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CHAPTER I. this word, and for a moment she looked him "Mother, I am almost a warrior now ! I full in the face, firmly but not unkindly. He am more fleet of foot than any runner in the east his eyes down for a moment, and then tribe ! My arrow never misses its mark, and said: when Ohanwanho lets me shoot his rifle, my "Mother, my ears are open to your words-- aim is yet more sure than his ! I am strong ; your eyes go through me, as the sun pierces I will soon put my foot upon the war-path, the water!" nd then I will prove I am brave ! Now, "The first duty of a warrior is to learn pa. hide from me no longer the place of my birth, tienee and fortitude 1" she said, slowly. or the name of my father ! It is time that I "Yes, mother! To bear hunger, thirst, should know it !-time that I should know pain of body, all without a murmur or a why we loiter here, away from the tribe of groan! These I am equal to,'but not, not to winch you say [ should be chief! There is this agony of mystery. To know that I am Act of Congress, in the year 1858. WrIDnaseeording to hot, strong blood in my veins-a big heart something, and yet know not what-to feel -ats in my breast--I am an eagle, and must that I have a field of action open for me-for BY CAULDWELL, SOUTHWORTH & WHITNEY, not be chained, or I will .die, beating myself me alone-yet know not where it is-to know that you have District Court for the Southern District of New York. to death with my own wings !" some hidden sorrow in your in the Clerk's Office of the These words were uttered by an Indian heart, and not know where to seek him who youth, whose age might he fifteenor sixteen- placed it there ! Again I ask-where is my it were hard to determine it, at a glance, for father?" . his form wasyet slender, though every muscle "Buried on the banks of the dear, dear Mo- was well developed, and it in its grace, height- hawk, where-where--" ened by his scanty but picturesque costume, The woman suddenly restrained herself, but would have formed a study for the first sculp- evidently with an effort. tor in the world. His features were noble, " Where you must guide meI" continued his eye large and flashing, and his thin nos- the'youth. "I will stand beside my father's trils dilated, and his veins seemed to swell and grave, and there learn my name-there take darken as he spoke. counsel of his spirit, and learn what a war- She whom he addressed looked young to rior's son should do. Mother, we must go to be the mother of such a boy-yet the like- the Mohawk !" ness of the two could not be mistaken. Tall, " Thayendaneges, I dare net!" elegantly formed, clad, indeed, like an Indian you are a squaw !" ,, "Mother, . . queen, she was very, very beautiful. And a No pen could describe, or pencil properly f gook of settled sorrow added to her dignity, delineate, the tone and attitude with which ,,>> , for there was pride rather than despondency those words were CK delivered. To call a war- S mnit ! nor a squaw is the deadliest insult which can They stood upon the banks of La Belle be given; to remind a woman that she is a r, ' , Rliviere, the then silvery Ohio, for the dust squaw, is to bitterly reproach her for unwa. , I , (. and stain of commerce had not then been cast ./ 2 9 manly weakness. a spon its limpid bosom, nor the rush of paddle- his scornful tone-low, but deep and tun- f wheels migled earth with water. ing ; his turning upon his heel, with armed ,i t "Tn1AvrNoAmaaA !" folded upon his breast, as if he deemed it be.- fy: The mother laid her small hand upon the . y s neath ,3 him J' 1 to look upon her-all struck, . like ' ' ' impatient youth's shoulder, as she uttered a thousand serpent bites, into her very heart ! J q ,J

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Keen eyes are upon us--they nress," cried the baronet, now losing his ten- will stay us with strong arms if they think we "The news comes year or more riper in age than the boy-came from a black cloud !" per. "But were she a thousand] times leare them." continued the vo) bounding to her side, bearing wreathes of would Indian. daughter, and had she been a thousand fawn. " Why, my mother?" " So does the lightning. ties 8ow-rs, and followed by a beautiful My heart is as beautiful, her price has been paid and o'er- Ias Thay- " At a proper time, Thayendanegea shall strong, let may brother a What is the matter, mother? speak !" said Sir Wit- paid. Mark you, I have borne for her ham, smoking sake, endaneges angered thee? Forgive him, for know-it is not time yet. Now to your calmly, and shiowin an indif. and your feelings, all that I will bear.-A ONm.LovA's sake !" and the lovely creature sports, and leave me to think and to talk to ference worthy of the Indhian character. which brave chief was sacrificed to make wy for guide us, or our knelt at her mother's feet, and, drawing away the Great Spirit! IIrmust he, always emulated, and probably thereby you; his family were banished. -Evey dark !" gained wish Uie hand from over that aching heart, kissed path is much of his influence, you have ever spoken to me has been obeyed, and iWo ears too nany grati- it again and again. The young people reverently !" said the Indimi, fled; but now I have done. The more I give, The woman did not look down at her strolled along up the batik of the beautiful pointing to a servant of Sir William's. the more you ask. You get no more." as they had often done "You can retire,Pontioch, daughter: her eye was upon the boy, who, river, hand-in-hand, but do not go be- "My brother gets angry, like a squaw. fawn gambolled firm, as if lie had been a statue of bronze, before, while his dog and her yond hearing of my whistle ; and tell Malcom Let him be careful, or he'll bite his tongue stood as first he turned. ahead of them, as playfully as two kittens in to be ready forthe huntpf which Ispoke !" said off." the baronet, " Duee it become the son of a brave war- the sun of a June morning whose last words were precau- Sir William made no tionary, and reply ; but, resuming nor, atid the future chief of a nation, to im- such as lie knew Malcom, the his seat again, lighted his pipe, after CHAPTER II. chief of his body-guard, refui- sult the mother who gave him life ?" she said, would understand. it, and paid no further attention to the William Johnson, king's superintendent The truth was, that lie Indian "t last, in a voice so low that it seemed scarcely Sir did not like the ex- who stood regarding ~him with a look of to have left her lips; 'yet it reached his ears of the Six Nations-iti fact, of all the Indians, pressing upon the chieftain's face, and saw that the hatred that would have made most men quail. -- his heart, too. The folded arms were un- under British rule, north of New York-sat in latter was much excited, though lie strove After a short pause, to hide it lie took a silver whiste bent, and the flashing eyes east down; slowly, a front room of his baronial castle-for such from his vest, and blew a sharp note, and When the servant in an as if all unwilling to yield to his own convie- it really was-situated where still exists was gone, the Indian, instant the negro servant was by after looking around, his side. tions of wrong, the youth turned toward his flourishes the village of Johnstown. on its and seeing that no listen- " Pontioch, bring ers were near me one glass, and a bottle mother, ant, in a log', sad tonesaid : lofty look-out above the Mohawk Valley. the windows, turned and said : of brandy," said he. Thavenda-tie-gen has done wrong. He history has described him-to that let the "A bird tins brought me news from the The'servant entered the next room, and in IIe will aket reader turn-and whieti they observe the Miamis !" will offend his mother no more. few moments reappeared, bearing a bottle of hisbow and go far away; and, whenhe has won powerful sway which lie held over the In- The baronet started slightly, but instantly brandy and a single glass upon a silver salver. was as calm as before. s warrior's name, he will come back to her !" dians for years, and the havoc which lie corn- The baronet poured out the sparkling "My fire- He was moving off, when his mother cried: mitted during our revolutionary struggle, they ears are open !" said he. water, more prized than all else will not wonder at the strange mysteries " Dyagetto by the red Stay !" and her children are no longer mena of that day-and,.,alas! for there oven in And Onalova, her long -treees flying back destined to be unravelled in this romatce.. with the Miamis !" continued the chief, look- this--and diluting it with iced water frm i from her broad, glossy shoulders, came bound- Ie sat, as I said, in his easy chair, with his ing at the baronet closely, to note the effect of silver pitcher on a table within his reach, le iing to his side, and, taking his hand, said, in a amber-mouthed pipe between his sensual lips, the news. But the latter, now fully on his drank it off. tone reproachful, but fond : looking out on broad lands occupied by his own guard, exhibited no feeling, even if he had Ie could cause to do so. not more deeply have insulted or "Oh. brother, would you break our moth: tenantry, and possessing, as lie did, the power #ounded the Indian chief than by that aet. sr's heart, and leave Onalova without a pro- of a monarch, if not of a despot, and the sea- "They have come toward the sunrise !" continued The latter stood one moment, ane then said: toetor?" suous nature accorded to the Turk, seemed to the Indian. "The pale-faced chief has Sir William drunk his own "Thavendanegea, you shall have your enjov himself. But then his fortified house-, smoked on, as if the matter in blood ! When the no way affected him. chief of the Mohawks has wish !" said the mother, advancing. "When the arms he constantly wore about his own made his nest secure for his own eagle the the moon is full, we will start for the Valley portly person, and the vigilant attendance The Indian now showed signs of impa- he'll come again !" wait till then, for which lie required of one or more servants tience, or rather of annoyance, and of the Mohawk, We must said, As lie said this, lie turned abruptly"on his we will have to travel at night, else will we whom he trusted implicitly, all tended to quickly:heel,nand left the house be kept back by those who have been paid to show that neither his wealth, power, or their My brother says nothing I""Pontioph, tell Malcom to come here I" keep us here. And we must prepare for a attendant luxuries exenipted lhm from care. "I have two ears and but one tongue! said the baronet, calmly, for lie now hid en- march of toil 'and peril. Great mountains A flush came over the face of Sir William, When my brother is done, I will speak !" tirely regained his composure. "Does must be climbed-deep rivers crossed-ene- as a tall, gray-haired, mnd grim-looking var- this news Please my brother?" "lie dare not expose "at is, is! the secret of Ogahtee's nmies avoided. You have forced it on ne nor was seen rapidly striding over the lawn If the Mimis have slept, it death ; and Dyagetto , dare not break the oath , sooner has not been with my eyes !"said the baronet, she took when I spared her son. I thia I wished ; but I have spoken, and toward the house. Fully armed, and bearing am safe .. "Will ". we will go !" the insignia of a chief, the savage bore an air my brother let them live if they come but this old reptile must be watched. He t ' "Forgive me, my noble, good mother. I of importance. to his fort - ,' . means to destroy them. ie shall ,,'' young "What new favor can old Aroghyadecka "I do not murder womek and not. That have been very wrong !" and now the children." Dyagetto was a handsome woman when el Indian, wholly softened, knelt at his mother's want now !" muttered Sir Witliam, in a tone "The boy will soon be a warrior. If lie went away. ,' She may not have faded >' learns his rights-" . yet." feet, and pressed her hand to his breast. of discontent. "Presuming on the past, and The soliloquy of the baronet was "Your broken , , "Kneel only when you whisper to the a fancied hold lie has upon me, he asks too power will be in danger1" added the in by the entrance baronet, concluding the words of the person for whom Great spirit, miy son !" said she, lifting him much. lie must cease-he has already made the chief had he sent. ' commenced. ap. "And now, if you have a warrior's me do too much !" "Malcom, you saw the Mohawk chief ," .: "Yes that . . cnnning, show it. Convey, at least a half tie had hardly closed this soliloquy, when ; but I care not for myself Ilhave a just left the house ?" day's journey to the east, all the dried pro- the tall chieftain stalked into the apartment, son who will be a great brave." "I did, Sir William." Yr N "Then let him and the son of (, visions which we can carry with ease, and aind, as stiff and erect as a rock-rooted pine' Dvagetto "Have a watch kept on all his movemcsg .r hide them. It must be done in small parcels, upon the hill-side, stood before him, making battle for the place." Double our guards at night and ten yo a seiarce'y recognizable sign of respect. . ; fomn time to time, when you hunt. Oalova f( t

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V 5r Ol, gold, for the red sun was throwing its last lin- g TIHAYENDANEGEA, TILE SCOURGE; murmur of the little spring, the rustling of gering rays upon it-"The Mohawk--ehildren, the breeze, as it softly passed through the new- The schoolmaster evidently was infavor. the valley of your self take four or f'ce men, and start, as if on birth " .leaved branehes- And the stars aeemodsssep, ir Wih;m .i. The eyes of Onalova glittered with plea- they lay so quiet in the cloudless sky. hbunting expedition. Cross the river, and While the servant was gone. more moral asun- sure as they ran over as beautiful a landscape Tliayendanegea slept and dreamed-.eaed watching him the while, 'Were you to use a little seout up and down, as ever charmed punishment, do you the mortal vision-a variety that he was a mighty chief - that the eagle sc any jarty of Mohawks over the river ; and sion, and less corporeal be- of hill and dale, if you fill in with a woman who answers to not think the youingstErs would like you and level plain, threaded by coronet of a great brave was on bis head, with two children ter, and learn more ." hundreds of shining rivulets, all rushing to and that a thousand warriors waited forhis bat- the name of Dyagetto, Sir Wit her to me safely. She speaks " Divil the bit, asking yer pardon, the arms of the larger stream, which was to tie-cry. Iis form seemed taplir than the high- with her, bring irriverent expression. Stir bear them almost as well as her own tongue : Liam, for the to the oblivious ocean. And this, est of them all, his eye the brightest. And he Znghrli Bible, or some other good book. too, clad in the lively green in my school here." doesn't the and flowery sheen saw his loved mother robed as a Forest Queen was tauht of "leafy June," now softened The soldier's only reply was the military say,' Spare the rod, and ruin the child?' No; in the mellow -his beautiful sister, by hier side, looking more my own countrymen, the more you bate of the coming sunset, was very lovely, lovely than ever. salute. lie had hii orders, and departed to like you. As to talking' And those men who say little 'em, the more they like But the eagle eye of Thayendanegea rested The dream was sweet, but, ai ! too briett fslfi1 them. not on these ones who fulfill orders, knowledge into 'em, 'twould be like whisper- beauties ; it wandered to and It changed; lie thought that he haJbeen taken arc fe very ew purity girl through a four feet fro restlessly, thousand perils stand in the way. in' leve to a and lie said at last : prisoner by a band of enemies, and was des-. hough a you couldn't smell the clover of "Can we see "Send Mr. O'Whaekem here, Pontioch. wall, where none of the villages of my tined for the torture. And he nerved his soul When I lay down the birch tribe? Where do the to bring his school report with him," her breath. warriors dwell ?" to meet it, as the son of a warrior should- Tell him "We will seek them when sid the baronet, again starting his pipe into they'll lay down their booiso.i.o. another day be- to sing his death-song and show his tortures. Tetion.Thebaronet smile a this opon ver7 gins," replied his mother, quietly. "Finds fit that neither soul or body could be eonueerd camping-place, my son, and we In a short time, an individual appeared, earnestly given by Mr. Flood, and then he will rest, so until one had sped to the spirit-land, and the smiled again, for the brandy was at hand. In that we may be strong when once who, as Sir William's schoolmaster, deserves a more we other had been consumed. ,But his mother His small, fiery, gray eye, 'the last ho was assisted by the schoolmaster, stand among our peo ple. But, remember, you and sister again appeared upon the scene, and brief description must hint quite pleased with the service, no word of your rights or my their screams of agony pierced his very heart, thick lips, and wide mouth, so open that it who seemed heavier part of the abor on wrongs, until hnstantly revealed a couple of rows of masti- ana took the I have consented !" Heavens I It was no dream -a rough hand ",hayendanegea has promised ." 'replied touched his form, and he sprung to his feet, to Motors, which looked as if capable almost of himself. and m John ?" asked the youth. hashing up of boarding- Where is Guy an y son hear the screams in reality, and to fiud him- any duty, from the A little way down the hill-side, close house steak to the shortening of tenpenny the baronet of his servant, after he had dis- by a self in the strong hands of two grim warriors, heavenward pointing its as. missed the important Mr. O'Wiakemu gushing stream, there was a mossy spot, con- from whose grasp lie tried in vain to tear him- ails, and a nose, de Soeeen-dog* a fishin', sali !" pletely overhung at once revealed his derivation. It "Gone to by a precipice of white, dry belt. By the light of the dawning day, he stations, well When they return, tell thom rock. It was fringed around with ;" was from the south of Ireland. his forehead "Very small bush- could see that his mother and sister, too were to see them - as, and was admirably adapted for a camping- captives. But why, when they were so near r , .what there was of it-was drawn into per- I would like place. pndicular furrows, he had so long been in "Yes, sah . . their own tribe, was his perplexity, 'BTht wish to be disturbed ,' a frown of pedantic dig- "And now I do not Here the party laid down their packs, which lie asked no question--he waited to be spoken 6he habit of wearing - .' , Over this, red and bristly, by any visiters-renieiber were not heavy now, for their provisions were to, though his swelling veins and flashing eyes r ity thereon. nodded and left the room, to ra- nearly The negro out. A pheasant flew , pointing in all directions, rose his short. coarse up as they ap- told what he would do, were he for a moment door until again called by the proached the spot, and alighting on the limb free, great air.Aneckcloth, which purported to be main near the as were the odds against him, for f 'n of his master. a small birch, some fifty or white, but was nearly tan-color, was swathed whistle sixty yards off, the warriors were six in number. about three inches length of seemed to reconnoiter the proceedings. An "Why has Dyagetto left the land of the tightly around arrow to support from Thayendanegea's bow in a mo- Minmis ?" at last asked the grim leader of the neck, which seemed strong enough meat put an such heads as his The tout enscngble end to his troubles, and while the band. : twenty young hunter gathered head was bull-dogish. his long arms, fuel, and with flint and "It was not the home of her fathers.--er of his steel lighted a fire, his mother lean body, and long legs, his large feet and CHAPTER HI. prepared the heart was weary of dwelling with the stranger, an idea that he was better bird for supper. her eyes ached to look upon her kindred, and hands, conveyed Before the darkness than mental labor ; but in For five weary weeks, traveling mostly at came on, the boy also she chose to come !" replied the womaa, ftted for manual a devious course to avoid gathered soft branches for beds, and days a teacher generally took plenty of night, and taking built up haughtily. hose a little screen around his mother and sister's aereise, trying the "bottom" of many a pursuit, the noble Dyagetto had led her ehil- "Knew you not that birds were swift. from the Ohio. Onalova, retiring place, and then, with youngster who strove to run out of gear. dren eastward a cheerful fire winged, and would be here before you, to teil the baronet. though slight in figure, had borne the fatigue blazing before them, and a nice, broiled par- that your word was broken, and that you blow goes your school ?"asked had improved in and the ould way, Sir William," re- bravely, and Thayendanegea bridge dried venison, and parched corn, would meet a river you could not cross, a "Much in every day. And it seem- that lonely family pedant, with a flourish of his right strength and muscle supped as well, and prob- mountain you could not climb?" #ied the approached the lofty hills which ably with a better appetite, and-his left was placed on the small of his ed, as he than will many a "That bird is a lying one, and flies only in his native valley, as if he grew in wealthy reader of this'work after he has per- back, so as to lift the important and lengthy walled from your lips!" he used this chapter. - tails'of his brass-huttonec coat out at a digni- stature ; for his elastic form heightened, " voman, you hasten your death, if y proudly, the respiration Hav g rep enished his .,"1 from that portion of the body held his head more fuel, so as to keep the brave mea" ged distance fire up all night, Thayendanegea birchifte scholars, he came more freely from his full breast. received "I know it-I can die but once. You are , which, through his bp something in our native air the blessing of his mother, emed to have an aversion for. " Haythen There must and then laid down, used to murder !" makes itself known within us, with his feet to the fire, in front wftil be haythen, and Injuns and pagers will be which ever of the camp The warmior's eyes gleamed with a fernetty we approach our birth-place. As I de- -- his bow by his side, and his tomahawk what they were born, in spite of bating or when in his that threatened instant death, as he placed hus the wakely report, Sir scribe, so have I felt. hand, ready to use at a moment's warning. He hand upon his knife, and stepped toward he, 'losophy. Here is crest of a bill 'em, yell see, are im- At last they stood upon the was soon asleep, for he was very weary. They but he restrained himself and turned toward illiarr. Some of had marched are improving' which overlooked the valley. a long way that day, not resting her son. For a few momente, he eyed him vin' forward, and others pointing downward from the ackward." "See !" said Dyrgetto, start, for his mother had hoped to sternly, but a look more haughty tihan his of liquid, rushing reach the Mohawk by night, The baronet took the paper, glanced at it, to what seemed a stream own met his glance. table, and called his ser- And now, all was still except the lulling "What are you?" he tinaly asked. en laid it on the ot * The Sacondaga River, risingin the mountainsi Into the Hudson- SPontioch, brandy and two glasses."' Iammiton county anil empt3 ug 8 THAYENDANEGEA, THE SCOURGE ; OR.

