The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-09-07
CHAPTER VII-Continued

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The Ottawa chief tells his children
to watch the gates and the stockade'
and kill anyone trying to get out"
Once outside the lodge and we were
In darkness. Thirty yards away and
we had lost ourselves In wild crowd
Of savages. But as we pressed on
P0ntiac's stentorian voice gradually
reached an intelligence here and
there; and from different points and
in all the dialects of the northern and
Ohio tribes, the word was passed to
guard the stockades and gates.
Take the man Beland alive !" roared
a voice; and knew that Beauyias at
last had connected my identity up
with my French name and that Beau
jeu now understood all.
Why this way?' asked the OnUn-
daga as we reached the stockade on
the river front.
"Stand on my shoulders, white
brother, and go over" he directed.
There's the witch-woman-"
'.She's on the other side. Shall we
join her, or face about and die like
chiefs? 2"
scrambled to his shoulders and
went to the top of the timbers.
reached down hand, but scOrning all
assistance Round Paw svarmed over
the barrier. The two of us dropped
to the ground within few feet Of the
river.
1t was very dark and was COM
pletely bewildered.
saThis way. mister" called low
voice.
The Onondaga dragged me after
him. My hand resetd on canoe
"Who's there?" whispered.
Daughter of Witches" was the half
laughing, half-sobbing reply. But
please don't stop to talk, mister"
It was time scrambled into the
canoe, for chorus of yells was now
raised on the other side of the stock
tde and only a few feet away.
tripped over rifle as the Onondaga
pushed the light craft into the cur
rent. picked It up and found II
familiar to my hands.
Whose rifle Is this?" 1 whispered
"Hushl' cautioned the girl. Then
proudly, ''It's yours. was at the
door when the trouble began.
reached In and took 1t when MFR. Beau
vais commenced calling you spy"
talk will kill u.s." grunted the On.
Aondaga as he pushed paddle into
W hands and began working des
Berately to reach the slack water along
the opposite bank. His warning was
timely for ! could hear the plop, plop
Of heavy bodies dropping over the
stockade. There came an explosion
of mad rage that made my heart
vince. The 0nondaga proudly In
formed us:
They have found Little Wolf In the
lodge. crept under the wall and
shot him with his own arrow. He
made choking noise. The Wolf man
!, thought some of those outside would
know the truth. There was Pontiac
He talks with ghosts and they tell
him secrets. It was he who told Lit
tile Wolf to kill me. Pontiac saw me
at Detroit and knew my heart. was
warm for the English. Little Wolf
was to shoot me through the hole IN
the robes when ] danced by. If my
white brother had not been In dan.
ger, should have shot Pontiac after
telling him to march BY with the
Others"
"They are over the wall; they will
take canoes and follow Us r. l warned
sinister, spoiled al the canoes /
could find before going to the house
where you was eating. They can't
catch us with boats"
"Y0u have done well, little woman
What does Round Paw do now?"
We. were at the opposite shore.
I'VE will go up the river instead Of
down." he answered. "They will think
we went down to the Ohio. II the
man Beauvais had not come we would
have shown them some new magicP
aYou knew about Beauyais ~
asked Round Paw.
1.-THE witch-woman told me. She
asked my help. She. waited outside
the house to stop Beauvais from see
ing you. It was the witch. woman who
said we would leave by water. She
was to be outside the stockade by the
water-gate. She has very strong
medicine"
so It was you who saved me, little
woman" said to her.
"Lor's sakel Don't believe nothing
that Injun tells you. He saved you;
not me. And now can't 60 to Can.
ada"
swat until after the war. II will
be short war;" told her. little real
jzing my fallability as a prophet.
I'VE must leave the river before the
Rfst light" spoke up the Onondaga.
"Pontiac will lead the chase. He is
very great man.. he knows we took
to water. He will send men along
both shores to find where our trail
leaves the river. He viii throw many
men between us and Braddock. II the
wlteh-woman takes to the air and fiies
Ike a bird. then Round Paw and his