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SYNOPSIS. — Solomon Blnkus,
veteran . acout and * Interpreter,
and his young companion, Jack
Irons, pass through Horse Valley,
New York, in September. 1768, to
warn settlers of an Indian up
rising. Jack is an educated young
frontiersman.
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set free. I, the scout of the Great
Father, have said it, and if it be not
as I say, may I never see the Happy
HuntinR Grounds.”
The brave answered:
‘‘My white brother has spoken well
and he shall be my chief. I like not
this Journey. I shall hid them to the
feast. They will eat and sleep like
rhe^ gray wolf, for they are hungry
ind their feet are sore.” ,
CHAPTER^!—Continued.
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"Now we’ve got jest ’nough hoppin’
to keep us from ge»tln’ foundered,”
said Solomon, as he stood on the far
ther shore and adjusted his p&ck. “It
ain’t more’n it, mile to your house.”
They hurried on, reaching the rough
valley road in a few minutes.
“Now I’ll take the bee trail to your
place,” said the scoqt. “You cut ercrost
the medder to Peter Roneses’ an’ fetch
'em over with all- their grit an’ guns
an’ ammunition."
Solomon found John Irons and five
of his sons and three of his daughters
digging potatoes and pulling tops in a
field near the house. The sky was
clear and the sun shining warm. Sol
omon called Irons aside and^told him
of the approaching Indians.
“What are we to do?” Irons asked.
"Send the women .an’ the babies
hack to the sugar shanty,” said Solo
mon. "We’ll stay here ’cause if we
run erway the Boneses'll git their ha’r
lifted. I reckon we kin conquer ’em.”
"How?” -1
"Shoot 'em full o’ meat. They must
’a’ traveled all night. Them Injuns is
tired an’ hungry. Been three days on
the trail. No time ro hunt! I'll hustle
some wood, together, an’ sta^t a fire.
You bring a pair o' steers right here
handy. We’ll rip their hides off an’
git the reek o' vittles in the air soon
us God’ll let us.”
Mrs. Irons hid in the shed with the
loaded guns.
Ruth Irons and the children set out
for the sugar bush. The steers were
quickly led up and slaughtered. As a
hide ripper Solomon was a man of ex
perience. The loins of one animal
were cooking on turnspits and a big
pot of beef, onions and potatoes boil
ing over the fife when Jack arrived
with the Bones family.
A little later Solomon left the fire.
Both his. eyes and his ear had caught
‘‘sign’’—a clamor among the moose
birds In the distant bush and a flock
• of pigeons flying from the west.
“Don’t none o’ ye stir till I come
back,” he saltj, as he turned into the
trail. A few rods away- he lay down
with Ids ear to the ground and could
distinctly bear the tramp of mnijy
feet approaching' in the distance. He
went on a little farther and presently
concealed himself in the bushes close
to the trail.. He had not Jong to wait,
for soon a red scout,came on ahead
of the party. He was a young Huron
brhve, his face painted black and yel
low. His head was encircled by a
snake skin. A fox’s tail rose above
his brow and dropped buck' on his
crown. A birch-bark horn Ifung over
his shoulder.
Solomon stepped 'out of the bushes
after be haft passed and said in the
Huron tongue: "Welcome, my red
brother; 1 hear that a large-band o’
yer folks is cornin’ and we have’ goU
a feast ready."
The-young brave had been startled
by the sudden appearance of Solomon*
but the friendly"word hhd reassured
him. -J — *
"We are on a long Journey,” said
the brave. , - —
“And the flesh of° a fat ox will- help
ye-on yer wnyr -Kin ye smell it?”
“Brother, it is like the smell of the
great village In the Happy Hunting
Grounds," said the brave. "We have
traveled three sleeps from the land of
tlu^ long waters and have hud only
two porcupines and a small deer to
eat. We are hungry."
"And we would smoke tl^e-calumet
of peace with you," said Solomon.
They entered th house and barn
and walked around them, and this, in
effect, is what Solomon said to him:
"I am the chief scout of the Great
Father.* My word is like that of old
Flame Tongue—your mighty chief.
You and your people are on a bad er
rand. No good can come of it. You
are far frt>m your own country. A
large force la jiow on your trail. If
you rob or kill anyone - you will be
hung. We know your plans. A bad
white chief has brought you here. He
has a wooden leg with an iron ring
around the bottom of It. He come
down lake in a big boat with you.
Night before last you stole two white
women."
A look of fear and astonishment
came upon the face of the Indian, t
“’You are a son of the Great Spirit!”
he exclaimed*
• “And I would keep yer feet out o
the snare. Let me be yer chief. Yoi
shall have- a horse and fifty beaver
•kins andjbe taken to the border and
The brave put his horn to his mouth
and uttered a wild, cry that rang in
the distant hills. Then arose a great
whooping and kintecawing back in the
bush. The young Huron went out to
meet the band. Returning soon, he
said to Solomon that his chief, the
great Splltnose, would have words
with him.