The squaw who creeps upon women and as dissipated as young men of rank and means children when they are sleeping, deserves no think it necessary to be. answer from the son of a warrior?" was the An Englishman would as soon think of bold reply. eating garlic soup as to sit at a table where In an instant, the tomahawk of the Mohawk there was not a round of roast beef. This chief glittered in his hand, and the brave youth dish was on the baronet's table, but there was would never have spoken again, had not help also salmon, trout, wild ducks, geese, turkeys, been near. partridges, quails, venison, etc., for he was "Hold on there-if ye'd not have an ounce quite a fastidious gourmand, and beside, his of lead in your old carcass !" cried a voice, as was an open table, and guests were entertained the steel-bearing hand was raised, and at the every day. There were several on this occa- same moment Malcom, with six of Sir Wil- sion, but none worthy of particular nota. ham's highlanders, appeared on the scene, Lafferty, his secretary, sat vis-a-vis with Mr. well armed and ready for action. Flood ; his physician, Daly, an ancestor of Pat "Why does the pale-face interfere with my Daly, sat a little further toward the head of business ?" asked the chief, haughtily. the ioard. Attentive servants were at hand "Because, in the first place, you were about to supply every want. doing a most cowardly deed ;'in the next place, The solid part of the repast was finished, you are interfering with peaceful travelers, and only Sir William and his son and nephiew and, thirdly and lastly, as the preacher says, remained over their wine, when Pontioch came because I choose to. So take yourself and in, and, in a low tone, communicated some- your painted gang away from here, or I'll give thing to his master. you a better reason still for going !" "Let them be brought in at once !" said tha As he said this, Malcom touched the keen latter. "I will see them here." hanger by his side, and motioned his men to The servant withdrew, but soon returned 1 close up. with Malcom and Dyagetto and.her children. "These are my prisoners I" said the chief, The mother had carefully arranged their doggedly. toilet, as well as her own, so that in their C "Then come to Sir William Johnson for native comeliness they showed but little of the them--lie sent me to bring them to him-let stain of travel. ;. that youngster go !" and he leveled his gun at A murmur of pleased wonder broke from 1 a one of the warriors who held the youth. the lips of the younger Johnsons, as they "; The Indians started back, for they did not looked at the magnificent group, their eyes . . like the muzzle of a cocked musket so close to wandering from the matured beauties of the 0 '' 1 their breasts. The chief saw that lie was mother to those just blossoming in the daugh- overpowered, and sullenly called his men off. ter, and then to the erect and warrior-form of I- ., "Tell the pale-faced chief that there is a young Thayendanegen, whom no presence e cloud between him and the chief of the Mo- seemed to abash, and who seemed everywhere hawks !" said the bitter, fiercely, as he de- to feel that he had no superior; that, indeed, icendfe the hill-side. royal blood ran in his veins. "Keloud of smoke and a quart of whiskey Dyagetto advanced with her children by he?' will drive it out of'sight !" said Malcom, whose side, until within a few feet of Sir William, opinion of the -Indian character was by no and then stopped, waiting to be spoken to. At ' - means elevated. first she had looked him boldly in the eye, He now told Dyagetto that she was safe, but when his too ardent gaze seemed to scan and that Sir William, hearing of her coming, her form, she dropped her eyes, and the blood bad sent him to look for and protect her. rose to her cheeks and darkened their rich Giving her and her children food from his transparency. own well-stored haversack, after a brief delay, "So, Malcom, you found my friend !" said be started at a rapid pace to recross the river, the baronet. sot liking to give the Mohawk chief too good "Just in time to save the top-knot of that a chance to rally men and intercept him ; for young man, Sir William. Obeying your Malcom had "served'" on the other side of orders, I kept trace of the old Mohawk, who the water, and knew that one of the best smelt them out before me, and when he 1 qualities of a soldier is caution. thought he had his game set, I stepped in and drew the trumps out of his hand !" "Apd took the 'honors,' my brave fellow. I'll hear your entire report, by-and-bye, in my library. I must check the insolence of that rascal, even if I have to leave a vacancy in the CHAPTER IV. chieftainship of the tribe !" hir William Johnson was at dinner. On one "There should be no vacancy while the soa hand sat his nephew, Guy Johnson, afterward of Ogahtee lives !" said-Dyagetto, in a tone of his son-in-law; on the other, his son John, calm dignity, but so low that only he heard it. 4 both young men, full of life and adventure, and "Peace, wvman I" said Sir William, sternly. THE WAR-EAGLE OF THE MOIIAWKS. ii

though h~e started, and turned pale when she imitate the vices of the white man; for, physi uttered the name. "IIe must not be spoken ally, he is far the noblest of the two. of, at least for the present!" When lie arrived, lie dismissed the warriors, "Yet he speaks to e from his bloody who had been with him, with a caution to be grave, and bids me demand justice for his silent about the occurrences of the morning, son-for my boy l" said the woman, boldly, and then sent for his son, a warrior almost in and her dark eye flashed, and her form seemed age, if not in action, for he was at least five to swell to a prouder height when she spoke. years the senior of Thayendanegea. Ie was 4 "Enough, Dyagetto; no more, until I see tall and powerful in appearance, yet there was you alone !" saia he, speaking to her in her no true nobility in his appearance, for the ex- own tongue. - pression of his countenance told of a low and She bowed her head and was silent. crafty nature, of a disposition lacking open "What a noble-looking boy; he seems born courage, manliness, and generosity. His dress for a warrior !" said Guy Johnson, as he look- redolent of ornament, and his face without a ed at Thayendanegea. sear, and ornamented weapons without marks "But how very beautiful is his sister !" of use, told as much of his character as I could said John Johnsoa, whose admiring eye was describe in half a chapter. ' fixed upon her. " Ipisico," said the old chief, as his son en- And she, too, was gazing upon him, but it tered his lodge, from which he had sent out was in wonder, for he was dressed very richly, the women previously, " when the Great withal was handsome, and she never before Spirit takes me up to the happy hunting- had seen a being beside her brother, who grounds, who will be a chief in my stead? who looked so noble as he did. She did not con- be the head man of the Mohawks ?" strue his ardent gaze in the manner which one "Why doe my father ask?" replied the who knew of the world and its ways would ; young Indian.' "Who but Ipisico will then therefore her eyes were not east down, nor did be chief?" a blush rise to express emotions of anger or of "Another may claim the place ?" mortification. "But he will have no right. I am thy son!" But Dyagetto saw the look, divined his "Yet another livis who will claim that his thoughts, and quickly said: right is better than that of Ipisico !" " We will retire, my children ; when Sir " Tihe Mohawks will not listen to him I" William wishes to see me, he can send for me !" " If his story, truly told, goes to the Mo- "See to their comfort, Malcom," said the hawks' ears, they will know him as chief, and baronet; "have rooms assigned them, and tell bid Ipisico hide his head S" the steward to see that they are refreshed. "Who is lie? He must die !" And keep a guard about, not upon them, but ' a isico now speaks like a warrior ! Let for them! The old Mohawk chief is crafty him act as. such! Yes, the boy who would and dangerous !" fill the place of Ipisieo, must die, and Ipisico The soldier's salute was his only reply, as must slay him !" he turned upon his heel and left the room, "Yes, where does he sleep!" said Ipisico, followed by the Indian woman and her chil- eagerly. dren. "Would you fear to slay him, were he "That boy steps as proudly as a king," awake and standing before you ?' asked the said Guy, as Thayendanegea strode away. old chief, with a touch of-sarcasm in his tone "There is kingly blood in his veins !" said "Oh, no I Ipisico knows no fear !" said the Sir William, but he did not speak of them young Indian, and even as he spoke, he glanced again during the course of the meal- quickly around, as if he feared some one would hear his boast. "'Where is this pretende?" " In the castle of the great pale face, pro. tested under his wing !" replied the old chief "Who is lie ?" CHAPTER V. " The son of Ogahtee, whose place I fill!" Foiled in his intentions against Dyagetto '"My father dreams. Ogahtee's son died and her children, by the opportune arrival with his father-so all the tribe know !" and action of Malcom, the old Mohawk chief "Not so-a woman's prayer saved his life sullenly returned to his village. It was on He is the tree across thy path!" the banks of the rushing stream which bore "'Which I will cut away 1" said Ipisico. In the name of his tribe, nestled in amid gentle a bitter tone, for he had too long and im- slopes which were covered with corn, melons, patiently looked for the day when lie should etc., and few, to look upon the neat houses, the be chief, to be willing to lose it without a tasteful enclosures, the well-laden fruit trees, struggle, coward even 'though he was by would have deemed that none but savages nature. dwelled there. This proved that the red man "Yes, it must be done, and by thy hand could imitate the pate-face in the procurement But not yet-it must be a work of time and of comforts-alas, that he can so readily also care. Yesterday, I quarreled with tle great 7

12 TIIAYENDANEGEA, THE SCOURGE; OR, "Not Aroghyadecka, tre Moaawk 0Cdf?" Tale -faced chrief for thee. To-day I must manke TIE WAR-EAGLE OF THE MOHAWKS. 4 Carrel smot lr.for he lis too nlch strength "Not even' lie, the mu rdcerer of'rmy Ihusbanld 13 and the usurper of his place, whom, even you, fo r me, and t etuniung of tie fox ust meet war in which they will strive; but strive in "I did; I idsico must go with have protected-vou who have fed in my and I hope yet b see his son like tire strength of tire Lear'. vain, for independence. Many will be loyal, him-a great shall ask the great chief husband's wignam, and slept while he watched Warrior." mrr to tie cutie, for I and the king has many warriors whom he ind we will over you ! You asked me why I came back Who was he ?" asked Thayenddnegea, to take ipiieo wise in his school, will send over to crush the rebellion, from the Mirnamis ? It was to look once more and to abruptly. yet he too wise for hindb aid those who are upon the grave of my husband, to see tlr loyal. I know that my red "When a pro per time comes, you shall What m fate r says it good, but I do t brothers will p hs which I trod in my childhood-to drinl fight for the king, for he is rich know ; but, till en, ask no living being a not like t he ch oh of the ;,al'-ace t' and great, and will of the cool waters of my birth-place ! Te make them many presents ; question about hni, nor breathe his name. -or vet that of the haner', or the warrior!" anldtie colonies bring my children here, where you ungiht set are poor, and cannot do it. It is my command." sail the old chief, giowmurrry. " When I wan of And, in such a war, them. and when I laid down beside my Ogah the chief of the Mohawks, "I cannot speak his name, for it has been thy ar'e, there were scalps at my he, ard my the first tribe of the Six Nations, will be a hidden from me !" said the game !" tee, as soon I shall, that you might'be just youth, sadly. frititrs lodge Was frill of reaut man ! It is my wish that Thayenda- looked and protect them who were without father o You shall know it, I repeat, at a proper Th' siourrgIndiani riade io reply, hat negea should learn well mother !" the language and the period," said the baronet. "In the meantime, ullenly down upon the ground, for tre rebuke arts of the white man, fir William seemed strangely affected winle for a great path is be- be patient and studious, and prepare to be %>convey was merited. fore the noble Indian woman spoke in a tone ofim.- him, and I will put his feet upon it! Is great in the council and on the war- path, T.hefold chief gazed at him ice arrorert, Dvuagetto willing passionled earnestness. After some moment. that her children should re- Remember that a great chief has adopted you id then said mamn i my family, and be treated as my own as a son." You are my son-my blood is in your of agitation, he spoke: you have been deeply wronged-- are treated ?" l "Thayendanegga will grins-y mi have a strong heart, but it has " Dyagetto, not forget," said the le Indian woman looked him steadily in young warrior. been asleep ' Let it wake up, ani you shall I have been a party to much of your wrong ; and circumstances drove me to the fies for some moments before she replied, At that instant, the door of Sir William's yet e a great brave, ard arrighty chief '" but policy as if she much which I would recall, were it possible. would read the inmost thoughts of room was' opened without a knock, or S Te ears of I ai-iCOre hper-seyes his soul, any But you have come to me for justice and pro. and then sire said ceremony, and Aroghyadeeka and Ipisico en- shillsee thIe Iat i iis father marks out for "Dyagetto tection. The last you shall have, and the first, is willing--the words of the tered. him. aur his feet shall not eave it ." replied great chief is in may power to render!" are good in her ears !" A frown gathered, like a thunder-cloud, voting Inhlinir so far as it the Thayendanegea fill the place of "And Dyagetto, too, will make her home dark and ominous, upon the It is well!1Make ready to go to the 'Shall brow of the shall the scalp of that father's beneath my roof." Englishman, and bitter words were castle of the pale-faced chief!" his father, ani rising to from his lodge-pole ?" asked " Dyagetto would live with her people, and his lips; but, when he saw that the old Mo- murderer dangle be free to go and the woman, eagerly, asking, mother-like, all come as she wills !" replied hawk chief wore a look of deep humility, in- the woman. son, and nothing for herself. li stead of his usual defiant expression, and for her "'She bore "In time he shall know that he is chief of shall have her wish," said Sir Wil- a present of very vahable furs, in token of a ChAPTER VI. liami. "And, now, the Mohawks, and the tribe shall know it, and let Dyagetto go and tell wish to make peace--as did his son, also-he had dined, and learned that the ne- Thayendanegea After hA if he becomes the warrior which his looks to come here, for I would restrained himself, and waited for an explana- her family had been then, essities of )yangetto and talk to him, and put hope and wisdom in his tion of the visit with his usual stoical Sir Wilhiam sent for rer now promise-" com- proe.rly ctterndeh to, the soul of Ogalitee-his heart is heart." posure. for ie wished to con- lie has to come to his library, lie is brave !" said the proud mother. The Indian woman bowed her head, and But the eyes of young Thayendanegea But a few moments big, and verse wtht her alone. "' Then he shall have my aid to place him left tire room. almost flashed fire, as he recognized his captor liipsel aft e'ie had sent the smumunons before "So far, so good !" said Sir William, 1 where his brave father stood-ray aid to when of that morning and the insulter of his mother, appier too for witr Ie was alone. she , rriucii mo proved, ; avenge Ogahtee's death !" "I wish old Aroghyadecka and it needed a look and sign of caution from not btlanmeale, pride whicr Y , that mitural., and The haughty pride of the Indian woman was out of the way. His son is not to be Sir William to make him restrain himself. *Oc" "i"irrin'i"eit part of w. nn-ai-intore, shie feared, but rather melted in a moment, and tears sparkled in her to be despised. But the The old Mohawk and his son advanced in hald taken ihe first opp ortnity to renovate lici' old man is crafty, and great black eyes, while she threw herself upon has made himself popu- silence, and laid their presents at the feet of as ltok-at-able as pos- lar with iris people. toilet, ani make herself her knees before the baronet, and pressed his If Thayendanegea were Sir Williani, and then retired a few steps, with from vant coquetry on ier only a few years sible. Not yor to her lips. older, a blow might be struck their eyes down-east, and their looks that, but firm ant innate e hands expres- part, shes was above " Dyagetto thanks the great chief for his by his own hand, which, while it placed him sive of sorrow. which her intercourse withr at the sense of decency said, in broken accents, for she head of his tribe, would at once raise The baronet did rather than lessened. promise !" she not touch the presents, the wines hwinlincreased, him to the height of popularity with them." but, with a stern look, regarding records as a was sobbing With joy. them for a Sir' Withm, wlnoni history Sir' William lifted her up, and bade her be Tire soliloquy of the baronet was inter- time in silence, and then said : seisualist tf the' rot inimoderite kind, looked rupted by the entrance seated again. of the young Indian "Why is the chief of the Mohawks here with an earer eve upon beauties filly matured, of whom he spoke. "The time for this has not yet come !" he after his words of insult yesterday? Does he yet noit l-erne oIin her ne, when sir eritened,; Advancing proudly, continued, " nor must Thayendanegen yet with a step at once think that I am a woman, whose memory of oli anid haiut'ty look chihh tre bold and free, a figure tit her know who or what he is. I do not yet ab- erect as a pine deep- wrong can be hushed by a word, or driven words of tdittery which he was about to utter, rootel in its you from your promise of seeresy, for ratire soil, and an eye as bright away by a repentant look ?" to a chair, amId bade her solve as ini iheisurnlq~ hiointed be educated and prepared for his that of the untamed eagle. Thayendanegea " Aroghryadeeka was a fool! Ie must was an object calculated He has eaten be satedi. confide in Dyagetto, for I to elicit admiration his words. His heart is heavy, for .Wi it do s the great chief wish with Dy- position. I will from any one capable he was know that sine is good and wisO-she will n't of appreciating manly wrong. The anger of the great chief is like ag-,tt : n-ka, as sie took her seat. beauty in one so a rhe speak to other ears what I give to her's young. cloud upon his spirit, and he has brought him To ask vion wi yron left tie Miarnis.? "My mother bade alone !" me come to the great presents to ask'him to lift off thi cloud, for it is why came ire, where you knew you vould -lnet'.I am here !" said the 1 "A chain is upon Dyagetto's tongue when young warrior, very dark in the path of Aroghyadecka ! Ho nrc rt'iui der to ',-ourrscl' it-m chilrent":, standing in an attitude the great chief wills it !" replied the woman. of respect before the has brought his only son, Ipisico, to .. itire creu:t chief yofthe pie-faces my baronet. the great The colonies, begin- chief, to be a surety that he will do wrong no fruit-Icr i mr Vretmiciiy ' e i- at ei "Then I will speak. It is well, Thayendanegea," 1 their strength, are already almost said Sir more. Let the great chief put him in fr V ii m e nrr Wt.' do vonask ?" ning to feel William. "I sent for you to say his father, the king, that, hence- school, or make him hunt and fish for him I k nua-c i is unnyfriend, dc he is powerful, in open rebellion against our forward, you are to dw with me, beyond the seas. A war is almost certain, a and I will for Ipisico will do his bi hiding " was the i. a&nd should fear rno other foes!" be to you ars a father " hawk's reply. "A fatlhe-!"said the young Indian, quickly Sir William was at a" loss to know what -" father Did you know my father ?" this unusual and unexpected humility meant ;p

