White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-07-27
CHAPTER V-Continued

"Faugh u exclaimed tdleSI WulLueI
do you travel?"
II have been scouting far to the
east, monsieur, in company with one
of our Indians. l am on my way to
Duquesne, and stopped here to see
if the Indian woman Is holding her
red children from picking up our az"
"Monsieur, she is daughter Of the
devil. l have waited two days to Of
fer her belt. She sulks in her cabin
and will not see me- Her men are.
uneasy. Today they are drunk and
would take our belts If not for her.
She opposes France. She must die"
"Of certainty, Monsieur Falest.
Our minds run as one. But the
French must not appear in 1t, eh?"
"Pardil No. But an accident?
Yes. One of her drunken warriors
fires a gun. Behold! The old red
shrew is dead. We will see. We will
have patience for a bit 1t must not
happen-the accident-whie any
Frenchman Is in the village. No,
no. Now for the news. | am hun
CRY to hear how 1t goes with Brad.
dock and his army"
1.-THE army Is large and will bring
much artillery. The road building
goes on but slowly. How do our red
children at Duquesne feel about tt?'
"Ah, lie bon Dieul How can they
feel? They believe the forest from
Duquesne to the Potomac Is filling up
with relocated English. They will
not fight, | fear"
mot fghtl Run away without
striking a blow?"
"Oh, they may strike blow near
the fort but they will not come very
far to meet the English. Their veins
are filled with milk. Since early win
huge army Braddock wifi bri heentc th
tain Beaujeu, who succeeded Monsieur
de COntrecoeur as commandant, has
great influence over them. What man
can do, Captain Beaujeu will do. But
they have not the great heart.
sour only hope is to steal the Del.
awares away from the English and
have them annoy the army all along
the line Of march. If this village
and others would lay ambuscades and
keep on the skirts of the army and
pick off their scouts and sentinels, then
the English spirit might weaken. If
the army can be harassed from the
Little crossing to the Monongahela
by surprise attacks our fort Indians
might do something, at least enough
to make the taking of the fort very
costly and prevent Braddock from
marching against Niagara, or sending
aid to the army attacking Crown
Point. Monsieur Beland, 1t grieves
me to contide to you that Fort Du.
Quesne is lost"
"Such talk Is madness, monsieur
holly protested. ut will be time to
say that after the fort has been tax.
en-. shall hasten to Duquesne to tell
Captain Beaujeu what have learned.
monsieur"
"Goodl will try again to see the
old red woman and offer her our belts.
There Is another man here, much
younger than you. who wishes to get
through to Duquesne. He will travel
with me. He is English but has q
French heart. AIluquippa makes him
welcome, but she will not send body
of her savages to escort him safe to
the fort. She fears they might not
return to her. Accompany me, II
you care, monsieur, and witness how
my last attempt turns out"
We left the cabin, and what few
women and children and aged war.
riors we met eyed US with curiosity
but with no enthusiasm. Falest nerv-
ously fingered the tiny ak pendant
and Topped the belt over his left arm.
AS we slowly walked through the vii.
lage | noted his gaze was ever wan.
dering toward the forest on the north
of the town.
Monsieur expects some one,"
murmured
"Ah. Monsieur Sharp Eyes! Sacre
But you speak true. The Huron
should he here before tits. Pardon,
monsieur II appear distract over the
failure of one of our Hurons to arrive
with war belts from the lake tribes.
Ii the Huron had arrived last night
as arranged we would make the old
woman much afraid. big show OF
belts might shake her OUT OF her
cursed purtialiy to the English