The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20
CHAPTER V-Continued
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: III
"Fauglii" exclaimed Falest. Whittier
do you trayel?"
Il have been scouting far to the
east, monsieur, I'm company with one
of our Indians. am on my way TO
Duquesne. and stopped here to see
If the Indian woman Is holding her
red children from picking up our ak"
sA0nsieur. she is daughter 0f~the
devil. have waited two days to Of
fer her a 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 Faiest.
Our minds run as one But the
French must not appear in ii. eh?"
sI'ardil No. But an accidenti
Yes. One of her drunken warriors
fires a gun. Behold The old red
shrew is. dead. We will see. We will
have patience for q bit. II must not
hppen-the accident--whle any
E'renchman is in the village. No.
no. Now for the news. am hun
CRY to hear how It goes with Brad
dock and his army"
ssThe army is large and will bring
much artillery. The road building
goes on but slowly. How do our red
children at Duquesne feel about it?"
"Ah, lie bon DieuI How can they
feel? They believe the forest from
Duquesne to the Potomac Is filing up
with relocated English. They will
not fight. | fear
mot tightl Run away without
striking a blow?"
"Oh, they may strike q blow near
the fort; but they will not come very
far to meet the English. Their veins
are filed with milk. Since early win
Ter they have been hearing about the
huge army Braddock will bring. Cap
tain Beaujeu, who succeeded Monsieur
de Contrecoeur as c0nmanlant, 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
nwares away from the English and
have them annoy the army all ai0ne
4 the line OF march. II this village
and others would lay ambuscades aud
Keep on The skirts of the army and
pick off their scouts and sentineis, then
the English spirit might weaken. If
the army can be harassed from the
Little crossing to the Monongahea
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. II grieves
me to conti,le to sou that Fort Du7
quesne is lost"
"Snch talk is madness. monsieur, /"
holly protested. ut will be time to
say that ufter the fort has been TAX.
en-. shall hasten To D1quesne to tell
Captain Beaujeu what lwve learned.
monsieur"
"Gnodl 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. lie will travel
with me. He is English but has a
French heart. AIiaquippa makes him
welcome, but she will not send "a bod,
ofsher sayages TO escort MIN safe 10
the fort. She fears they, might DOT
return to her. Accompany me, II
you care, monsieur, and witness how
my last attempt turns ont"
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 merry
ousIy fingered the tiny ak pendant
aud looped the belt over his Iefl arm
AS We slowly walked through the VII