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(i THE WAR-EAGLE OF 1 THE MOHIAWK5. t He knew enough of the Indian character to getto must be left in peace, and she will be No aware that it was not real, but was assumed sIlent. Let her come and go when and where Sir William now filled a second glass of " Thayendanegea will try, but do not ask A for some purpose, but for wkat, was beyond she will, without hindrance, and her tongue brandy, and the reconciliation was complete, him to touch hands with Iis enemy.' his immediate comprehension. To refuse the will Ibe still, even though her tears fall, and so far as outward his appearance indicated. The heart will not hold a lie I" 11 heart is heavy above the grave of Ogahtee. presents of the crafty chief, and the offer of her Indian soon after took his leave, and then the "I do not require that--but the son of f) his son, as a security for his own good be- ( I will let Tlhayendanegea and Ipisico grow baronet sent for his steward, and gave particu- Dyagetto must make no quarrels in my house. beyond ; up together, learn the same lessons, take haviour, would have been'to place it lar directions regarding the disposition and Ipisico will dwell here, and if you do not like his power to detect the intentions of the old the same exercises, and when you die, if I yet treatment of the recent accessions to his family. him, avoid him, but make no quarrel I" live, he who proves the most worthy, shall be tascal, and he determined to accept them. He then bade him send Thayendanegea to "I care not for him-he is a squaw, the next chief of the Mohawks. I have and That some evil was meant toward Dyagetto him-also Mr. O'Whackem, the schoolmaster. dare not look me in the eye. But Iis father and her family he was confident, and the spoken !" chief, spoke bitter words to my mother, and I will thought occurred to him that it would be all "The words of my brother, the great kill him for it yet Y" are good,and my ears are opened wide to receive the better if he had! pisico under his own eye, "Bide your time, boy, bide your time !" and in his power. Therefore, after appearing them, and I have swept away a place in my said the old baronet, who could them in. Mybreast shall be not help ad- to deliberate with serious thought for a time, heart to keep miring the truthful candor of clean toward my brother, and I thank him that the outh. ae said : CHAPTER VI. "You can go now-to-morrow you will com- "I will take away the cloud from before my he has blown away the cloud of his anger. The schoolmaster was the first to make mence to study." The son of Ogahtee will be a great brave-so red brother, and receive his presents. But his appearance, perhaps because he scented Thayendanegea slightly bowed his head, my red brother must walk upon a straight will be Ipisico, if lie listens to the teachings brandy, for the baronet never failed to pro- and turned away. If he will not, let hun be a path hereafter, or I will never touch his hand of my brother. duce that article when he was in a good "What d~o you think of him, O'Whackem?" and work with the squaws, for I will again. Ipisico may go and walk with the son slave, humor, and it is not in the creed of any true asked Sir William, after Thayendanegea had whom I have adopted, and I will smoke a not know him." Irishman to refuse a glass of good liquor. - gone out. the baronet "lie shall have the same opportunities that pipe with my brother." And "I sent for you," said the baronet, when "By my faith, sir, I belave there is a spice son whom are offered to Thiayendanegea!" said Sir pointed to Thayeadanegea, as the Mr. O'Whaekem entered, "to instruct you of the divil in him. I nivir saw such an eye e had adopted, William. "If there is good blood in him, he that you will have three new pupils in in a -" the human, before-it looks lane through The eye of the latter flashed, as Ipisico shall lack no chance to show it morning." ye!" "My heart is glad while my brother turned toward him to obey the direction of "Male or faymale, Sir William ?" "There is more intelligence expressed speaks !" said the oldMohawk. "When t1e in the baronet. "Both-two young Indians-one, the son his face than in that of any Indian whom I "rThe eagle will not mate with the crow !" Great Spirit calls for inc I am ready to go, of the Mohawk chief; the other, a boy whom ever saw before. ; I wish his education care- he said, bitterly, and turning upon his heel, he for my son needs a father now no ni1ore " I have adopted, a regular eagle, who will be tribe num- fully attended to !" left the roiom, nt, however, until he had east " how nany warriors cian you apt to stick his talons into you if you are too "It Sir shall be dorA, Sir William. Is it the a withering glance of hate upon Aroghya- her, ready for the war-path ." asked rough 'with him-so I deem it best to warn classics ye'd the subject. have me induct him into as well decka anrd hii son. William, sudddenly changing you. His sister you will instruct with the as the lower branches ?" shrink The old chief cast his eyes down and seem- The latter seemed fairly to quail and same care and gentleness which you'bestow "No-the more useful branches ! Learn under the piercing glance, but his father's ed to study for a while ; then he replied upon my own daughters!" him are moons to read and write well, and be particular snake-like eye emitted a deadly gleam, and "Count as many years as there "Your directions shall be duly attinded to, in his mathematical every day of that knowledge,'for he will his sinewy frame quivered with an anger, in two seasons. Then for Sir William !" said the pedagogue, with a be a great military ready to take the war- leader yet, or my judg- which he could scarcely s'ippress. time, count a warrior backward scrape of his foot, and a forward ment is in error !" Every inch a warrior-Ogahtee lives path!" snap of his head, which would have endan- thousand-the "And the other one, Sir William--what again in lrim !" muttered Sir .William. in a "Between two and three gered a neck more slin than his. shall I do with him ?" other nations as many more. I can assure the tone rather of admiration than displeasure- "Take a glass of brandy-help yourself "The best you can ; but keep a close old king, then, of at least fifteen thousand faithful eye one, too, which reached the ears of the from the table there !" said the baronet. upon his movements and ways. He isa for them. " The allies in the coming struggle. !"muttered Sir chief, though int intended O'Whackemn dutifully obeyed the -order, snake and a spy, I expect-but let him have , . boy has a will, which only time and dis- William. without the slightest hesitation. While he no hint of my suspicions "Are we to fight the French again ?" asked Take another cipliine will check--let Ipisico go to the next was drinking it off, Thayendanegea entered. lass, and leave me, I have letters to write rom and sit down while we talk !" said the the old chief, who had caught the last words "Why did the son of Dyagetto leave the before the carrier leaves for Alban !" of the baronet, though not intended for his baronet to the old chief. room so abruptly, with a cloud on his face, a "Health and long life to yer honor ! May And when the young Indian had left, Sir ear. little time ago ?" asked the baronet. the day be far off America was forever which opens wid sorrow William rung for his servant, and ordered "No ; their power ii "My heart was hot, for I saw an enemy for ye, Sir William!" crushed out in the last war, but there are said O'Whackem, as he pipes arid brandy for two. before me !" replied the boy. tossed off his second bumper, and then strode After the articles came, a glass of friend- those who would rebel against the good king, " Thayendanegea must learn to curb his out of the room. ship drunk, and the pipes were lighted, the our father, beyond the greatwaters, n we passion in my presence I" said the baronet, "He is indeed a noble boy, and Dyagetto baronet said -may have to dig up the hatchet to pmnish sternly, only uttered But Aroghryadecka must keep a still truth when she said that Ogah- "My brother was rash when lie thought to them. "Will the mountain torrent stop when the tee's spirit seemed renewed in hum 1"solilo- take tire lives of the wife and children of Ogai- mouth upon this -" great chief tells it to do so? Will the eagle. qui ed Sir William, when he was once more tee. 1:l lie murdered them, I would have "lie will'; yet he will sharpen ris knife, for pause in its flight toward the sun when he alone. "He is destined to be a great he loves to walk the war-path !" replied the Tian, hanged him like a dog !' calls to it? Can he tell the clouds not to and it is for me to help him up the hill He 1Iwas a fool and walked in the dark !" re- savage, whose nostrils seemed joyfully to rain, the winds to cease, and will they obey is already an orator--no one, in attitude scent blood, though .far off. or plied tire chief. him ?"t expression, could have excelled him when he "Beware, and let it not occur again !" said "You wil exercise your warriors, and fit "No! But Thayendanegea lb neither the baronet, but spoke so contemptously of Ipisico, and so t.Le arorret " They are under my protee- them for war ." continued the rushing stream nor the elanless winds !" bitterly of his father. Boy that conceal from them tire occasion for he is, I would tioi Tiiayendanegen, as yet, knows not of carefully "The hot thoughts of his heart are more rather have his love than his hate. his I have named tb you !" is the his fathers nrme, or fate, or his own rights- it, which free than they !" true spirit to rule a savage nation, to quell i:i " words of the great chief, my brother, wih not, unless you attempt to injure him ; Tire "They must be curbed, and Thayendanegea subordination, or to urge them on to battle. Dya- are laws to Aroghyadecka !' said the lirdian. then he and the tribe shall know alL must learn patience, else he will not be the Thayendantgea is the foundation of a mighty great warrior which I would make of him1" manah"

I 18 THAYENDANEGEA, THE SCOURGE, OR, CHAPTER VIII. "Yes, and Leonore, also-we will both b The steward of Sir William introduced On- sisters to you. We will learn you to write, alova to his two daughters, and caused the and draw, and play the harpsichord, and you housekeeper to prepare for her at apartment shall learn us to bead moceasins, and work near theirs. The Indian girl was not so much porcupine quills on the white fawn-skins, and of a curiosity to them, as they were to her, make feather wreaths and capes." for, born of a fair and flaxen-haired German Soon Kathleen, who was very beautiful in another, they were more white and more behu- face and form, was arrayed in the robes of tiful in their style than anything she had ever Onalova, and they added to rather than de-. dreamed of before. Their dress, though plain, tracted from her natural loveliness. Her full was very rich to her eye, and far more beauti- bust and well-turned limbs were revealed just ful than that which she wore; but when Kath. enough by the proportions of the dress to leen, the youngest, playfully dressed her in show how exquisitely she was formed, and one of her own gowns, and put stockings and her gold-hued ringlets fell down upon her shoes upon her feet, poor Onalova felt as if white neck and shoulders Rs bright as sun- she was in chains. Ilcr own garb best suited light upon snow. Leonore, who was ever the free action of her lithe figure and sym- the most quiet or the saddest of the two, was metrical liu.bs. And we are fain to say that in ecstacies, and declared that she, too, must no fashion in the world so becomes a faultless have a dress like that of Onalova. But we figure as that of an Indian maiden. The will leave them for an instant, for I wish to fringed jacket, fitting, but not compressing keep an eye upon the hero of my story. the bust and waist; the full skirt descending to or below the knee; the beaded moccasins, the mantle of munny hued feathers, the flower- When Thayendanegea left the presence of wrought wreath, over black and flowing Sir William the second time, he was met in tresses, all adorn beauty far more than hoops the hall by John and GuV Johnson, the son and bustles, flounces and laces, ribbons and and nephew before alluded to. Both greeted gew-gaws. This is'may opinion ladies of him with kindness, and the elder, John, said: fashion, get trad at it if yon like. "You must be my brother, Thayendane The daughters of Sir William, Kathleen gea ! and Leonore, who had been brought up in "And mine also !" added Guy. great seclusion, were very much delighted at The young Indian'regarded them both at.- the thought of having a young companion tentively for a few moments, then he extended whom they were told to treat as kindly as if his hand to John, and looking coldly at Guy, she were their sister; and Onalova did not said : feel sad or lonely when her mother told her " One brother is enough for me she was going to visit her tribe and relatives Guy reddened with mortification, or anger, for a few days, they were so very kind to perhaps with both ; but John good-naturedly her. said : All of the afternoon of the first day was "If he is my brother, Guy, he is your s >ent by them in arranging and ornamenting cousin still !" 0nalova's room, according to their ideas of "Be a brother to him !" said Thayenda- comfort and taste. negea, pointing to Ipisico, who, dressed in alA Onalova looked on with astonishment and his tawdry finery, stood near them, but not wonder, for she was so all unused to luxury looking half so noble as Dyagetto's son, in his and ornament, other than the flowers and plain garb gems of nature, and the feathers, and furs, and " I will, and you may regret the hint'" painted larks which her brother had given muttered Guy, as he went and joined the son to her more of the old chief. her, that these things seemed . ,, ', beautiful than would the furniture of a palace - Come and look at our horses !" said John , to a peasant girl, fresh from her homely cot. to Thayendanegea. "Do you love to ride ?" . . he . And, unlike a warrior, or even her brother, added, as he led the way to the stables. . , who was a warric.r in embryo, who would let "Yes! the wild horses from the plains, that ,t nothing force an utterance of astonishment fly like the wind, arid shake the ground with from their lips, her words of surprise and their mighty leaps ! Yes, such ones I love ' pleasure were frequent and many. This de-, to ride !" , . lighted the other girls, who literally despoiled "Then we've got one that will snit you," . their own rooms and wardrobes to furnish said the young man--" one that no one hers. After all was dose, Kathleen cried : dares to back. - He is so fierce and wild, +, r

a Now, Onalo a, dreas me in your style ; I that the grooms fear to take him from tho ., :. wish to see how I will look in your dress !" stable !" r' I'l f r? "The Pale-Rose is very beautiful-I love "I will ride him!I" said Thayendaneges, ' i ' F' her !" said the Indian girl, as she hastened to quietly, '

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"Mr father will let none of us mount, or The exclamations of the gi ooms, who wit- try to mount hiii! !' nessed an act which none of them would hav. ""I w. . ride hint!" said the yonng Indian, the courage to perform, drew still more wit- so fiercely, that his companion was for the nesses to the extraordinary spectacle. but a me'nct startled. moment after all dispersed with a shout of In a few moments they were at the stables, terror, and sought places of safety, when they where Sii William's magnificent stud of sad- saw Thayendanegea. deliberately cast off the dIe and carriage horses were kept. There chain from the neck of the dreaded animal vere imported hunters, heavy draught horses and lack him, rearing and plunging as he from Flandkrs, and the stocky lint agile was, from the stall into the open space o'-ts ponies front Canadha. But the eves of the young side of the stable. Inlian pissed these over with scarce a glance. The moment that he was clear of the build, He looked for the tamneless steed which no ing, Thayendanegea leaped upon the back of one dared to ride. And his dark eyes flashed the fiery animal, which made one or tw proudly lawhen he saw it-a black stallion, maddened bounds, and then stood for an in without a spot of white, in form the perfec- stant foaming and gnashing its teeth and titn of syietry--deep-ehested, thin-faniiked, trembling with fury before the front of the with a saill head, a fiery eye, and great nos- mansion, upon the porch of which Sir William trits, which distended with anger at the ap- and his family now stood, drawn out by the proach of man, as if to speak his hate of those cries of the men at the stable. who held him in bondage. His glossy mane "Good heavens, the boy is mad ! Vesu- and tail swept nearly to the ground, and his viis will kill him.!" cried the baronet, im slender limhs revealed their sinewy strength alarm for his new protege. in mnc)le rathei- than in size. IIe was fasten- And by the wild plunges which the mad- ed to the strong posts at the head of the stall dened stallion now made--now leaping wits by a halter of chain, for rope would not hold all four feet from the ground-then rearing hin. and whirling in circles around-then lung. "Bring me a bridle !" said Thayendanegen, ing forward and kicking its heels high in the while be surveyed the miagniicent animal air, it would seem as if no rider could keep a with looks of the keenest admiration. seat upon its back. "You rannw! bridle him-all the men about The daughters of Sir William screamed iD the stable could not do it!' terror, and even Onalova, brave as she nata. Where are your bridles ?" was the only rally was, and used to danger qs well as co. reply that Thayendanegea condescended to nisant of, and confident in her brother's ski make. held her breath when she saw how terrible At the call of the young Englishman, a the wild steed struggled to throw him. groom a proached, vho, in obedience to his Bnt calmer than all, composed and easy order. brought a bridle; but w hen he was was the hero of the struggle. Seated as firrnly toll that it. was the intention of the young as if he were a part of the horse, preserving Indian to ride the black'stallion, Vesuvius, he his balance in all of its movements, heallowea was imirror-strieken. it to ex p end its strength and fire without him. It is impossible to bridle him, letalone the self using a word or a blow. Even when it ridiiig of him !" said the man. laid down and tried to roll him off, he only "You talk, I do !" said Thayendanegea, put his feet to the ground, and when it rose, snatching the bridle froni his hand, and a he rose upon its back. heavy whip, which he carried. He then Finding all its efforts to cast such a rider boldly entered the stall. useless, the horse, now white with sweat "(Gol ! the beast will kick his brains out, and foam, stood stubbornly still, and made hno or gnaw him up with his teeth !" cried the further movement. gromo, as sonic of the other servants hurried Now lhayendanegea began to quietly urge to the spot it to move, talking to it kindly, patting it But the young hero did not heed these re- gently, and touching its tanks with his heels marks. 1k went boldly to the head of the But the stubborn animal would not step froze horse, which snorted with anger, and quiver- its sulks. Suddenly, with a wild shrill yelt ed in every limb, as if about to try and burst striking it as heavy as he could with his fromtthsstrong chain which was strapped to whip, tin youth loosened his rein, and the its glo ssy nbeck. But looking right into its horse, as i' terror-stricken, bounded forward fiery eye, and laying his haiid learlessly n1 like a deer, close followed by the hounds, its mae, the brave mad stroked it gently:; Yelling and striking the horse at every jnmp, and when it reared up. and tried to plunge the bold youth sped over the grassy plain at son hn wit hi its fore feet, lie scarcely a frightful rate, circling here and there as hie, t'otvel, more than to avoid them, and as its own will and strong arm enabled him to do, heal catme down, by an adroit movement until after a run of twenty or thirty minute% shi pled the hit in its mouth, and!. the bridle he found that lie had the horse completely upon its heal, tlhro*ing the reins back upon under control. Then drawing him up, he the neck, ready for use. trotted hii slowly back to the mansion, pute It TIIE WAR-EAGLE OF THE MOIIAWKS. 21