’jcrning to John Irons, Solomon
said: "He’s an outlaw chief. We must
treat him like a king. I’ll bring ’em
In. You keep the meat a-slr.zlln’ 1"
The scout went with the brave to his
chief and made a speech of welcome,
after which the wily old Splltnose, in
his wonderful headdress of buckskin
and eagle feathers, and his band In
war-paint, followed Solomon to the
feast. Silently they filed out of the
bush and sat on the grass around the
“I kn’owed that the white man were
runnin’ the hull pfcrty an’ I itched to
git holt o’ him. Gol ding hla pictur’!
He’d sent the Injuns on ahead fer to
do his dirty work. The Ohio country
were full o’ robber whelps which I
kind o’ mistrusted he were one on
’em who had raked up this ’ere band
o’ runnygades an’ gone off fer plunder.
We got holt o’ most o’ their guns very-
quiet, an’ I put John Irons an’ two
o’ his boys an’ Peter Bones an’ his
boy Isr’el an’ the two women with
loaded guns on guard over ’em. If
any on ’em woke up they was to ride
the nightmare er lay still. Jack an’
me an* Buckeye sneaked back up the
trail fer ’bout twenty rod with our
guns, an’ then I told the young Injun
to shoot off the moose call. Wall,
sir, ye could ’a’ heerd it from Albany
to Wing’s falls. The answer come an’
Jest as o I ’spected, ’twere within a
quarter o’ a mile. I put Jack erbout
fifty feet further up the trail than 1
were, - an’ Buckeye nigh him, an’ tol
’em what Jo do. We skootched down
In the bushes an’ heerd ’em cornin’!
Purty soon they hove * in sight—two
Injuns, the tw.o wimmen captives an’
a white man—the wust-lookin’ bulldog
brute that I ever seen—stampin’ erlong
lively on a wooden leg, with a gun
an’ a cane. He had a broad head an’
a big lop mouth an’ thick Ups an’ a
long, red, warty nose an’ small black
eyes an’ a growth o’ beard that looked
like hog’s bristles. He were stout
built. Stood ’bout five foot seven.
Never see sich a sight in my life. I
hopped out afore ’em an’ Jack an’
Buckeye on their heels. The Injun
had my ol’ hanger. *v
" ‘Drop yer guns,’ says I.
"The white man done as he was told.
I spoke English an’ mebbe them two
Injuns didn't understan’ me. We’ll
never know. 01’ Red Snout leaned
over to pick up his gun, an’ he'd made
up his mind to fight. Jack grabbed
him. He were stout as a lion an’
tore ’way from the bey an’ started to
pullin’ a long knife out o’ his bootleg.
Jack didn’t give him time. They had
It hammer an’ tongs. Red Snout were
a reg’lar flghtln’ man. He Jest stuck
that ’ere stump In the ground an’
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them—none at least of the white skin.
Solomon did not betray his disap
pointment. Not a word was spoken.
He and Joljn Irons and his son began
removing the spits from the fire and
putting more meat upon them and cut
ting the cooked roasts into large
pieces and passing it on a big earthep
platter. The Indians eagerly seized
the hot meat ami began to devour it.
In a letter Solomon has thus de
scribed the incident: "It were a band
o’ cutthroat an’ runnygades
from the Ohio ^Wntry—Hurons, Al-
gonks an’ Mingoes an’ all kinds o’
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Jabbin’ with his club cane an’ yellin’
an’ cussin’ like a fiend o’ hell. He
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~ tiie ounch. He juhiped up
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6’ meat. . _
“Whar was the wimmen? I knowed
that a part o’ the band would be back
in the bush with 1 them ’ere wimmen.
I’d seed suthln’ In the trail over by
the drownded lands that looked kind
o’ neevarlous. It were like the end o’
a wooden leg with an Iron ring at
the bottom an’ consld’abje weight on
It. An InjtTn wouldn’t have a wooden
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“‘If ye lay still ye’ll be safe. We
won’t do ye a hit o’ harm. You’ve
got in bad comp’ny, hut ye ain’t done
nothin’ but steal a pair o’ wimmen.
If ye behave proper from now on, ye’ll
be sent hum.’ • ,
the bush an’ sez I:
“‘What’s yeriname?’
“ ‘Buckeye,’ sez he.
“‘Who’s the white r man that’s with
yeJ*
‘“Mike Harpe.’
“’Are the white wlmmin with him?’
“ ’Yes.’
“‘How many Injuns?’ .
” ‘Two.’
'“‘What’s yer signal c* victory?' >
'“Tiie call p’ the moose
“‘Now. Buckeye, you come wvili u*.
I sez. ’ I .
"I love you and I wigft this
journey could go on forever.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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