for the most of the
wigwams had already been fixed in the
ground, and the squaws were opening
the bundles of skins that were to be
stretched over them, to be reinforced
latcr for the approaching winter
with bark from the forest. Dannie
and Marie soon found Ochwall, and be-
gan to help her with the work, and the
men from the traders post having also
come upon the scene, assisted some OF
the others and by nightfall all of the
wigwams were ready to be occupied.
Now little columns of smoke began to
curl above them, as the squaws pre-
pared supper, of which ochwall made
Dannie and Marie partake with her,
after which they returned to the
traders post, where the braves said
they might stay that night, but must
all return to the village the next day,
and stay there.