"Will my sister give mie her brother for meneing within a low prelude, acconpanied mine ?" asked the Indian girl, artlessly. herself to a sweet song. Her voice was rich "Oh, yes, you may have .John ; yes, indeed" rand full, and as she sung of love, and THE SCOURGE; OR, she 20 THAYENDANEGEA, "'hen you may have Thayendanegea!" seemed to feel its power, it fairly filled the room with melody. he was so eage d, seemed as gene nrid as repliel Onalova. Ier bosou rose and fell, ting him there through variuus paces, and A bargain, and witnesses thereunto !" cried and the color deepened on her cheek as she over' him. fond of him as if he had been itneed nri a show i i comnipde.'te- iauter' a manly voice at the door, and John, who had sung ; but Thayendanegea remained as caln Sir Willrun,, iwho lurd at first teeii terrified colt by hii. app roached noisekssiy, and heard the conver- and passive as a stone, looking more at the tihml ier was cx- e i t i von think of that, OWhnekem ?" at the' ha ier to vlichntle sation, now entered the room with Thayenda- mechanical action of her fingers upon the in- to see hin in asked Sir WVill ian Johnson of the seholohnas- posed, was not only delighted rie"e-. struient than anything else. saf tv, it at his conquest over an animal ter, who had been a wondering spicrator of the occurrences we have just related. " )oes Kaitlileen uttered a faint 'scream -- she Suddenly she changed the theme, and sung whtch every one, himself included, had so an ancient var-song. hi riding look like work in the old coun- wouidnt have been in the fashion if she had As her voice rose in feared, tit hue was considered uterly useless, not; but Oialova looked as calm and contented this and thrilled out the charge and the bat- anid had only been kept in consequence of his try i" only a little' as if she felt that she had neither said or done tle's clangor, then the young Indian's eyes eaiut . Faith it does, Sir William, mire seo. Its well for the led lie isn't dowi anything which was worth a scream era blush. flashed, and his broad chest heaved, and his " rut have mastered Ycsuins, andIhienice- And, cont lasted with those pale-faced beau- nostrils dilated, while his ear seemed to drink olier1 imste r'but ii Salem. lird nhavelmi for a wizard, torward ie shall knvow ties, sel seemed far the loveliest. Their su- in every note. is yours '" cried tlhe hato- there, sure ! Fii t liked himt to tame some Thnveii irmbmeuen--a-he perior in et ture and in elegance of figure, her Good !" said he, when she, half exhausted, net, is the yung Indian drew the noble steed of the rapscallions in my school ! Master Guy came nighi knocking the brains out of comt plexion so transparent that each vein closed the song. np iefire bhum. could be traced She had touched the hiniself---sur if lied struck bMutt ciid down, beneath the skin, dark though it right chord of his na.. Yot 1 prmnised him to me, uncle!" said 'twould have been ithe last of him"h' was-her large black eyes meltingly soft--her tore No carpet knight was he to list to Guy. rrrltilav. glossy hair of raven hue, as fine as silk--her pling strains of love, but every inch a war- rine him. ndu you never " 11e'll know better next thnie," sari Sir If miucould features classical aid perfect-her expression rror and a man, though time had not yet ap- hrimniinIhis stall !" said Wiitnm, and then noiticing for the iirst time dared i tohrn allproieh at once proud, corded unto hum a warrior's place. the change of dress in Onil;ra and IEa hreen, yet gentle and loving in its very the I aruiet, mcruiuihrl lv, dignity, how could she be other than very, Delighted with even that success, Kathleen "1 1 cannt ride hint now." said the nephew, lie looked atitertiviyv at hot h. i very beautiful only paused to recover breath, and then she tarut the apparently quiet animrral. \V by. Kate, my rirl, "said lie, yyou'd dress look And so t.htiught the heir to the title and conmenced another song-a song once more - ivrt' 'eried Tlaeinidiiegrit. hep11i ig in that war all the time, if you knew how est ate of Sir William Johnson,.and wild and of love. fron ie hrse, i ch stood uotionuless while wel .iean to father ;(Onalova is impulsive as he had ever been i his nature, Suddenly the sound of a drum and fife near rimar its henad. going to 1he \wrus and free from love, if not from passion, he now the house was heard. 4 )]i, ettr-otiint tGy, let us see how vu look make dresses for me anl Leonore!" knew a feeling which had newer entered his "What is that ?" asked Thayendanegea, ! Joli n, iiia sarcastic tonie. I ishshe'd make one for me,'' said John, on hr ms ick saui heart before. le felt as'if lie loved that poor starting to his feet, and listening to the ma. hbrood of liis' new brother, arid in a lowi'tone, looking wit Ii a glaice of intense for lie felt Indian gihibetter than all the world beside. tial music, all forgetful that Kathleen was angry at Guys neanness. admiration uponth tIndian girl 1 And his feelings, like those of all in their first singing. Sie II lhar.lv risk his precious neck" said She did not hear his words. but her eves met his glance, aind a slight blush sirufsed love, were pure ! No sensuality, no selfishness, "Malcom is mustering the men for the fir William, quietly. no hypocrisy were nixed with them. night-'uard !" said young Johnson. ° You shall see,'sir! I can ride as well as her face as she turned her eyes away front lii le now introduced Thayeidandgea to Lis "Let us go-I like that music-I want -ymetp idiar int the land ! criedI earnest gaze. to sn e-faiced sisters as his adopted brother, and after they see them! Can they fight?" mtir iorunr, tntadrhtrcrh withithe batiten-ilig " nt had better go in, girls, the, damp the had given the young men seats, they did what "They did in the war with the French P' of his uncle, and seizing the re ins, lie dews arte falling, and dews are fr less healthy tone they could to amuse them. Leonore, who "I must see them! I love to look at war- of the horse. thai rain to itumrani loers," said the ohl vaulted u ion the back drew and painted well, produced her portfolio riors ." said Thayendanegea, not appearing to The latterrwhose e es were fixed spoi his and exhhibted her drawings and sketches, heed the presenrce of the girls in the slightest set ruing to feel that sotetliig ruier ohycl. and John went to the stable Indian rirster', while Kat hileen brought out various eibroid- degree. his teuch was on his back, sud- to see Thnyendanecea, while the b ronet in unrwrorthy of cries, im which sie greatly excelled. Young Johnson would gladly have lingered the next in- vitued 0OViacken in iito take an evening glass I denly elevated his 1ind legs, and there r and smoiike a pipe with him, fir the old The dark eye of' whayendanegeawanderedlonger, so as to have conversed with found liiitself s tanit MasteitrGuy Johnson carelessly-over all the drawins, which were Onalova, hut the impatience of her brother up in a heap on the ground sonic knight was ever amused by the odd eonceit.i doubled landscapes and sketches of birds and flowers, could not be checked, and the two young iii front of the horse, and exprtssions of Iris schoolmnatrster, who, twentv feet until at last it came to a spirited battle scene, men went out to 'oiu amount well, but disnionnrt better, despite iis rough and uncouth appearance, attend the parade of the eolpied by her from some old painting. Then guard. nephew Guy !" ericd the old baronet, was still an eduented irmanr, for he had eilen his eye flashed, and as it noted each figure of " A qtel ride, and sooiover, cousin Guy !" fur the ir'iesthood in Iris native laid, prepared man and horse, the living and the slain, lie .bouted lJohn. bit had found such a sperabundnce of this carnalantd such a lack of thet piriitual in his uttered the word: " You ni have my pony and side-saddle "Good! .They fight!I" you'll do better corposition, when ie grew up to manhood, Criedh the rimirry Kathleen---" Poor Kathleen felt not a little mortified CIIAPTER r with th n that lie would not don the robes. X. that lie did not speak a word of praise in re- Back into a grove in the rear of the man Guy made no answer to these sallies, but, e'r gard to her work, and she thought it strange sion strode r Guy Johnson, after his discom- r rising. hruped off, cursing as ie wtent, but not that the young Indian scarcely looked at her fiture related at the close of the eighth chapter. in tones loud enough to reach the ears of lies or her sister, and then manifested no acknow- And as he went he bit his lips until the blood ledgment "f their beauty-none of the wonder ran from therm, and actually wept "'li'ke your horse. Thayendanegea." said from anger which Onalova had felt and so freely uttered. and msrtificatioh. And curses, bitter and deep, Sir Watlmuni;- I doubt whether he wil ever She was deternined to see if he had any feel- and al too wild for utterance from ackniwi in ianymaster but vou." CITAPTER TX. ips so ing, or really was tire stoic which he seemed ; young, burst forth as he passed . ('i ! said the young nuduian, and he cx- " Whnt a noble-looking brother you have," on, until he and thought, and justly too, that music would reached a mossy bank, beneath the htld luiirnuhihndi toward the horse. said Leontore to Oialuvat, when they once shade'of , he the surest test; for hard is the heart, and some tall pines, upon which he east himself. Tie anuirrarl instantiv followed him, even as more reached the sitting iroomr1,fron1 which opened. steru the soul, which music will not melt. Then ie heard light foot-steps behind if hue nidtlenstood both word and gst ure-fol- their bred-rooms She brought outlher harpsichord, andon- him, and knew for the first time that he was lnwel in to the stabile, where' TInventla- "And whnt a rider ! No one but him cegea took the bril he froni himir, t hen in uiibbd could conquer Vesuvius!" cried the lively biii down. ind fedhimt with his own hni, IEthleen. -"IfI teerdo get mniarrimd, which rne ie sird-u rletennei d thait nutoolier sliild the holy saints forbid. you'imust give me youth approach him now. And the horse, while brother for ashusband, Onsaloval"I f TIIE WAR-EAGLE OF TIIE MOIIAWKS. , 23 22 TIIAYENDANEGEA, TIlE SCOURGE ; OR, been taken by the young men, and then and the rain of many tears, to the bright time that it was they talked and smoked their evening pipsa followed. Looking back, he found 1 walked away im a route different from that when lie played the love-wreath upon my {pisico. he said taken by Sir William, yet one leading into head ! Let me go to his grave and weep, "Rlouxepip, Ipisico, rouse up, and act like a and "M v heart is sad for my brother, and the densest part of the grove. his steps were then, when my heart is more light, I willd- angry ~with his enemy !" said the youig In- man. I'm mict ai'ad . now and feell, for he seemed half famished come and hear your songs." m'Tis false !t s tithe same hollow voice, alan. and very weak. They could but assent, and Guy, even though his uncle was now and honor he' for Whie is my enemy ?" asked Guy, angerly. that sorrow which time could not lessen, spot, niid hurried but W'V ho but this Tyencudanegen, who is also c:ose by, started from the which was still fresh, like the ever-living away, as if death was in the very atmosphere cy enemy-who but he, that comes fro-i no spring, or that plant which lives while love of the liace-.. cne knws where, and is no one knows what? ChIAPTER XI- lives, or the opal-gem w:iieh shines until af- Who but he ' " W hat the deuce is the matter here ? My When Dyagetto tetnrned to the village fection dies. "True, Ijisico, he is an unknown upstart ; nephew running away like a scared sheep, from which she had been absent so many And we will leave her to make that and this cub doubled u in a heap, sad pil- but I will humble his pride ! I'll take the Inian years, at first scarce one of her former acquaint- grimage amid moonlight and shadow--for his blanket over his head ." cried air seat- starch out of his ruffles ? et !" cried Guy. with ances, or even her relatives, knew her; for tered clouds were moving athwart the sky- " I will kill him for my brother-will watch William, as lee approached the spot. she was young, and exceedingly beautiful, while we look elsewhere'to the doings "Get up, Ipisico. What are you trembling of an- him close, and w hen he sleeps my knife shall when she suddenly disappeared from them,with other of the characters in our life drama. drink his blood!'> for ?" her two little children--one a babe, and the Down below the chief, a spirit ." moaned Little Falls only a short " o-tlhat will not do here! My uncle "A spirit, great other just able to walk. It was on the night distance, upon the southern bank of the river, has taken a fancy to him, and were ias brood the Indian. after the body of her husband-brutally mur was a deep ravine, which appeared--although "The spirit of the devil !" gbed, he would find all out, and hang any one dered, and so disfigured that he could only be no water ran through it then-to have Yes, great clef, yes-it spoke to us!- been "oneerned in the deed, even if it were me, his recognized by his clothing and weapons-had deeply cut in the lofty precipice of rock which you Guy, conic back hIe;e and tell own brothers son !" " Here, been discovered near his wigwam; and many overliangs that bank by a stream, for the !" shouted Sir John to h.s marks * I will kill the horse which threw my us what tis means supposed that, in her frenzy, she had east her- of the torrent were plainly to be seen in nephew, who was yet within call, although the brother, then'! That will touch the heart of self and her children into the swift rapids of gullied, and seamed, and smooth-worn rocks our enemy, for it will spoil his triumph hurrying toward the house. the "Little Falls" of the Mohawk, near which on either side. It was a dark With a downcast face, anid a shCeepish ex- and gloomy " Yes, you nay do that I It will touch him she dwelt at that time. But some there were gorge, too narrow and too rough to invite the pression, the young ian came back and told o the quick. ''he horse should have been who knew of the ambition of one man in the tread of man, and so overhung with thick that, wlne he and lpisico were mine at any rate-anl you may kill the snow- Sir Wilhiam tribe, and of his emnity to Ogahtee, who had evergreens and tangled vines, that and aot even white peomiy in the stable which belongs to mny talking, a stratige voice spoke to them, won Dyagetto, though the first was also a the sun, at mid-day, could pierce its gloom. cousin Kathleem, for she, too, dared to taunt not being able to discover any oue, they suitor for her hand, who felt more than a mere Into this gorge, on the night they believed it to of the same une when I was thrown, I will be revenged were frghleiied, because suspicion that he had removed her and the day when he had left Ipisieo in the care of be a spirit. upon all of them. I care not what it costs !" heir to the chieftainship of Ogahtee, that he Sir William Johnson, at or near -. fools and cowards !" said the hour, of "Mybrother is a great brave ! And so am "You are both might, through a strange influence which he midnight, old Aroghyadecka might have been Sir William, contemptuously, for he was no r. I will help him to crush his enemies ! My held over Sir William Johnson, the king's su- seen to enter. His step was light aad can- heart is big, and I fear nothing !" said IJpisico, believer iii spirits. " Look around among perintendent, be elevated to the murdered tious, and ihe frequently looked back to se if dwelling up as proudly as a peacock on a the trees, O'W hacker, and see if there is any chieftain's place. And though Arogh yadecka any one had followed him or was watching Unniy morning in a clover field. one about! " got the place, and was brave, wise, and politic, his motions. Ie bore in one hand a willow Sir William !" replied the ' 'Ie son of Arog hyadecka lies !" said a " livil the one, and, by his liberality to his tribe and his own basket, which contained a quhutity Qf dried latter.after making athoroughsearch. "Per- dep, hollow voice in the rear, and both or self-denial, managed to become popular with meats ; with the other lie carried 11s gun. the young mn sprang to their feet, and haps they were a plotting soie kind o' mis- most of his peole-althiough, as I said be Slowly up the dark ravine, along a path voice of conscience that looked around to see from whence the voice chief, and 'twas the fore, sonic there were who regarded him with which nothing but being used to could enable o' that proceeded. spoke to 'emc. I've heard of the likes dark suspicion; for the murderer of Ogahtec him to tread, he made his way, pausing, every murderer No one was in sight. Guy turned as pale -of voices that wouldn't let the was never known with certainty, although the little while, to listen. Along thus lie went, as a sheet and trembled with fear, while Ipisi- slape, or the wicked one rest! " charge was laid to an Onondago Indian, who until he reached the face how they plot of a rock which co seenwd even more terrified than he. "They had better beware disappeared that night from their village, seemed to jut out so as to admit of no further "What was it ?" asked Guy, in a hoarse any mischief, or attempt to execute it on my where he had a squaw, and was never seen passage in that direction, and "I where the ra- whisper. domainn" sail Sir Wilhiam, sternly. will again. vine narrowed to not more than tea punshment re- feet at "A spirit-let us go from here!'' said Ipisi- make brief trial and speedy But when Dyagetto told her name, and her the bottom, and less at the top. With a light aa, while his teeth clattered together with his dress all evil here ! Of that, Master Guy, you altered features were remembered, great were bound lie erossed to a ledge upon reniain assured !" the other shivering fear. and your friend can the rejoicings of her relatives, and warm was side, turned a projecting corner, and stood in '-Stay I" said the same voice, in a hollow Having said this, lee walked on, and soon the welcome which was given to the widow a small cave or recess, which, at a first glance, the tone. disappeared in the darker recesses of of the late chief. But when she was ques- looked as if it had been quarried out by the "The Lord save us - what can it be ?" grove, with OYWhaekem, while Guy and his tioned about her absence, where had she been, hand of man ; yet it was natural. to the house, for they ped Guy, and he sunk down to the ground companion hastened and where were her children, she was silent, here he paused, and, taking out flint and m the very weakness of his abject fear. dared not stay there. on~y telling them that it was not the will of steel, soon struck a light, and ignited a torch Ipisico also cowered down to the earth, They had been gone but a few moments, the Great Spirit that she should then inform of light-wood, of which there was a small of a short, store and drew his embroidered blanket over his when from the thick branches them, but in time they should know all. piled in the cave. Sticking this in a crevice head, as if to hide front his view some horri- stumpy spruce, a iian descended. Ills garb They hastily prepared a feast for her, and of the rock, he took away a heavy square were those of an Indiani, nut his ble vision which liis terror painted to his and features all of the head women of the tribe gathered stone, which lie could barely lift, from the back bleached almost to whiteness, as if Mind. face was there to do her honor. With sad dignity she part of the small cave, and then it could be "Who spoke" at last said Guy, gathiering by long ilhiess or confinement. his frame reeeived and thanked them ; but, while she seen that this was really only hair the mouth of a wurage, because he saw some one npproach- was attenuated, his eyes sunken, and his begged them to eat and be merry, she refused, large cave beyond, which had been walled up, the very ng, at a distance, from toward the mansion. long and white as snow. IIe looked for, said she: for from far vithiin the dark and gloomy apace 'o this question'he received no reply, and picture of one Iwho had suffered long, and be- "My heart is very heavy! I remember beyond could be heard the sound of falling seeiniz that those who were approaching were come old before his tune. Ogabtee, and look back through the darkness, waters. A buckskin rope appeared to be fas. ao other than his uncle and the schoolmaster, lie said nothing, but shook his clenched who frequently walked in the grove while hand threateningly in the direction which had I t 24 TIT&YENDANEGEA, TIlE SCOUlGE ;tO,

tend to a wooln peg inside, and, taking hold would have concealed her, had she so desired, of it, lie commiiinced pulling it in. After draw- she Cotonf:nted him in his path. and, in a deep mng ip (enefortyorfifty feet, an empty balk t and bitter tone, while she pointed at Ogahtee'e appea":rdat its end. grasvesaid: "lie Gveset," muttered the old chief; he Well met, well met, ma'trder r You call has used utp'iall his food." yourreif a great breve ! Slay me now. that I Detaching the empty basket, he fastened to may sleep there beilde my luslard ! Come, the rope the one he had brought, and then ihoot, stah, and scalp 'here are no soldiers lowered it down into the cavern. here now to hiuder ! Strike, co\vard-I am "et, log-eat and live !" he cried, as lie only a woman !' lowered away the food " Live, and rerucmembr " Not for a thousand beaver-skins would I Dy agetta and the revenge of Aroghy:idecka!'" harm a hair of Dyagetto's head!" said the old 1Iliolow and fatr-soudhneg ehoes cane lack chief, who was trembling with the au-itation from the deptls below, but no human voice of this sudden meeting. mad' reply. "What a change between sunrise and maid- "II tniot e gettmg weak, he does not night!' sihe criel, sneeringly. " This morn- eurstme, as was lia wont It is time he died! ing you wanted to kill me and my children !" I'll bring him food no more, but let hin per- I have had a dream, and would not harm ish now ; fir even I am sat'sficd ! lIe shall them now for the world !" said the old chief. have death, and that is mercy!" said the old "A dream in the day-a dream without chief. sleep ?" she sneered. He now replaced the stone in the aperture, "It matters not. Their lives are safe. I and, kicking the Lasket down into a crevice seek no quarrel with Dyagetto. Let us be at between the rocks, leaped over to the other peace." side, and rturnimed the way that he came, ex- "At peace with the murderer of my hue- Liuguishing his light before he left the place. band ?" "I did not kill you husband!" -- " Liar !'' "Dv the Great Spirit, I swear I did not!C CH APTER .XII said tIhe old chief, solnrmly. . When Dy-aut'to left her relatives and friends "Kneel d wn by his grave, and swear it!" .- , t=. at the feast, that she might go and weep away cried the woman, sternly. .. the heavisness or her heart, sihe passed up the "I Iswear that I did not kill your husbandt" -. .. : steep hill Ic from thmeriver to the sacred reiterated the chief, as he knelt w: upon the spot ,. ground wh'r'o, for many years. that villagre of inlieated by her' finger. the Moh awvk hal laid their dead. It was in " Nor cause him to be slain ?" she con- a maple grve, though here and there a pine tinued. or spruce lift-d its stately form, towering, "Nor caused him to be slain!" repeated the with ever 'en head, far above its more mortal chief, solemnly. fellows w hielb change with every season. For a momeritthe woman looked him sternly And there. among the many mounds, sire found in *sJie face, as if she would search his heart one bath the wide-spread branches of a and soul, and he did not quail, or shrink from rumarac tr. beide which she kriel t and her gaze. sobbed, p .rinmg out the het tears upsen the " If thy lips have uttered a falsehood, ma grassy s 0{hke the warm rain of a summirer the Great Spirit blast you with his curse- shower. make you childless -- leny you death , and "Oalt e, my first love and my last!" she make life terrible all the while !" she said, at 4rmoaned " tOce 'ore lesi- lthee. once more last. above thee, nooli I will join thee.,. Look down, "My lips have spoken truth !" he said, as he oh, spirit of Ogahtee ! look down from the rose. "I would be Dyagetto's friend !" happy hiunting-grounds, and see'who it is that "When she takes an adder into her bosom weeps beide thy grave-who it is that prays and it harms her not-when the hungered for sleep upo thy bosom !" panther spares the helpless doe-when fishes a This, for hours, shte mourned, sobbing until walk on land-when all men speak only truth she was wearr and siek, when suddenly the -when blood is white, and fire is cold--ibeD 4 sound of approaching footsteps fell upon her I will consent to be tire friend of Aroghya- S ear, and she arose and drew close t-p to the deeka!" said she, bitterly, and she turned shadow trunk of the tamarack. lhaughltly asyay, and walked toward the vii- At that instant "the moon came out from lage, leaving him standing upon the spot behind a cloud "-rno, the cloud passed from where sire hind intercepted him. over the face of the moon-and she saw whmo His face darkened with a scowl of the dead it was that approached. It was Aroghrva- liest hate, as he watched her receding form. deeka, returning from his visit to the ravine "Mv time will come, squaw-my time will sid eavy---his mysterious midnight expedition. come !" ihesaid, bitterly. " You shall weep Stepping boldJIy out from the shade, which for mere than a husbairnid! The young eagle

