White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-05-18
friend, the Onondaga, Round Paw of
the Wolf clan.
CHAPTER IL
Der Hexenkopf

After passing through the Blue
ridge felt as If my visit to Alexan-
dria had taken place in a dream. No
place here for gay coats and rufrled
shirts and silken hose; and what
mockery would the underground make
of my dainty lady's exquisite attirei
a buzzard quartered the sky, and I
knew there would be many Of them
before long following the army.
Round Paw of the Wolf clan bare
ly glanced up as stood beside his
small fire, and yet he had discovered
me coming or else he would not have
been seated with his scarlet blanket
covering him from head to foot. l
dropped on the ground and laid aside
my rifle. He filled and lighted his
pipe and passed it through the blue
smoke. After a few whiffs returned
1t. Finally he remarked:
"My white brother has come from
the home of his father"
"My father is ghost. There is no
home for me in Alexandria. My IA
theirs house belongs to another"
He was silent for few minutes,
then asked:
"You carry belts for Onas?" (The
governor of Pennsylvania.)
81 carry talking-paper to George
Croghan," told him, tapping the
breast of my hunting shirt. "The big
chief from over the sinking water
has asked me to get men with long
rifles for his army. And have said
l would go to DuQuesne again. Does
the man of the Wolf go with me?"
He rose and allowed his blanket to
drop down on his loins During my
absence he had repainted white the
paw on his chest. the totem mark of
his clan, and he was oiled for war.
knew he was eager to he deep In the
forests beyond the Alleghenies and
was even now ready to start. AL
though leg-tired l did not unpack my
blankets. but signified my readiness
to travel. He produced some smoked
meat and parched corn for me to eat
and after l had finished he made up
his travel-bundle, and we were off.
AS | walked behind him, as much
of an Indian In appearance as he If
not for my disheveled hair, described
the gallant appearance of the army as
It marched out of Alexandria. His
| only comment was:
"Bie noise. The Swannock-Eng-
lishmen-cannot shoot with drums"
answered that the soldiers would
have no chance to use their guns be-
cause of the weak condition of the
fort and garrison. A year earlier,
!! when MIR. Washington marched out OF
Fort Necessity, the situation might
have been different. Then Duquesne
was garrisoned by close to thousand
men under the command of veterans.
Twelve months had seen change
in conditions. The portage at Niagara
had slowed up the arrival of stores
from Canada. The horses expected
from Presqu' isle had not been deliv.
cred. The garrison had been weak
ened by the sending back of troops to
Canada.
Those bringing supplies from Can
ada arrived attired in rich velvets ant
genial from rare wines, but with theil
sacks empty. Waste and confusion
had bllghted the fine spirit of Du
quesne's defenders. had learned thi!
much from Captain Beaujeu who hat
readily accepted me as loyal French
man.
Round Paw was never a gossip. w,
had travelled together for two year
and there had been many days whel
he barely spoke We first met OF
Lake Erie's southern shore when
pack of Hurons and few Frenchmel
were giving me hard run and OF
the point of catching me. 1t wa
Round Paws fierce war cry, the ter
rible defiance of the Onondagas, an,
his deadly arrows that had caused m
pursuers to slow up the chase, fear
ing an ambuscade.
! (TO BE coNTINUED.)