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stition that favored his growing plans
for resisting Bradd0ck's approach,
stood up and generously replied:
"Pontiac. great chief of the Ottawas,
your words make Onontio's heart warm
and glad With the mighty Pontiac
to lead our red brothers, the medicine
lodge ghosts will tell but one thing
that an ak, HATRED and half-French.
will split the English head. Let the
brave Potawatomi set up the medi
cine lodge where we may see II and
hear its voices. Let the ghosts of an.
cient warriors tell US how to destroy
the English and take for our own use
their long wagons Of guns and cloth
and food. Tell your red brothers that
Onontio will send them keg of bran
dy to make their hearts glad"
Pontiac turned and stalked from the
room. dramatic figure. Beaujeu
smiled grimly and, still staring through
the open door, The said to us:
"Messieurs. there speaks one who
some day will make great trouble for
some one. Whoever holds that man
fast to France does France and our
king a great service. Now while they
are putting up their lodge let us eat
and talk"
had renewed acquaintance with
the three officers before entering the
room and had been made known to
the fourth man, Sieur de st. Therese,
a pleasant hammered fellow. Platters
of steaming meat and some good
bread were served.
Outside the window rose the gut
tural voices of the Potawatomi wizards
as they directed the erection of the
mystery lodge. Soon there was added
the fierce notes of war-song as the
brandy began to take effect; and BY
the light of several fires we could
glimpse stark forms dancing madly
around war-post. each dancer paus.
Ing TO drive his ak into the wood In
pantomime of Draining foe. For al
background was the heat-lightning and
the far-off believing Of Hinunn the
Thunder-god. giving battle to his i'm.
memorial enemy, the water-serpent
Beaujeu watched the frenzied war.
riors for a moment and sighed:
i IF | could hold them to that pitch
when lead them to battle. But mes
sieurs, now that we have satisfied our
1appetites. will ask Monsieur Beland
tell US about the hostility of the
woman Allaquippa toward US. Then
you can decide If her village at the
mouth Of the Youghiogeny is menace
TO- France. lieutenant Beauyais al.
ready has told US something, but Mon.
sieur Beland was In the village longer
than Beauvais and had a most sig.
nificant experience" s.
So, for the second time since enter
ing the fort, recounted the woman
sachem's refusal of the FRENCH belt
and the killing Of Pontlac's belt-car.
rier. When ! had ceased speaking
Sieur de st. Therese excitedly cried:
SIT is time that evil nest was de.
stroyed."
BeuLjeu's eyes sparkled
"What does Sieur de Carqueville
say?" he asked.
De CarQueyille promptly replied:
1--WE are In extremis without Brad.
dock finding a resting place should his
line OF march take him to the mouth
OF the Youghiogeny. The country
ahead Of bis army should be swept
clean of English allies"
De Ia Parade lifted glass of wine
and gave:
"Death to the English Indians
Death to Allaquippal"
After the toast had been drunk Sieur
de Parieux counseled:
at would be best, believe, to send
the ottawas, or the Ojibways. to re-
move the village"
Beaujeu considered this suggestion
thoughtfully for few moments, and
then turned to me and invited:
''Let US have Monsieur Beland's adj
vice.
I told them:
SIT is my belief that at the worst
she will only succeed in holding her
Indians neutral. Their numbers are
few. When they find there is but a
small force of Indians with the Eng
lish army, they will not dare to join
1t. If you send the northern Indians
against the village you may make our
Shawnees and Mingoes uneasy. 1t
may spoil their fighting spirit. Ger
fainly your Delawares would not rel
ish doing the work, for after all they
are of the same race"
s'Ehe!" muttered Beaujeu. Juggling
at his long hair and frowning at his
glass. Finally he threw up bis head
md said:
-FOUR brother speaks with wisdom,
although 1t sounds like the cold cal
culating counsel of an Englishman.
But it is true, messieurs. that many
Of the Indians do not care whether
the dog eats the wolf, or the wolf eats
the dog. We cannot risk a split in
our red ranks. If the Shawnees steal
away to the Muskingum and Graves
creek. then We may expect to behold