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that looks so high shall come down, and the Thavendanegea, and sometimes the old baro young fiawn of your bosom shall drink muddy net, niounited upon a sturdy hunter, woul4 water! Aroghyadecka is not done yet lie join the cavalcade. has not forgotten who scorned his love, and At other times, when free from their studies, threw his presents back into his face ! le is Joh instructed Thavenda nerea in the use f no chill now ; his heart is of stone ; his will is the sword. but soon found that his pupil was like the oak-it may bend, but it will not his equal if not his master ; and hean it cane break ! Ilis revenge y slow, hut sure! Dya- to the use of the tomahawk, the bow, or even getto sheds tears of water now, but tears of the rifle, Thayendanegea hand no equal on fa blood hlil coeic ! I have the power, and estate-not one who could even approach to will use it. What do I fear ? Nothing! My his skill. heart is big, and my strength -- " With two exceptions, the young indian haid A hollow groan-a deep and awful sound, not an enemy on the place-not even thr ough which seemed to come right up from the envy, that most potent of eieneiv-nukers. grave beside which he had so lately knelt-- The men liked him for his skill, his wiling- broke upon his ear, and choked his utterance ness, good nature, and courage-the women, in in instant. And it so terrified him that lie for his nirly beauty, combined with these, fled from the s1 ot with a speed which the pur- though to them lie paid scarcely any atten- suit of a hundred foes would not have got out tion. of him. Without once looking back, or paus- The exceptions were Guy Johfson and Ipi. ing for an instant, he fled away, nor did he sico. The former lad never foregtiven the first stop until lie was once more safe beneath the slight put upon him by Tlhavendanegena, nor bark roof of his wiiwam. lis~toss from the lack stallion--nor the son Once there, lie began to consider what it of Aroghvadeeka, that he was looked up inas was that had so terrified Jbini. Naturally su- a "Crow" and a "squaw " by the dashing ana perstitious, he finally concluded that it must fearless young warrior, who never for a moo- hace been, what in his terror lhe first believed ment, in ay position, attempted to conceal it to be, a spirit--the spirit of one from the his contempt for him, or his hatrcd of his grave! fatherI r

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One evening. some four weeks after Thay- R endanegen had become a memriber of Sir' Wil- 1 liani's family, the cavalcale alluded to above, CHAPTER XII. t , Weeks rolled on, and to Tha'endanegea incuding Sir William, started upon an even- they did not pass unpleasantly. Pleased within ing ride. Kathieen was mounted upon her and very attentive to his'studies, he became a pretty white pony-Leonore upon a more great tvorite with Mr. O'Whaekem, who, sober hay filly-Onalova npon a icious little even had he not been, would not have darea spotted pony, as full of " Old Nick" as herself to use the birch upon him as he did upon when she wanted to be-John upioni a spirited, some other of his pupils, for he had seen blooded animal, imported from England, and enough of the young " Eagle" to pay proper Sir William upon his favorite hunter. Of respect to his talons, which were as ieady as course, Vesuvius and his bold riderled the his talents. van. And with the rise of the sun each morning, The evening was Tather close, and the day he led ont his fiery stallion, and, springing had been hot, and, as it was that season in the upon his back, bounded away for nues over latter part of summer when" sudden thunder- theplains that lay so level on the plategun storms are common, the proposed ride was above the Mohawk. The horse now seemed not intended to be a long one. to be as fond of his young master as the let- Seated in a shady spot near the house, Guy ter was of him-would go and come at his andihisinscparableIpisico,with lowering looks, call-kneel for him to mount, and act as gen- watched the gay party as they rode oif, for, tly as a lady's palfrey, without any one else though invited by Sir William, they never attempted to nount, or even approach him. could he induced'-to join in these rides.except . , ,

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,r Guy Johnson.ie exhibited a fiercer hatred unwilling and disagreeable eomlany. For x than to all the rest, and even Thayendanegea lisagrecable it would have been. Ipisico was could scarcely restrain him from plunging not liked by any of the party, for lie lad upon him when his eyes fell upon the young become morose, sullen, and sulky-and Guy " ' man, who, however, took the best of care to was only liked by one, the gentle Leonore, .' , keep out of his way. who hld been a favorite of his father while lie 1 /' at night, or rather in the afternoon, lived, and who, at an early age, had, t And lay the _ F when the sun began to sink ira the west, and mutual agreement of the two parent-b.irothers, , , i the cool breezes to breathe amid the trees, the been betrothed to Guy, whom she was to u young ladies and their brother John, and Ona- marry when he arrived at his majority. ~i r , . 1ova, all well mounted, would gallop out with Ia her woman-heart she pitied 1im when .M

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ls1 swtatihf(1rs ) rdislk him, aid, while known then,rarnandn', ts the 'Fesh oue." they tnnu;iflied l rinn:: fiauts, hter sympathy and the V/aie's ndjoining. caused t' to os ie k thn eintirely. Sghe And riding on so mrrily, with tail trees on TUE WASEAGLE OF TIHE MOHAWKS. was his frecqiitdeinidir before Sir \Wi\llin, either side of tieim. thev id int notieci the alit I raaiitlvi ciedi tho05' who\Xse spike ill of rising storm very uinotiomn The tl'irst wh1ic'h pony was quite as uneasy as any other of the resumed their way toward 'Johnsonti Ul, hi'i, fir sht never ititi angry, coiCulId not tihey had of it, was thesntlelnm ccs -itioi of the hoises. although they could proceed but slowly it s; :k rueimlyt o:tiy ie. I freeze lint had ht en rustling tim lerves. -.nd Soon she had cause to regret this reckless- conseqwece of the many fallen trees ieross : Ito vi r'ui Vitli se.+v'ling looks, Guy tie actions of the tirds, that cie i ness ;for, as a huge 2 sin, old hemlock came crash- their path, most of which t hey were olblig d nl sc+,( p-u "mn regarded the gay party and lewv, affrtlred, to set k covert :whi ing to the ground, ut tfewa yards from them, to pass around, for they were so protected by they 'lhen a eti of' thundir uight. starting , the ponuy took fright, and, iii spite of voice their chevaux-de-frise of' branelis that to leap Ih;lt, ' 'c+ Gty to the othcr. " that peiled from the gatheringlackm ss over'heal. and rin, hounded down the road, and she over them' was frequently itpossible. h-l! iriise I to kill that cursed bl:ck an- echoed far and wide throih the v:id- could tot stop hhin. Night was upon'thembefore they emerged !!inli and the whit.' jonmy for me! wood. The liorsis, with the instinct of their "IDo not moveI" cried Thayenanegea to from the wood, but the bright 'moon and t did sprose, toy brother," reple 1 the natures, hiuddlcd closely toguethtir aind t etitlhd. her terrified father and relatives ; I will save countless stars shone from a Indian. -''lut I cloudless sky, was aifr'.giI of the sj;rit that all hut Vesntvis, wIo cnnritied ad rouir likdI her !' and daikness did not incotmode them The hieai irs vwih I 'e 'p 'ke in the woods there." gladly,as if lie 1ked the coming storm, wltih- And-ie gave a loose rein to his noble horse, atmosphere, made'cool and pume lV the elec- Aid he pe iii d to the grove where they had was so like his own wild nature. mand.with a word urged him forward. In a tricity of the storm, was bracing aind delight- teen so territiedI. 'Turn and ride fat, girs!I'' exelainned tle monimnt- mnmlit was not second too soon--lie ful, and the past danger was anitest forgotten " alihh e onlydre'iamed we heard some- baronet ; "a storm like that whticl thtieaten' war it lier side, fo r a huge old pine, that had in the pleasure of the present, tii-I i' except hy one, vios'tn forgottei it," replied Gv, mrs now is better met aintywhere than in the nunmbered centuries where it stood, reeled an who, silent and half-tearful, rode as near to with a shru of his boulders and a ciur of liis forest." i , inst it amid crttnie crashing through the other her preserver as she could. 1 need not say th 1 hp. 'Th'ley} quickly oherl, while the swift-gatiwir- trees, right toward time spot where she was. who it was. ".It was ai very Io]-l drenm, and I cannot ing Lankness aibve cast a gloom ii n all With a uianut's strength, thme young Indian bent When the-party arrived at the uall, Tpisico forget it,'' re..1 teyoung Indidn. below, ani heal after peal' of htnd thunder, antd sunched her from the saddle with one and Guy were on the piazza watching them. Very well-if von are such a coward, and preceded by flashes of lurid liglitninimi, rolled n'm, while lie wheeled his horse with the "By heaven ! they are a hiback safe !" mut- cannot keIp your pronuses,-I do not want along the sky, and altbuost caftemed t(hen other, and struck himii in the fanks with both tered 'Guy, discontentedly, as thhi-rode up. youi f uri a brotlher. 1'O cant go amid play with And iiigreat drops, at first, then literally in heels. With one mighty bound, the horse The devil wouldn't hear my primer, or iw the wo!io' i torrents, the rami poured down, wettio gthet leapd brick clear of the danger, while the of them would have had their nmeks broken I" "I arm no eownrd," st Tisico, fiercely; to the skis ; and then, just as tihy arrived pony,1 fined front its burthen, bounded for- "The Great Spirit imust have held his hand " I will kilt the horses this night!" at a very small clearing-whiebh had blienimde wrdl, an. escaped being crushed by only a above them!" said the Indian. )o it. an I Iwil g ve you a new rifle," by the laborers who made the rend when the' few feta, mmmlthe ige tree fi'll exactly where "Remember the white pony rtnd the black saim the outig "I am sick conspirator. of encamped there or' some time, aid in ettii'g she would have ihen had it not been for the stallion, to-night!" said Guy,'as he rise and einpI scm pld ha upy while I am wrutclhe l! Jimber for a Ihridge-the fearful frce of a hr- arm of bold young brave. went into the house, so as to avoid the neces- If I iius/ lve in a clou d, tlty shall not have ricane burst upon them in its terrible might. 'l'hiaendimneim a, bearing Kathleen. tenderly sity of speaking to the party who were dis- all siuishinne, if I can help it!" It was so string that it drove the heavy rain in his ar'ims-for she was now senseless from mounting. ".My rlit ir speaks wise words! Wletn along horizontally, in a fine iiiit, sent limbs terror-"-rode hack to the group itt the clearing, I have spoken, and I will d-o that which he sits iiimi aclod. am not I. too, in the-dark ? and leaves lyiing through the air, nd drtshei' and resigned her to the care of her father amidt my brother wants done !" said the young In- The cold which mak-s him shiver is 'et by hundreds of trees in every direction to the sister, who, alitost dumb with fear and anx- dian, as he followed. Ip:sico. ie mienies of nmy brother are my earth. iety, had witnessed her peril and her rescue. iieumies, amid I w:11 eat their hearts !" "iffy father must not ride on-the great Gil's life, la I! vou have done a deed of " Bigwor'-h.g words! Do, and then trees will fill and crush him!" said 'I'hayen which an' knight in Christendom would bue I will I" live !viii,''said Guy. danegea to Sir Wiliam, who, in ihis fear ant proud !You have saved my daughter's life CIIAPTER XV. Look. thire is a great storm comingg" eomf'usion of mmid, was trying to spur his Ask tny gif.t i omypower, and it shall be Night, still and calm, lay lightly over the said thi Iidiin. jioiiiting to a huge black horse past thie oemng, which wtas their only thmie ! Speak out, lad, and be not afraid of earth, for the moon and stairs cloud 'cli:e'ml to have risen in nit im- nhms amid fall- looked softly place of safety from breaking any denial!" cried the overjoyed baronet. down upon it, mirroring their sweet faces in stit, an witht w(nlerful mriapidity was over- ing trees -and the Indian young genyiv, bit "Evetn if it be her hand as thy bride, thou the lakes, silvering the rippuin streams anld s rcanHunirthe shy in thewnortli-west. firmly, seized the bridle of the baronet's tnos. shalt have '!"- it gemming thecascades auml rushing brooks-- SGood---they i get a t horough soaking, if and led thinimito the centre or the cieaird " Thayendanegea asks nothing. The Pale- inuking the dew-drops glitter on the spray noting else. ail we, too, if we don't go to the the others to follow. Rose space, beckoimng to is safe, and he is contented I" said the the branches and the bouse,''' aid Guy, n lie moved off toward This .they didl as best and peeping in amid they were able, for brave youth, even though' lier eyes were hlowet's, playing hide-and-sreel; with the sha- the tatinion, eeli ngckimiat the idea that the their terrified horses were ahniost unmainmagea- opening upon himnwiithi a look of love and dows as the'branches gently waved to nd fro. party would be out in the storm. ble. Yet the black stallion showed to more gr'atitud1, for she had so far recovered as to It was midnight, or after, when Sir William, sign of fear than his master. he'r and understand her father's words. v-whoever slept lightly lie had lived so loig ,' y " By ty life, lad, but thy coolness has She sighed a she heicard his calm reply, and :mid danger--ims arousedd by tlie most terri- - saved the hvltke of us !" exclaimed the baro- her bosom rose amndlfell, and the color in her ble shrieks and outcries in the direction of the { net, as he dismounted from his horse, and re- cheeks r' . weit and came, and two pearly tears stalhes, also by the wild, shrill neighings of a CIUAPTER K XIV. garded anxiously the falling trees and luge , came out of her great blue eyes, and stole horse. The air Leing more cool and pleasant as birancles, which were feehing the force of the silently down ,er cheeks -- wherefore, she hurriedly he arose. threw on a nightt-wrap- the evetitig drew on, the rile of Si' Wilham hurticaite. "Dismounrt, childrei-your horses scarcely md~lred to ask herself. and ihs arty was extended touch frthei titan tmay start, and it would be death, certain per*; thrust'his feet into a pair tof sly >ers dutd ''hie storms passed away almost as rapidly hurried out to see what was the they hail at first intended. Indeed, with free death, to tide mtfter On along that road now." as it hint come m, anid before the hour of the his way to the door, he reins, they lad galloped All met his son .ohn and several miles ahng obteyed butt 'hayendn:ttegea, whose sun's setting arrived, all was still again, and also Tfavendanegea, the c't'rige madil toward the Sacandaga, w hici horse who lid been aroused by was perfectly manageable and quiet; not a cloud obscured its golden path when it the same alarm. Aud as they Sthe baronet had caused to ie made for his and vent toward Kathleen, who, ever wilful, aid wislhirng went down beieatli the blue-hilled hotrizomi in the stbles they found several of servants conleiniuce in goig to his favorite resort for the to apj ear well in the eyes of the youtng brave, time vest. ; but hun.ing water fowl anhd aishing-thie spot would mot leave her saddle, though the white hurying thithierwrl what most asniton- Thlatyendangeua brought hack the white ished them, vas the sight of two of the pony, wih haid stopped just beyond the grooms,.who slept in the l-ft over the'stabiies, great tIllmi pite, too tmuch terror-stricken toJ dragging forth the body of v'hat setmed to ho run further, tind time party, remounted, I' now an Indianm, but so horribly crushed and Jii.

E S 81 TAYENDANECEA, TIIE SCOURGE ; OR, T IE WAR-EAGLE OF THE MOUAW t"I didn't know that you was a master of fignr'd ibut the face and body that the hardly Gny, now livid with rage, at being so fairly; E saw, Sir William ! One arm broken, a shuoul. two professions before, doctor!" said John looked lie a hitiiian heing. dir knockel (fit of j3si!mit,a collar-bone splin. cornered. Johnson, after his father had left. "\Who is this, and what is the matter?" terel, three iri' foum' iiu staved in, a jav-bone "Master Guy Johnson, you are the nephew and the son of an Irish jintle- "It bothers the sowl o' me to know what eried the I aroieit. as lie ajppronched the Flpot Cracked, a nose flattelied into nothing, and of a baronet, ye mane, Master said the doctor, with where Ithe men, without much care, had ossed' half the teethdrp(1e' d out or swallowedi I man, and I'm only a poor followerof the great John!" their loodt bmiurden u0pon the turned-up Eseulapius, but, b the powers o' light and a puzzled look. but- Bejahuers, it's as purty a piece of work as I've " Why, you're a doctor to begin with, and toni of an oild body. seen since I left the coOithry !" darkness, if you d on't ato those words, and sleigh ouh to boot. I never "It is that bloody young apologize for them in just one minute, I'll ,a first-rate dancing-master Injin that your Will the fellow (lie or live't" hornlpipe quicker honor his beo renting horsewhip you till you wear all the colors of sa# any one learn a running so "well, anl witisoit "Sore, sir, if he's properly attinzied to, I than lie is ilmii iead. eli hasn't got halt' what the rainbow on your dirty back !" said the cousin Guy did, just now, in all my lie don't see why hue should die ; but he'll need life ." descrnes, sir !'' said the groom. a ehal of menhing to put hini in ntv kind doctor, dropping his instruments and snatch- "What. lisico ? What has he been ing up a team-whip, which happened to be "Faith, if lie keeps on as he's begun, he'll doing ?" of shape, and the beauty of the haste, if ever he Dick Turpin, to dance on nothin' 1.e k at the knife still in his hand. sir! lying near at-hand. learn, like hail any, is gone friintm forever. The whole the end, with a bit o' twisted flax knotted The w hilte poniy which you gave twenty "Touch me if you dare, you miserable in print of a horse's fut will remain in his ugly under his ear! One thing is sure, he'll never guinas ftr--tie sonethat hiss Iatlileen iles devil !" shouted Guy, who was now actually countenance till lie dies nail rots die like a Christian, in his behl or, like a dacet -lies iin the stall with its throat cot-anid the - So mueh the better ' sid the baronet beside himself with rage, forgetting who was man, on-the field of honor '" rel lihound was going to serve the black stal- " Can lie inwer a question? " by. "Maybe he'll challenge you in the morn- lion the smie butiwar, the biter got fit tin re, " Not with that broken jaw of his very The doctor waited for no second invitation, ing," said John, with a laugh. thunk the I ord The stallion wasn't to be asily, Sir Willaitm ; but wait till I wash the but plied the whip with a heavy and a skill- " Divil the bit wil lhe. There's no such caught1:1mtp;iug, and has kicked ie life out blood down his throat with a drop o' brandy, ful hand, and with such effect that Guy in an good luck in store for Pat Daly as to make of the smuriideriu villain, I hope !" and maybe he'll understand one, and answer instant ran yelling to the house, pursued by him die a giatale death, with a bit o' lead God's life what a wretch ! What can ye by signs." his now heated punisher, who gave him a cut snug laid in the right spot. But if he can this iseai ? Who can have put the youog \hatW at every leap, and only relinquished the pur- is the matter here ? Why, is this hire a red nager-I beg your pardon. Master fiend ilup to t his work ? Ile surely hiid lio Ipisico, poor Iisico ?' asked Gny, who niow suit when the young villain had entered the Thayendanegea, it's not the likes o' you I rsoi uforsuch a dastardly act. Soic one cime forward, drowsily, as if just awakened house. iane, so you needn't look so black at inc---f, munist havei. iintillehd liimii to it !" ftr'mi a sleep as deep as that whieh held Itip The doctor now returned to the baronet, I say, he can hire some one to stick a knife " W\Viwire is Guy ? le must sleep very Vin Winkle in hotii. and said :.. into me in the night-time, souinil niit ti ibe a wakened by all the noise " You recognize himu more quickly than I "I beg your pardon, Sir William, for using why he'll be just the one to get that sort o' satisfaction. But whic Ih-leuhali iintmade !'' said Johi n. could," said the baronet, castinga this weapon in your presence, but I've borne suspicious a potato as if I was one-bless- 'C Goitelti dl huimi! This miiatter must hue glance at his nephew. insult and injury too long from that fellow to I'll be as like ed be the esculent forever, for it's the Pain- inve-Iit;ted. And call Doctor Dallv: we mut I knew himby his dress-how did ibe get stand more, anJ I'll let no man living call me all over and get life < noug h ints this griunisingdog to find hurt?" asked theainnocent Guy, approaching a liar to my face, when I'm only spaking truth disc-apple of my country-eyes out w Ve dl it !" cried Sir Willnti. still closci', and bending over the bleeding before God and man !" none of 'em aslape !" "I do not blame you at all, Daly," said Sir "Hardly would lie dare that!" said John. Thiauai ualcuegi a. who had I een to the stable youth. " The divil trust hifn for all me. The man to see if his hoirsc was injured, now returned, " Betraym e not, or von die !" lie whsis- William ; "lie richly deserved more than you have the throat of a poor baste cut anwd u bil John hurried to fulfill his tathi i's gave him, and if lie were not the son of my that would pered, as the young Indian's eyes opinedl upon young lady. orde: s. tlie ong 1urave stood within fsilded him. dead brother, he should not restanotherlhour to spite a poor, tender-hearted irms an rli rdtedu-uItlthe wi ithinogs and grimu- But the litter, who could not speak, cx- beneath my roof!" wouldn't spase me, I'm sure !" said.thie doctor. iiugs sfitie iinjired Ipisico with uncoticeaklsd hibsite-d i pleasure at seeing hiirn ; but, on the "Would you have me patch up this bit o' While this conversation was going ; on, the .it physician had been busy in preparing lpisico i count rar, th-most violent anger, pushing himu disfiguration, Sir William ?" asked the doctor, JuleS for removal, "VVs-vino hns spoiled the beauty of the away with his sound Harm. much pleased at not incurring blame from his and he now bade the men around to take him up carefully, and carry him to saw-fh-.!'' le as he bikesl at the -'Who told you to kill the horses ?" asked patron, while he pointed at Ipisico. eail, the neat little eenrcclv d.scerniile features of the young in- Sir William, seeing that the Indian was coli- " Yes, do the best you can for him. I do hospital which Sir William had built near his mansion. d in, a i ieni it-elId how much lie h ni sci'uis. not blame him so much now as I did ; for I see jprild himself upon the regularity of those 'I'he latter pointed to Guy, and vainly tried plainly that Guy has but used him as a tool features. to slp-ak. in the matter. The Indian knew no better, lii a hew moutents, John returned with, the " It is an infernal lie-I never did !" shouted and Guy did. Use all your care and skill for ChIAPTER XVI. the poor devil-when doctsoir, and i report edrd that hie hai fiounil Guy he gets able to talk he Upon the morning after the occurrences Guy :is ejs ' B uit,' he rdded to Thiaivenuiine- " An' wt-huat idi von bid him not to hetray may tell us all about itI" above mentioned, Sir Willit m sent for his ga, in a how, tone. " I believe lie was plaving you for. just now,~sir?" asked' the phiysciin, Ipisico, whose eyes till now had only flash- nephew, ordering that he should come to hin 'possm. for lie never was so hard to wake who had overheard his whispered caution and ed anger and hatred, seemed touched by these in his library. threat., words cf the old nobleman, and seizing the After considerable delay, the voung man Ihe is a snake, and Ipisico hams beei his " l did not !" boldly replied the unblushing hand of the latter, he pressed it to his heart, made his appearance, looking very much as - tool! lit hItire olis!" replied the young young anmi. and looked grateful at him, as if to express one would who had been caught stealing a lbrac-, ini a tutie as low as that used by the "" You hadn't whisper to him, but i blessed thanks for-the one kind expression, when he sheep, whipping a woman, or in some other other momienut ago, -Berray me not, err you die!' and so little deserved it. equally despicable action. " Wilt. ditor, low badly is th log hurt !" I dil't he'ar you do it'?" "Let the men earety him in carefully, "You are very tardy, nephewv Guy, in askeiI lit barnuth, after the Iphiyseii m in " No !" Daly !" said the baronet, "and order any- obeying my summons, this morning." said thimg l ieint so ue timn iittexam:in- iii ing the'I iiiina W ithI Ipisico, ye rel rascal. ye'11not tall a lie from my stores which you deem neces- Sir William, not angrily, for he had just taken sary." - trite prf tiil'eui'thisess.-s-a wheti inavhnip you'h shie iii ianhour. 'Did his " morning nip," to get up an appetite for ." lii a braiiiue ise rich anid sweet that it wotnllh M sister CUv there caution or threaten you, or "I'll do all that lays in my power, Sir Wil- breakfast. " Methiink, if I'd sent Dr. Daly liam !" said the doctor, hmavte de .itd to iufhee-seekiing Scott, sv ii ist ' as the baronet return- after you, he would have hurried you up a more ian "is t he f:i-n accent of the Ger- 'lhe vounrr Tndian, tliouh writhing with ed to his house and lbed, for the chill night little. He is a famous hand at that! I could uain."IIi-tir I y):iyr tplied: air did not feel very comfortable to an e orly but adnire your agility, and his skill, last lain. nled his heald afliruiativ-lv. man, "Ikda, it's as?prty a simash-up as ever I "It is a ile lie-you both lie~!" shouted thinly dressed. night 1" s-

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It shall cost him b life !" muttered the colors, and act humble, even if hle ilt-no ha youth, angrily. utility. -- Tuti ii, wir! no such threats in my pres- Iam very sorry for what I have done, sir, once, oryoui will make weangry, and I'll cool and will meet the penalty without a mur- you down w;thi a few weeks on bread and mur !" he said, in a contrite toile. water. iii a dungeon. Dr. Daly is a gentle- If your penitence is not lssumed, I atm nitiii i II nletiot pip1e teseited your glai to see it!" sail the baronet. "Iithierto se insult, hist nilit, I bltould have deemed your spending allowance has been the same it my duty ti ptnibh you. He did perfeeUy that I have given to John-five guineas a right, 'ir. and your legs s:avtd you fromt what month. Half of that I shall holl baek, until you r:clily mierted, twice as hrd a logging twenty guineas, the price of Kathlken's pony, as h govv you. But it was not that of which is maae up " I iateided to speak wVhCn I sent for you. I You can keep back all, sir-I have no ,4 nw w:sh to know whv voi hired or per- right to murmur, since it is your generosity uaded I pisico to kill Ka'tliieenis pony, and to alone which allows me anything try andkull the horse thatI gave to Thiayen- "Not a word, sir ! My judgment in this daneg.i a " matter is iniperative I For your attempted " Uide, I +id not-" wrong to Thiaycndanegea, you must apologize "'l It, tlt, boy ! you need not deny it ! 1 publicly tohiii !" heard you wiarn the Indimn, as well as did the "Uncle, you surely will not make me so doctor. I detest a liar, and falsehood only lower myself as to apologize to hue ?" lessens you in my eyes. It blackens every " Lower yourself, sir, by an apology to one error to Ieiy it. Reply to my question !" as much your superior as day is to night! If 0 You Ipri used the horse to ite, and then you, who could hire an ignorait savage to do a gave it to that upstart Indian !" replied o Guy, dastardly dced iii the night, vlhicli you dared H sullenly. not do, can lower yourself still further, I " I wish that you possessed one-twentieth would like to know how it can be done !" cried pirt if the ihnor, cou rage, and true manhood the baronet, now thoroughly -m0ry. " Come, toH of that Inlian liy! But about the horse. sir, not a word ! There is Thavendanegea, Tou never cobiiI ride imi, nexer even at- with John and your cousins, coming in froi temp tel tai f iltill the conditions 0 upon wlich their morning walk. Either go up to him 0 lie wa p{riii.-d to you, until he was given like a man, and isay you are sorry for what awy:i, a2-l th,-a, wlien you tried, you was off you have done, and ask his ,atdon, or elsa lke a rottun appile shaken from a tree But leave my house forever ! I wilt have no one f tit wyv inIlei an'snate, did you make him kill around me who can deliberately do a base 0' ior katitlein's pony '' wrong to another, and refuse torepair it, so ieciuce she tainted me when I was far as he can. You hear me, sir ?" thr, ni miltIered me her powy and side- Guy knew that he could not trifle wi'itli his iaile to ril ' uncle then, and that for him all was lost, uin- " i .ii'h iiilday anid unworthy of notice less lie obeyed the mandate instantly. There- rootyou, who, at your age, ought to be a fore, he advanced to the approaching party, man" an said ; leside, shie is iin love with this Thaven- Thavendanegea, I tried to have your datnea:"sid Guyi. ~ horse killed last nightI It was all my fault, "Wliit tha' to you ? If she is, she only not that of Ipisico. I am sorry for it -will acknowhICls tie worth of a noble heart, and you forgive me I ami elil of it. But. yesterday he saved her The young brave stopped short, and looked life at tihe p ril of his own. If lie were to at Guy with., quiet wonder-looked at him ask her hand1, at a proper age, it should never keenly, as if he would read his motive for this be denied to lii ibty me. But of that no most unnatural act on the part of Guy, so more.. You have lone very wrong, so wrong unlike his general character, but made no that were it it for the memory of your dead reply. fait hcr, I wou 11not let you rest beneath my "Forgive him, Thayendanegea, for my sake, roof anotlier div ! As it is, you must submit even as I forgive him for having my poor to punismltent which iillteach you better pony killed !" said Kathleen, and tears started liereifter !" from her blue eyes. Guy was startled at the thought of being "I forgive you, for the sake of the Pale . s de1 riv. of a ioie, for, if his uncle cast him Rose !" said Thayendanegea, with gentle dig. oil, he was penniless. Moreover, lie loved nity. " And if you will be a man iow, I will Leonore a, muchit as, in his selfish nature, lie be your friend !" was capable of loviug, nl hoped, when lie And lhe advanced and offered Guy his hand. r ' "a2s oCne united to hIr, to lie tade indepen- The latter could not refuse it, lint a burn- 'det by the ilowry nthichitste would receive ing blush overspread his face while he took froi a find tnl indulgent father. Therefore, it, nitd ie felt indeed that thei lilian whom he felt that it was time for him to lower his lhe affected to despise was his superivr.

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The baronet, who hal closely watched the Oh, Guy; Guy, eow cmianyou be actions of both. was struck with the noble wicked ?" dignity of the young brave, both in his ac- . "And ?/Ou, too, must take up for this graes tions and his words. less heathen ! Perhaps you want him for o God's life, hut the lad is fit for a throne I" husband !" he cried. he sai to himself. "Guy, you do me, a foul wronr, and %lch Th p:rty passed into the house now, for words come with an ill, grace from your lip. the' eakfast-hell wis ringing. There were to one who has stood by you so often when tears .n the eyes of both Leonore and Kath- she knew you were wrong, and lms so often leen, izs they passed along. And they were dared her father's anger to avert it from your not tisrs of grief. head !" "Clear out, then, and leave me alone, i you don't like my words ! I didn't ask yoe CIIAPTEL XVII. to follow me !" said he, in the most brutal Moo-lil, with the fire of anger anl of hate tone. bnrnii d(eep into his heart, Guy Johnson "Guy, dear Guy, even this will I bear, fot waled fitr away into the beautiful grove the love I feel for you !"' she cried, weepin, bank of the mnaision, on the morning when he. and attempting to put her arnis around his made his forced apology, for he had no appe- neck. tite for breakfast, and left the table as soon With a bitter curse, he thrust her from as he'could do so, without attracting particu- him, with such force that she fell, and bes lar attention. head coming in contact with the sharp edge And when he had got beyond hearing of of a stone, received a terrible cut. The blood those in the house, bitter curses'rose from gushed out in a large stream, for a small ar- his lips, and his angry words were not only tery in the temple had been divided. But the many, but loud. lie did not know that he poor girl was not sensible of paini-she had was'closely followed--.followed by one whose fainted. hart ached, nob only for his troubles, but When he saw blood, the anger of the hear less wretch gave way to terror. also to hear such terrible language from his , lips. lie did not know hut that he was alone, "My God, I have'killed her !" lie groaned until a Lrentle hand w;as laid upon his shoul- " What shall I do ! what shall I do t" der, and a sweet voice said "Go 'get water !" said a stern voice, and "Guy, lear Guy, do not talk so---you are the same white-haired, venerable, and feeble- surely ~raving, arid do not mean what you looking Indian, whom we have once before eay I spokeni of, as being seen in that same grove, "I do mean every word I utter, Leonore !" stepped forward from amid a clump of small said lie. imputieutly. " What business have spruce trees, to the astonishment and increased you to follow inc like a spy, and overhear terror of the young villain. what I say ?" What shall I bring it in ?" asked the ter Oh! Guy, dear Guy, why do you speak rifled youth. so to sac ? You will break niy heart" said * "That," and the Indian touched the glazed the weeping girl. cap on Guy's head. "Women's hearts are made of leather- The latter hurried away to a brook, whose there is no danger of their breaking !" .distant murmurings could reach the ear, ller sobs were the only reply to his unUwanly while the old Indian bent upon his knees, and words. raised the head of the poor girl. Her couna- Everybody hates me and wrongs me !" tenance was as white as the leaf of a litv, and he continued. life seemed almost to have deserted le?. With a firm hand lie held the parts of the "Oh, no, no ! I love you, and never wrong- ry + wound closely together, then taking a scarf ed you in thought, word, or deed !" she re- " l n pli.. from her neck, bound it so tightly around her . i . "My uncle, because he has taken a liking temples that he checked the flow of blood. ' . to a heathen bear of an Indian, first robs me And when the water came, he washed away .0 please him, and then forces mae to the al- the blood-stains, bathed her face, and wette ' ternative of either becoming a homeless oit- her lips with some of it. east, or of bending my proud neck and knee With a deep sigh, she opened her eye, to his upstart favorite, humbling myself to and exhibited signs of returning conscione- $n Indian dog-for that Thayendaitegea is ness. hut a dot !" "Where am J? Oh, I remember !" she said; You wrong him, Guy ; lie is brave, intel- with a shudder. "Guy was angry, and struck !:ent, and lhonorable I But yesterday he me !" and she closed her eyes again, as if to Saved Kathleen's life, when a falling tree shut out the vision of cruel remembrance. would have crushed her !"= " Who are you, sir, that are so kind to "Curse him and her! I wish to God that me ?" she asked, a moment after, as shn it had crushed themr bobh 1" ~ looked up at the kind and pitying face of the

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the Indian. in a tone and-with a look which his heel and went toward the mansion, leaving to TIIAYENDANEG EA, TIIE SCOUlY GR; Ort, would imply that he was seriously thinking of the baffled nephew of the baronet in no env- the proposition. able state of mind. Indian, wno supported and still bathed her the stranger, who did not rise it his ap " Yes," answered Guy. head with the cool vater. proacl. And you love his daughter, the lily which " A friend, daughter of the pale face-a "I do ? What of that ?" said the Indian, you bruised this morning ?" CHAPTER XIX. frientl to the good'and the innocent !" he re- abruptly., "Yes, and when he is dead'I will marry It was the custom with Dr. Daly, Mi. plied. " I tate him, too-wish lie was dead !" said her-" O'Whackem, and Mr. Lafferty, the 'baronet's "lie brought you up since What is the matter with me? I am hurt; Guy, bit terl'. you was a little secretary, to meet at twelve o'clock eaeh day, .ay head feels pain !" niurmured the poor " Yet lie'feeds you-gives you ehlothies to helpless boy, without father and mother, did or immediately after the schoolmaster had dis- girl. keep you warm-you sleep uidetr his roof!" he not.?" missed his pupils to their dianeri, to partake " Yes, that squaw-hearted boy cast you said the Indian, atni nitexpression of contempt "Yes; but Low do you know that? Have of a lunch and its spiritual accompaninente, against a rock ! Ie is a poor dog to raise flitted over his face, like a shadow upon a gray you ever seen me before this day ?" in a pleasant little refreetory adjoining the his hatnl against a woman, and should be rock. Yes. yes, a hundred times, when you was htoslital, for these gentlemen all dined at tiq whipped with rods !" " I am his lrothmer's son-lhe ought to do too snill to crawl over a log." haronet's talde at a later hour. And it was Well, well, it matters the Guy stood near, with down-cast looks, but it !" sail the latter, evasively. " Iesides, he not. What is your occasion, generally, for a lively bit of goa. said nothit.., for he was not so utterly grace- wrongs ie-has let a young Indian. upstart' answer to 'm proposition ?" silp, for, all three being Irishmen, they could less but that he could feel ashamed for his supplant ine in his love 'hat I thank the Great Spirit I am not a no more get along without talking, than a co- Worse th:tn distardly conduct. " Who is this Indian upstart ?" pale-thee! Do your own murders! I am quette without a string of beaux. Thus they " I forgive him--he was blind with anger, "Thayendanegia, the son of one Dyagetto, not an assassin !" said the old Indian, and, kept the ir spirits up, while the spirits and the and did iot know what he did," said the theswoiain who brought hint and his sister turning proudly upon his heel, he disappeared jokes went dovn. sweet and gentle girl. from the far-off Ohio; but I hear that she in the thick gloom of the grove, before the "IIow does your new patient look this " I at very sorry ; do not tell my uncle of claims to he a Mohawk, for she is with them youth had recovered from the surprise into morning, doctor dear ?" asked O'Whackem of which the indignant and i, Leonore,"'said the youMng man. "I never at one of their villages up the river." bitter tone of the Daly, as he poured out his glass of brandy, at will spent: harshly to von again." If Guy had heeni looking at ihe lindian scornful Indian had thrown him. lunch time. Who is his uicle " asked the Indian, ab- when he spoke, lie would hautve been terrified "By heavens, what a fool I am !" he mutter- "Very much as if a horse had kicked himr," rupt!v. at the sudden change in Iiis countenanece-thte ed, when he found himself alone. "I should replied the doctor, with a smile, as he e. Sir William Johnson ?" replied the fair varied expressions there-when lie mtade his have killed the old wretch, for he possesses tended his hi'id for the bottle. girl. statements ; but the young man was look- my secret, thought and intent, and if he should "he'll be apt to prefer sour healing power Ugh ! a bad man-a bad man !" said the ing back, to see if. he had been watcled or make it known to my uncle, my every hope to the heeling way of the ould stallion, Pm Indian. :oan a cloud, black as night, overspread followed, and, when his eyes again iet those would be blasted. I will never venture out after tlhinkini," said Lafferty, reaching in turd his sallow face. of the Iidian, the latter was as calm as lie had without my gun again, and, if I see him, I for the brandy. "Ile is my father," said Leonore, gently ; been at first. will shoot him as I would a wolf!" "lie's divifish impatient for a. patient," said "Shoot .4 "if hei has ever done wrong to you, I am "And you nsay Sir William tr ats this young him, and I will shoot you?" said Daly, as he helped himself to a slice of cold sorry !''Indiani ith kindness ?" continued the st ranger. Thayendanegen, quietly, but firmly, as he tongue and a cold potato. ''Yes en Thie old Indian sighed, but he said no more. ; lie has adopted hint as a soi, giv stepped lout from behind the trunk of a huge "He'll know better than to be so horse-styk Guy's eye flashed, and nt expression of satis- him a horse, gus, and many presents. And pine tree within a few feet of him. again !" said Lafferty. faction caine cover his face, when lie heard the lie has placed his sister, like a laidy, with his "Why? Do you know him?" cried Guy, "Och, ye blackguard, ye ought to be'co - words and saw the look upon the face of the own slaughters-dressed her as well as thte"ni turning pale, and trembling from head to victed, without judge or jury, of murder" strangei lihan. " But Dyagetto 'does not stay with her fuot. cried O'Whackem. I will assist my cousin to the house," said children?" "No !" answered the young brave. "But "Murder o' what, ye old pedagogue ?" r. he, " nd then I will conic back, for I wish " No ; but she cones often to see them." he is an old man and an Indian-lie is good, 1)lied Lafferty, in the best humor pi)ssibile. to talk vithi you. I may do you good in The old Indian did not ask any more ques- for he would not do a murder at your bidding! "The king's Endish, Misther Quilldivper," return for vour kindness to her !" 'ions, but sat and silently watched Guy, seem' You could not hire him, as you did Ipisico, to said the schoolmaster, as he sliced off a bite! " No good can conte from evil !" replied itig to study his thoughts.r do your wicked-work ! You are less than a boiled ham. thie Indiat, sternly ; " but come alone, and I " You scet oor," said the miter, looking at dog-that would never bite the hand which "It's a pity that Master Guy hadn't got a will wait!" the worn and ragged bhlmket and stained hunt- fed it !" touch of punishment from the ktste," said The yuing man now helped poor Leonore ing-shirt and leggins of the old Iniaia. "Why should you act the spy upon me?" Lafferty. . " Because your heart is back to the house. where he told a story of " I am; hut what of that ?" replied the old blacker than mud ! "Sure lie got a good enough tasting from her having stumbled and fell against a rock, man, drawing his blanket up proudly over his Yot are bad-too bad to live! I will watch me, I'm a thinking !" said Daly, with a laugh. which site was too good heart. d to contra- broad chest. every step you take, and, if you raise your "Why, his wasn't so much of an error, after ie had been so brutal in "I can better your fortune." hand or evil eve to one diet, even though thing which I love, all," said O'Whackem. "lie might intl or is helpless,I will kill you have word deed, and now so unblushingly told "IIow? You have nothing that I wal" as I would a been thinkin' of the neglected his falso tale. " Von do not know that. Can voii shoot 9" snake !" harp of $p.or ould Erin, when he called you 'a blasted 19y' T heibaronet, 41t deeply alarmed, instantly sent "Can a fish swim ?" asked the Indiam, in "I suppose you will go and tell my uncle -d'ye mind the point, now ?" for his phvsieiamn, while Guvi returned to the contemptuous reply. of this titter !" grove, ti seek a further interview with the "Of course 1 know that you can shoot "Sure the tune lie harped on was a ftmrlg4 "I am no tale--bearer !" proudly relied the den one, as strange Indian. far as I'm concerned," said Daly. 'game ; lint if you had an enemy, could you young Indian. "I can watch over him with- "Pass over the hgrad, shoot him " Lafferty, if yv're dot out putting more fear or hatred in his heart. too busy upon the hind shoulder o' that CIHAPTER XVIII. "If lie hn." was worth killing, yes !" But you must not cross my path, or study evil' " D'ye know wlhat you put me in min of ut Seated upon the ro4 which was stained "'Well, Sir William Johnson, you say, is to him or his, or I will kill you ! I have then,doctor?"asked Lafferty. by the pure blood of geitle Leonore, tie old your enemy. Ire is mine, also! I will guS spoken, and I cannot speak a lie !" Indliiati quietly remained until G uy Johinsont von a mnew rifle, biatelct amid kinti e, pilet y of "No, sure-with,,ut it was that I eonsidexed3 esnme hack. piowd'er nd heal, anid new lankets 'amid Thavendanegea said no more, but, with a ye better bred thad I, and wanteu to take a 'itter look of contempt and slice "By the words you used, and the look clothes, if you will lay in wait for him iii scorn, turned upon of ye " epomi 'your face, when von spoke oif Sir Wil.. the woods. nndh shoot him, the next time he hiamt ilhuson, my umnefe. I suppose)5 you late goes to. thte fish-house !" im ?" said G uy, as lie stopped in~ front of " IIe is your father's brother, ehs 2" asked /' r'y ''a

p8 TITAYENDANEGEA, TIlE SCOURGE; OR, THE WAR-EAGLE OF TIE MOIIAWKS. 3D he can walk, send him away from you, but "No, sure--it wasn't thint, at all. Ye put "Where is my son?-wliere is Jpisico?- pieces, brass-mounted and flint-locked, which me in mind of the Lord's prayer, blessed be and who has dared to hrt him ?" ae.d the not to me, for he shall never enter my were known as the Queen's Airm," carrying lodge !" H~isannmte!'' old Mohawk, with trembling frame and flash. an ounce and a half ball, or a single handful " Wall, 'tis lucky I did, for it's seldom ye iag eyes. "No--I will be kind to him, and try to of slugs, as the caprice of the loader dictated, tink of anything godly ; but, for the life o' "Sit down and calm yourself, and I will teU make a good man of him !" said the baronet. and calculated to do damage at any distance we, I c'n't see how I reminded ye o' what I you," replied the baronet. "Ie has put his The oil chief made no reply, but drank under half a mile, if properly directed. know ve're not much acquainted with." fingers in the time, anr: burned himself!" his brandy, relighted his pipe, and went With a kind 'of limping, staggering gait, "Di}dn't you ask for daily bread, ould thick- The chief, who knew the baronet well away. and a lek-lustre look, whi b seemed rather skull ?" enough to be sure he would gain nothiting by that of an idot, than that of a man possessed "lie jabers, I did, and yoi. had me, boy disobeying him, took the sent. of his full senses, this individual met the old Pass along the brandy, for I thirst for the Pontiocht, here ! Bring brandy and glasses ChIAPTER XX!. Mohawk hiief in the trail. When old Aroghyadeeka left the mansionI The latter started pirit !" for two-pi pes, also!" cried the baronet to his as he saw him, and looked "Tlion ye ought to go and work in the favorite servant. of Sir William, as recorded in our last chap- annoyed, for it is well known that Indians of cern-fi'hl awhile!" The old chief sat very uneasily-for a won- ter, he moved quietly on, apparently en- every nation hold idiots and insane persons in "A nd why should I do that ?" der, even the anticipation of brand and to- grossed in thought, for some distance, a half reverence and awe, and fear to either harm or "Doesn't the good book say 'hoe all ye who bacco did ant quiet his feelings. mile or Inure, until he entered the forest, displease them. first.' I'd like to know ?" It soon came ; and, after each had drank a which lay westward of the house. Here he It is Hlon Yost," muttered the old chief. moved on more rapidly, following a trail, "Why should lie "Faith, you have me again ! I wish ye'd glass, the baronet lighted his pipe and coin' 1 cross my path so often t ake the fever and ague !" meneed smoking, quietly and in silence. For narrow an straight, as Indian paths gener- Three times 'I have seen him since the sun "For why, ould pill-box? So ye could a time, the Indian preserved his stoicim, but ally are, which led toward his village. He come up!" dose me and bleed me a bit?" finally the feelings of the parent triumphed had not proceeded fir along this road, when " Hallo, olt Devil-bug I vere you peen all #'No; I only want to see ye shook up a over the philosophy-if such it can be termed he was met by an individual, so singular in the vines, eh? Been a gittin' trunk on uncle Little ; you're gettin' to be too smart on top, -- of the Indinn, and le abruptly asked looks, dress, and character, that he merits a Sir Pill's prandy, eli ?" criedl the stranger, as and too dull below, 'You want aqunalising- Where is Ipisie I" particular description at our hands, the more he stopped, and brought the butt of his heavy just, you see, as I aqualise this randy by In the hospital," replied Sir William, especially because this is our first introduc- gun down upon the hard ground, with a far putting a little drop o' water in it." without deigning to give any further explana- tion to him. that made its iron ramrod ring in the socket. And wakening the spirit ! Sure it's not tion. He was rather tall, lean, and bony in figure, "Why ter tuivel ton't you speak mit me, you our advice Ill be after takin', doctor dear." The Tndaian rose, did not pause to touch his but his broad shoulders, long arms, and bowed tan red-skin fool !" lie added, in his strong "his advice is better than his medicine, glass, which the baronet had refilled, but legs indicated considerabel sinewy strength. Dutch accent, as the old chief paused, but did E'm thinking'!" said O'Whackem. walked from the oom , without uttering a His form was so bent forward, that, coupled not at once reply. "Wait till you try 'em both, before you word, and took his way hastily to the hos- with a short neck, it seemed to give him a "My heart is heavy, and my tongue is slow pass judgment," saidt the doctor. pital. kind of humpbacked appearance. his head, for words !" replied the Indian. "Where is SI'd rather see the sexton and gravestone- I.esoon after came back, and his face was as large, more red, and full as round as a my brother going ?" uetter first, so as to make all my preparations dark, very dark, with either gloom or linger. Kinderhook cabbage, was surmounted by a "Goin' vere der tuyvel tells me to-vere lra decent burial!" Ile sat down, and, for a time, reinainc(d silent. mop of tangled yellow hair; his eyes were of there's vitehes and vizards, and prandy and "Let me write your epitaph I" cried Laf- lIe did not touch his brandy, and he had let a glassy gray, generally dull and heavy, yet primstone-dings vot I lives on !" cried Hon bright and flashing, when he &rty. the fire in his pipe go out. was excited. Yost. "Shall I tell you vere you're 'fraid to 'What would it be, Misther Goosequill ?" Sir Williamn remained as passive as before, His nose was very small, and sunken in be- go, oldl Devil-bug?" ked the schoolmaster. drinking and smoking with mll the ease imag- tween his large, pufty cheeks, like a small "Aroghyadecka is not afraid to go any- "The tike o' this," said Lafferty: inable, apparently not noticing the looks of squash between two big pumpkins. His where !" said the old chief, sternly. "_is wide mouth, ever open, revealed a snaggy set "kHere lies ond sc'hoolmster O'Whackern: the old chief, yet from under his over- heart knows no fear." A hard nut is he. but Satan wil crack him." hanging brows casting many a quick and of teeth, well colored with tobacco juice. "Dat's a tam lie, a tam lie !" cried Hon It would " Faith, he'd throw you down as unsound searching glance at him. No Indian coukl be hard to judge of his age--he Yost. "You knows peter as to go to de cave had suoh a dried up-look-but he probably a ' not worth the eraekin' I" said the school- ever beat him, either in the study of the in do rock, pelow der Little Falls, for fear was thirty, perhaps five years ahead of it. you see de spook of'somebody aaater, with a laugh. thoughts or another, or in concealing his starved to Thus these three worthies spiced their lunch, owni. For years an official visitor at their His dress was as odd as his personal ap- death ! but it was soon over, and they returned to councils-of'ten the sole arbiter of their af. pearance. A very ragged,,old felt lint, minus The Mohawk started and trembled, when their different avocations, quite refreshed in fairs, the medium through whom they re- the rim, was on 'top of his head, and in its he heard these words. erown the tail of a racoon body and mind. ceived alh their presents from the English served for a plume. "TThe Evil Spirit tells Aim everything government-he 11nd so become used to them A coarse frock, or hunting shirt, descending muttered he, at last. that neither their arts, nor any personal dan- to his knees, and girded to his waist by a "Yaw I What Hon Yost don't know, no- CHAPTER XX. ger to himself, could throw him of' his guard, stout rop) , made of twisted thongs of huck- podaly knows, old Devil-bug S" said the man, On the morning succeeding the night whena or roh him of his self-possession. skin, and as ragged as it well could be and yet with a wild laugh, and lie re-shouldered. his ice came so near getting his well-merited " Whimt or who hurt my son so terribly? stick together, served to partially coyer the gun, and went on, while the old chief moved sw,of having the life kicked out of hint He never vill be a muan again !" at last said upper part of his person. Through the rents aside to let him pass. of this ur William sent a runner to Aroghyndecka, to the old chief. a butternut-colored flannel undershirt For several minutes the chief stood and could seuaint'bim that his son had beeti injured , "LIe never ought to be !" said Sir William, be seen. Trowsers, or rather leggins, watched the receding form of the German, - and was in serious danger. Though the run - sternly. "If ie had been a man, he would of undressed deer-skin, and moccasins of and his looks, while he did this, betokened detailed moose-hide, completed his dress. both fear and hatred. cr, after delivering his message, started in - not have been hurt !" and lie then But lie said -nothing, . s*antly upon his return, and was well kntowi the attempt of Ipisico to kill the horses, find A powler-hrn and bullet pouch were slung and, when the 'rnn was hidden from his view . t. be one of the swiftest-of his class, the oh d its result. over his shoulder, and in his belt lie wore a by intervening bushes,'the chief resumed his ,: s ief quickly outstripped him, and lngere hie The old chief listened in silence, until the knife and hatchet. A long pipe, of red clay, course. such as were used by the Dutch . " - - bd even sighted the chimney-tops of "John baronet was through. Then lie said of that day, I-n Yost had not yet reached the clearing . ,''' si Hall," had passe its threshold, and stoodd "M sosn ws a fool!. I miamsorry Le was was also inri belt. Upon his shoulder lie of the Johnson domain, when a low whistle A before the baronet not killed'! 1 will see him no more! When carried ov et those heavy, long; bell-muzzled from a clump of bushes upo his right, caused

_#c_ . ,' !iC is t lei i 40 TIIA i ENDAN1 CEA, T i SCmJ him to Bomne to a sudden stop. While he Any ins nore? ltil, the " tOo-whoot-too whoo-ah " of " No., Lo I II n T , that is all. Put be an owl fell upon is ear from the same direc- careful not to speak of ie to any nie!" - tion thIt the souind of the whistle hadlcome No! Vot der dervvel eo ull I say ? I from. ton't know your name, 11(11'nth ingpout you, "Tam fw fdde1rs where dat owl roots!" for v}y, you never tells m -pot goot pye, ali Ion Yi wtith a coar-e laugh Come takes totcare of -;::krela p. iin gu! i't der a: shoV yourself, Mishter .Niglt- 'rhe Gemian now passed onlalong the tail, i p'ir 1!"' toward tlhe hall, while the Inlian crosd it, The s-un mysterious white-haired and and took a northerly course through the forest avneles4 Ii an whomuu we have seen i coni- rction w:th Guy Johnson a couple of times, --- S>ipe I out from a sheltering chunp of bushes,1 , an, approached the spot, looking cautiously CIIAPTER XXII. aroun I to e that no person was near to make Thavendanegea and John uhaVing finished vservation' their reitatiunu before Ma. O'\Whzackemn, wtro ; /4 WWh.!t :.t-ran-1d, is it you ? how you takiu a bout with the foils, for their own Lk( ter o)eni air, eh ? You git moure strong ubentit an(d the anuemetnt of Sir William, in in 'd-y!i,'ht d:n in dark?" cried the German. front of the maunsion, a short timen alter the " Th ir" i givin mel strength, good baronet hal b(eeni f believedd by the departure of " HoI Yst, an I I will never forget that you the old Mohawk chief. hloipedI meOto myinfreedom. But I shlall never Dui'ring a pause, or brnath'ing spell, the -, b.a i what I once was. My sinews are quick eye of John caught silht of the ad- dried up, my eve-sight is dim. my hones ache, vancing form of IIon Yost, wll cane toward h ard my muuieles are weak !" repliedIthe In-li:an. thelouse in his usual shaimlin way. " " Nver you mind dat yet a vile, gran-dad ! "'There crmes that fool, IIon Yost Schuyler, I' I loen't uiuvotvuteoum has peen, for vq/, you'll father!" said he to the banronet.,iiii' 4 not telh miue,lnt I uliiks dere is a coot deal of f ite is less a fool than some who deei him le nui htleftin yot '. und 1 n1man touring it such. Thee is good deal, of knavish wito ~ r

, out; Vy yo suoC vty pehongs to ne, p- abtuLhiim " said the baronet, inrepIy. "But a far r . caus-e I find you out vei you was vst almost on with your play-let not his ayr):oaeh dis- t .a gon- ! An I dat tannDevil-bug I chief turbi you. Tmhayundmlanre gea is better in his . - , dinks now Iat lie hias starve von to teth; for guard than yourself; lok out that he doeE vyl he sten take uMeat to de cave lis some not become your teacher, though you have p' - t.:ne! I Tv'unst met him, uind scare him aoat, hl years to his days of pinelice !" younr sp ilk. lie links I'm a fuool, tund is 'fraid The yonnmie11ume11, thuis turgel al encouraged, of moohk- a t am ftuo!. h'! But now, gran-dal, agnaii took position iin a er.icefl mnd earnest I'm a g.>:i' downi to see Iall, to see old uncle style,u ndwere soon actively cigaged. Carte, Sir Pm Jouhnnsmn,t 1un Im n'ngoin' to peg a new tierceu, scnde, prime, thiro.t ndi parry, rifle- tin of hini, und some plankets, mind dat longentuid ciunMter, every point of the parad, p J --.. , und yolu keep dis gnu uund1 pouwder undI I advanucimng aind retreatimig, was carriel through 7/ Ikal till v uni see 1me in der old shaty oop in with a grace ini clumrity which frequently der hillI-fUt' you umust huint iul t ap a bit elicited a word of coraxmndation frome the old afoe de viinter coom?, yonu know. Y1ou) say baronet, who was himself mmore t-mh's an ordli- you ton't vant nopudly to see yon yet a vil-s nary swordsman. At last the imultuosity of vot unighut kminw yun, so you stay dere till I John rather threw hiun off is gu-.Iar, aul coones to you !" missing a beautiful pass of eart- over the arm, " My br ither's words are good! I will go at his antgonist, who merelv swerved his to thesalunty !" said the Indian, withoutlhesi- hody to one side and let the foil puss him, he tatioin,aceeping the arms proffered to liium. I lost his balance, and nearly 111 forward., t "Am1 I w.ll be dere to-night--tke my Then, as he strove to reo'over hinelf, the knife as1 hatchet, und cut some poughs from forte of Thayeudanegea's blade struck underIj hemlock for our ped, unl if you see a teer or the feeble of his foil, and, with a light turn of mooseiiyust sphieakto him wit olt I)uldezclap the wrist, the weapon was thrown high in dere, und ask him to stay mit us for supper!' the air behind the young Ind:an, aid caught1- -- My brother shall find food at the shaity in its descent by lion Yost, who, with ashoat, when lie gets there!" said the Indiu'." And cried : now, wheu ny brother goes to the great chief "\Well done, Thayeunanegea! Well dene, -:- of the piale-faces-" my prnave boy!"I "Yotneat tuncle Sjr Pill Johnson ?" "how canti you to know his name? You " Yes-when you go there, find out a young never saw him before ?' said the harounL Indiaitnmedl Thtayendnumegea. It is said he ° You hivei't been about here for three 1 has aloptedl him as a son. Look at him, get months before !"/- ,

ai (' him to talk, and when you come back tell ie I knows dat, uncle Sir Pill Johnsonu-I yIni Y what he is like t" knows dat ! Pve been down mit a lot of demr2M 4 ki'm i I

THE WAR-EAGLE OF TIIE MOIAWKS. 43

rascally St, Regis Indians, and dey got me "Yust what der coot Cot blenses, und yoav. trunk, and den dey stole toy musket gun, and can't hlip yourself!" reOliek the Gerinan. my knife and hatchet, and allhbut mine slunoke - Am i to bsea soldier,'a priest, or a farier 1' pipe !" ")at is bard to tell. You're too lazy to "You mrean,that you old them for rum, I bray, und so you won't be a briest; you're think !" sail the baronet. too proud to work, so you won't be a farmer, " Got in hinnel. no I Uncle Sir Pill, I takes naybe you'll be a soldier, und if you're too mine oat upon de pig pook mit a erosh on lazy to run, den you'll make a very coot onee' him, dat ter tam Injun cot my musket-gun, "You needn't call him' a fool, after that, olt Dunderelap, vot I kill dat last moose vith, Master John !" said the baronet, laughing. dat I gine you der hind quarters of in der vin- " It is my opinion that he is up to your ranrk, ter! You remember dat, eh, uncle S'i'- Pill ?"L and you had better replenish his tobacco-box, "Yes, andt how much brandy, and tobacco. and ask 'no more questions !" and powder and lead I gave you in return !" "fUnd den apout de rifle-gun, und der teers said the baronet, in reply. uind moose dat I shall shoot mit it, uncle Sir "Yaw-und if you'll gif me a new rifle- Pill?" gun, uini some powder und lead, umnda knife Oh, you shall have them, Hon Yost You und hatchet, mind a planket for der night-time, are not much of a beggar, and are very goot I'll go und kill you some more moose umd pay when you can pay !" teers, for I see blenty of track only a leetle "Und a couple of plankets, uncle Sir Pill!" ways pack in der hills 1" "Two blankets---Why is not one stleicient?" "Well, tell me how you knew that this " Yaw, for me ; but den I dinks about gittin' young lad's name was Thayendanegea, and I'll one fran-Dere's Petsy Yroonan, der fat gal think gbout it !'' vot lives on der flats, I drinks her und me " Well, uncle Sir Pill, you see I'm a fool, shall couple togedder 'fore long !" und fools know everyding !" ° " Well, you shall have the two blankets, "I'd be a fool if I believed your answer !" and a calico dress for her beside, but you must "Then you'd be wiser than you be now, for let me kiss the bride !" if you was a fool like me, you'd know what "Yaw ; but den I shall yustmcharge a pottle you want to know !" of praundy for de privilege !" " Corme, coie, no more fooling with me, The baronet did not reply, but led the way Hon Yost. Answer my question !" to his store-room, where he kept a vast variety "Vel, den, uncle -Sir Pill, I met dat olt of airs, munitions, and such cheap goods/as i Devil-bug, Aroghyadecka, und ie tolt me dat, were needed by the class of Indinus, fron- you lhad 'dopt a young Indian for son, und dat tiersmrren, and settlers around himr. Here he his name wa Thayendanegea-good strong fitted lion Yost out with the arms which lie name dat, ca ;t break it no more dan a bundle had solicited, and the blankets and calico of sticks-da'a de vay I learn his name !" promised ; also giving him some snuff and " Airy fool could have learned it that way !" tobacco for his mother, an old gipsy of a said the baronet, with a laugh. "I expected woman whom the baronet had long known. you'd have a tale of mystery to unfold !" Antd amused as ie ever was by the drolleries "Not apout dat, unole Sir Pill, but I knows of hor Yost, he plied him pretty well with more dan one mystery,und I knows enough liquor, and, when ie finally tired of him, sent to keep my mouth shut und my ears open !" him away with a bottle full, telling him to be "An excellent quality,, Hon Yost.- I wish sure and bring him some venison on the next that all my surroundings possessed it!t What day, which the German faithfully promised do you think of Thayenudanegea ? I see that to do. you regard him very intently. Let us hear, for they say a fool's opinion is worth some- thing, sometimes !" "lie has de eye of an eagle, de spring of a panther, do strength of an ox, de speed of a CHAPTER XXIII. deer, de patience of a beaver, de wisdom of a I have gazed, in foreign lands, upon many a fox, und do heart of a man! He .will be a lofty palace-upon many a uarble tower- great chief when you are dead und like de many a galmt looking castle! And at home fallen tree, rotting in de cold ground'!" said have seen Art's choicest works of triumph I ."l'a lion Yost, in a tone as serious ard earnest, and Monuments-wherq tire architect, tihe sculptor, language and style as lofty, as if he had been tie painter, had lavished all their skill ! Yet, an inspired in the deep, still shadows of the mighty trees prophet. .: "Very complimentary to him !" said the of the forest, beneath the broad-spread, ever-

baronet, in a pleasant tone. green branches of pine, and spruce, and hem- ,; r "fDat's more dan de truth-is to everybody !" lock, I have seen the shanty of bark, rough .' said lion Yost. outside, but vlhte inside as driven snow, and . .. + . "What wiUt I be, Roa ?" asked John, in a' smooth as marble, impervious to the wind, or

careless way. rain, or snow, whieh seemed to me more coin. " .

- ! 44 TIUAYENDANEGEA, TIIE SCOUlRE, OR, dere ishs ploody painter, fortable, aye, andprettier than any gaudy " Cot in himrnel! ntt a'cried a:lice, ayi tinilted boudoir that ever human - und I forgot to, hadi ine rile- THE WAR-EAGLE alrtiost obtred by the statltug OF TIE MOIIAWKS. 2ein stauoi within. 1101t Vest, event, calculated to leighiten e en a sober Atil. 0 1poniy couch of spruce or hemlock I bromise ohl uncle Sir Pill, to kill-him some ried a string of brtsk trout, mani.-. and ur.- hie bougrhs. or on my yielding bed of sweet-fern, teers-and moose, for al! dese dings-!" right to steady the game on lls shoulders, for eaci gi'. ing up their 'ljeasanit fragrance, I Another startling and fearful yell, and a "My brother's promse shall be kept. Be- lie had left his gun behind him. in bushes close to hiin, as if the li.nte im:l yi ebase-weared form, and slept rustle the fore tes sun is up, I will have game ready for. "Why, lion Yost; you are wonderfully dreams caue to iie annual *s about to sirin: upon11hiin, mish- deieodly. Sweeter 1 him to carry in. :I am strong now. I have prompting making your payieunts, this time " alnd with a tell of then- tlhai ever blessed meecl-ewlhere. Lulled ed the business, lion Yost, eaten frish-killed meat, and with a gun in my cried the baronet, as ire loMked'withi the adiir- some tour- almost as loud, threw the lottie in his by the rt.ic e of t he leaves, or by terror hana, andi a knife and hatchet in my belt, ling eye of a sportsmau upon the splenid lot reposel at the spot where he supposed the aimi- turin .wat rfill, to slutber, 1 have hand feel like a man again !" of game which the German laid down upon camp in a feai Ies, happy quiet, which a king night undl was, and bounded off to gain the "Dunder, put it makes me feel goot, to the poirch before him. by a circutous route, for the pantlie seemed env\y. hear you talk dat vay !' said lion Yost. "Yaw--maype I vants more trust, py-and- the fire Io a dense grove of pines, some tour or five to he between hun and And then he took out the handsome piece py-den, if I pay goot now, you trust inc snatching the bottle miles iomrti of the trail where he parted w ithi The llian, quickly of calico vhich Sir William had given to more!" replied ion Yost. Indian the ground, ran with all speed to the 1on V-t Sclhntyueri", the whit-haired from him. ' "A very good reason, with a spice of sel- fire, and when lion Yost got there, the carter stood b fire a neat, bairk thniity. It was "here's someding vot you can make you fishness ; but how could you get together so was the entrance to the shanty, very situatt .1 iiia little glen, thorough wlicli rushed seated by shirts mit! I told uncle Sir Pill I wanted it much game in so short a tune ? It wts dark, a Li idht aini merry stream, and so hildein by quietly smokig his pipe. for a wouan -,putdat vas a tarn lie !" said he, or very 1 paiter, gran- nearly so iwhenyou left here, lat the r io sib-s of the glen, Ind the tliek "in't yoU hear dat pi as he exhibited this article. night!" ion Yost, breathlessly, and all growth arnd1, that no one could see it unil) dad :'' asked I want no clothes but those I make from You know dat it is de olt saying, uncle as Ie came up they wtiei e upon it. And before this in a tremor, deer skin !" said the Indian, quietly. Then, Sir Pill, 'a fool for.luck, undja rich man for atidl did not hear a panther!" said the In- shinit0v. fr it Was now night, a bright I while he was still looking' at the calico, he chiltren!' Do you think I am a fool, cheeroil tire lured, nld upon the ehlpped dian, quietly. " said :" lon Yost was at the upper village, "'A fool for luck, and a poor man for chil- I cannot tell the cry brioche. of a bich tree. which stood neur or so poor a hunter, that to-day, was lie not ?" dren,' is the adage, lion Yost !" from that of a nml the fruat of the shanty, hiungiiRtie neatly- of a panther " Yaw-two times have I peen dere "Den it's half truth, und de odder half a painter, by tam Tousanud a dressed and divi :ed quarters of a flue tat " it this was "Did you see a woman named I)yagetto ?" tam lie'!" replied the Geriian. see its eye-palls, yust like two buck. Ah 0settral partrilges, which had duyvels.didn'tI No, put I hear dem- talk apout-a squaw "how so " asked the baronet. '" been siarel by the kuihul land of the in- coals of fire mit dat name, for vy, I remember, dey say "For v, lIm a afool, und I.have de goot of Von have been drinking the Great Chiefs dian. \Vthut, the leapedt-up laughs she comie from a long travels in de west!" luck-you're rich, und you have more clil- And fire-water," said the Indian, quietly. .ul leniock looked mavi;nillgly. "It my brother will hang this, in the night- tren, red and vite, dan eaIcnount in a week sprce und threw a whole pottle of goot I in one cr:1 r st ithe ready gun and huing Yaw,Y time, with some venison, at the door of her I sees little Sir Plhs everysere I goes " ." said l0in Yost, the tomii han k anl knife, till eveadle by the rln i at dier painter's head lodge, I will each day kill him plenty of game, Thi baronet laughed at this huame-thrust, regretful tonie. bighit if the coop-ire. in a and I will make hinm pretty dresses and for it was a fact which he could not deiny, ?" siid the Indan, an I lhe iahnii,iiwho had already broiled and Was it better than this pouches from hawn-skins and porcupine said: identical bottle, which lIon eatenliinire thmii iie sliCe of the fresh and de- producing the quills, which he can sell for money !" said You deserve a drop of brandy for knew, because it was tied up that, beiloi-a veln-it, listened iintenutly for every 1 ost instantly the indian IIon Yost ! Conic and get it ! cotton hand kerchief of his. Sound whiea ibetokteied the pli-'eh:t of lieun inmin old "iDat's a pargain; but for vy do you care Yaw, I'll go dat, uncle Sir Pill - but den atll his lien lost appeared completely nonpdused. Yosst wim. friiim i:ting been iiiearly for dat wnuimui? Is she an old sweetheart of I vants a couple of men, miit horses, to go Indian suddenly gave another yell, so life ntia1 ithie h i ans, lad adopt-d thari The old yours, gratdaad?" 001) le mud ereek, about a couple of im.les. that the German sprung lack full htii oil Ca-i ani, :iii11was m)ore at buoliae il natural I will sometime tell you why I wish to I left a young pull-moose deie, a vile ago, the wool'ain ih.o a house Thecrefore, it wsa three or four yards. make her presents, and kill ganre for her, that mit his tro t cut, if I am an oft fool und a lead pullet through not to be eX lee'ei that lie would ether naiss Got( hiiimel ! Vel, she may not be hungry. But she must not his heart!t" 1 skunk, nopoldy iuit you his w1a, arn.:::ke ttuiuchi oise int hi a 1 proch, nod a tam co'. aid know from whience these thiings come to her ! - " What! potde, also killed a mouse, this morn- ScarCe t ble-U' of a htlen leaf. or tite crack- knows it. Take a trmik froni the Did you see the young 'I'hayendanegea;?" granlad,.and den w 'll have sonie soipr. ing?" iini. if a dI twig l.eig lirdall w lel an In- Yaw, und I tell you dat ie is de shmart- " Yaw, uncle Sir Pill, I got up afore de sun r nen m , lm m tse No ftre-water can passmv lips.' replied - dtent,ii:t+ pp 1tto chltt1+_:it g u e tt(in est po' at runs on two legs. lie has an eye did, uand before I went five minutes from my lta lian. It makes imecnweak in the head thrlhii.hi freltIts t iut on this oCcaiion the the like t, eagle, unid peits all dat is apout himt. caip, up juiiped a fit puck--und legs, and weak all over 1' dere is hs liquor of S WiVaili:uim halolupset the btwhl-of weak in the I diks uncle Sir Pill knew vat he vas apout saddle. I yust have yerked dere den atiydinhg else." niut oIf' his hide, und Cuiiiiin, ii i liii Vst \uas hdc:il at a con. More truth ven lie take himmtfor a poy-son !" dress him own the for you, vei crrash I hear some- Ilutttlertint r oughiyl the tered lion Yost, and for once lie put t°der ubhl' - e ce, It is good! May the Great Spirit bless dings peaking through d push, sud bottle utntasted, and cutting ott a slice of I look nil Ci laruhi like a wvounled m11oOe, nildi smng- him !" sud the obl indian, and then, drawing sharp mtitmine eyes, undh vot shall I see put venison, broiled and ate it, and then went to i gintenais of oil Dutch sengs, a ie Cem his new blanket around him, he retired with- a tine, fat, two year old pull-moose. I look the brook to quench his thirst. f lo ii 1 in the shanty, and laid down to sleep. at hitm over mine rile-gun, umd it speak to weak llavmg sIped, he proceeded to unfold his Lcb I .a Yit has been getting IIin Yost smoked his pipe out, replenished hiit. und he lay down nd vat homtuto cut , , Oilelii-' a.+ it ner-'-Il scae hiuiin !' said the presents to the view of the Indian.d nirstle the fuel on the fire, and then followed his ex- his trqat. Und dat I do, und I dress hn, unnd . oif forl sie- showed the two blnkets to the Indin, and, \ii in .lit iiil bereita steaaiihy iuiple. . hang him up, vile I prings dese gauies, nd I iii which the Ger- tossing him one, bade him keep it. t'lien he Ia i.1 i te diretion diiks yoused me two itets, mtit horses, for t, gave ltim bread, salt, and pepper, also tobacco im mii deiieaneh aa mis.. dei' nicet. It is a coot dea--vil veigh like ald pipes. 'l'hei he handed lortntm new a i elt.e ' lue liMon Yist was witlhiiii about CIIAPTEI XXIV. ton of hay, most !" allh could rile, hatchet, knife, and a nunition, saying. . a aun .iriU ar il 1the cinltahire, The sun was not more than two or three " Very~well, lion Yost, the meoat will be of the bhda.'., as You keep dese, grandad--lil take ack n:t+e' la:,;aeiringt light hours high, on the next morning, when the welcome in the settlemietnt, for the lidians r' old l)underclapfor vy, I ;eleeve de old gun itut a I)ihatel poa11ithe upperbranches ift barouet belie hilion Yost approalhiing, bend - have brought in but little-litely !' . knows mie, unil de coot Got knows at wktao _ te e . ie sIhril, uinearthily yell of a piami- iii iunlbr a heavy burthen. Upon his back "Dey 're a lazy set of togs. Give 'en vot it. 'laemorning we must have a bunt, oi . ' atherfh l pion his ear, elose to hut. he carried a huge saddle of venison, with the they can eat and trimk, iud den dey'l sleep fit full two inCites thick upon the hesunich, and till dey're hungry agam !" strung to his belt wtse a dozen or more of 'Thiayenidauegea aid the baronet's son now ; hue partridges, while a his left hand he car- approached, and examiund the ganie. y

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TIHE WAR-EAGLE OF THE MOIIAWKS. 47 46 TUAYENDANEGEA, TIE SCOURGE ; OR, erown eneircles your head, you will be pow- brook, now returned, and the old Indian made "I should like to hutt-it is iiore manly yards of his encampment, and themn the shrill, erful !" him accept of a new suit of elegantly-worked wild cry of a wounded amiimal, the shout or than study I" said Tlhayeiidanegea. "You know my mother also ?" hunting clothes, bidding him say at the Hall -- You can 'ho ioth, at proper seasons, my yell, al as fierce, of a huairin beiig, and "No one knows her better. But not even that they were a present from lion Yost, inighty and a struggle be- Ild," sid Sir Willamn. 4 If MlonYlost stays sinunds as of a Ieaji to her must you speak of this meeting. And whom ie had met in the forest, hunt with hun tweeni some about here, you mmay go' and objects. now, come to my camp ; but, first, we will. "May I come to see you again ?" asked the was but aiminstiant beforele was bound- sometimes. ior he is a good hunter, and knows It take the skin of the panther, and then you can young ndian, after he had exchanged his old toward the spot whence the sounds eima- the rang.es of the game1" inig wash away the blood from your form, and I clothes for the new. Yaw-lie may hunt mit ne-he has a minted, withr his loaded rile in one hand and will dress your scratches. It was a brave "Yes, if you come alone! And keep my !" said he followed his hatchet im the other. git eye time (ernman, as fight, and I am glad that you killed the beast words ; for no one beside you and IIon Yost bir Willi;ama, to get the promised brandy. A mommeit later, anid he saw in a small open without my help. But your aim was bad. must know that I am here ! Come, and I will and a 'lis hivinig beeun done, he started o with space animomg the trees, a huge pinthr' You fired ytoo low. A panther's heart is tell you of the deeds of your fathers-tell you a couple of nmen,' send im his mouse-mieat., m.nm clothed im the garb of an Indon, rolling small. You should have put your ball be- of the brave works of your race, and show in a terrible straggle for the over nid over tween his eyes !" you how to tread the path before you !" . mastery. 'Ihere was a hot paniung of muaa In a short time the hunter's proudest "I will come !" said the young and but both were st quick in their Indian, and beast; trophy, the skin of the tiger of the north, was he took up the panther-skin and his rifle, and CIIAPTER XXV. emotions, that the old nmam lifted his rie in taken off, and then Thayendanegea followed went away. Reader, are there not days, sometimes vain-lie could not fire without endangering the old Indian to his camp. weeks, aye, eveinmonths of your life, so dull the life of the nian as much as that of the The eyes of Thayendandgea looked with and mnonotoniou, so utterly devoid of miterest, beast. surprise at the comfortable shanty, and he CIIAPTER down his XXVI. or of' real meneitto yourself, thit you wish lie rushed forward, and, casting asked : "how long have you lived here ?" Another wild, wide bound coibat withhis over the desert you had slept away the time,i passed it nmmid rile, imitended to enter the "More than twelve moons !" replied the'old of Time, with its wrecks and moment that he rais- sleepy years, pleasant drearims, rather than in wakeful hmtchet ; but at the very man. lay behind us ; for in them there is nothing sloth mad carelessness? ed it to strike the anima, which was on top "And have not been to the Hall, which is that claims more time former gave a widd yell-a than a passing glance at our Arid so it is with the life-times of characters of the mian, only three or four miles away ?" hands. out the dull dyimg cry, and, relaxing its hold, fell over in a story. and were I to follow "No ; I am known there,"but do not wish And what a change those streaim- years have details, ou would call the story tame aad dead ulion the ground, with the !Ilood to go there until the time set by the Great wrought among our characters! In, stature, while the victor in the " r'"sv 1Ir fer to avoid that. and to do it mug frouim its heart, Spirit. I have watched over you and Ona- as in age, Thayendanegea has become roan-- a whole year of events. dreadful struggle leaped to his feet, with his best, close to skip lova and Dyagetto, your mother, when you in deed and fame, a warrior. lhe beard has star to require any re- lonmg andii bloody kmite im his hand, and pealed - not suficiently thung all were sleeping! hear these words, but stolen out upon the face of John Johnson, and cord. out a shout of triumph. repeat them not There is a cloud over you the careless laugh of the boy has given place It was about a year later than the time Although ie wias covered with blood, and now, b)ut the Great Spirit will blow it away !" to the stern demeanor of the man. Guy chup- his stout garnemts were rent almost to tatters which emimb raced time nIrucidenits of ourlst " Thayendanegea believes your words ! Johnson, still mean. envious, full of treachery ter-thie t wntyv-fourth vwinter-with its clrim- by time claws and teeth of the feireious beist, And he will obey !" said the young Indian, and guile, progresses with the rest along unmharimel in body, a iugI blasts, maI come anmd passed-time mpiile, ie was comparatiively thoughtfully and with respect. Time's pathway. lHe yet remains beneath the the tammarac. time elmu, aid ash, and beech mal tw deep seratthes only beiig the extent of Tlien, as his eye fell upon the work upon roof of Sir William, whose white hairs, nore lost their last year's dress, unt spring hid his damage. which the old Indian had been engaged, lie than any bodily infirmity, tell, too, that heis given the mate mnI,aid suunnmer hadi loit oin ' \\ ho are you ?" cried the oNd Inliami, said : growing older. And Mr. O'Whaekem still f'ur therm a new ome. But stern and undying, looking with admairation upon thie youthful, " You must know lion Yost, for he brings lives, the birchifying terror of the rising like mmonmiments of patience and of hoipe, time vigorous tramie of time cmnqiu'ror. such things as those to the hall to sell generation, and the "oracle" of the' neigh- " call me 'ilhayendaegea!t' replied lofty 1immnes.the great rough-barked henmimocks. They "Yes; lion Yost is a good man, and is borhood The ltdies-I mean the young amid the mumiouth and guakerly sprueecs, mbii thie young Indian, as he s)mmrued the yet here very often!" ones-have "spread'" considerably, carcass of the slami panther with not ihoopa- born, w iti rmuanmy sights, the bremath of time qjmverimg "Talk of der duyvel, and he is pound sure tively; but a truce to all of this re-descriptive- rude vintter sturmis, and the snowy pall which his foot. " Who are you ?' te yunmp up right afore ye!" cried our old Ger- ness. Imagine every one of my characters Whim you stand m your proper place as had bmeenr mlidso co l uponm themi. " man friend, who, hearing voices at the camp, five or six years ahead of where we left them blackenedi m- chief of the Mohawks, andli h eadlchief of the 13efore time hark shanty, now had approached noiselessly. "Vy, here is in the chapters preceding this, andi so far as side ronid oh i niti timeimohe of many tires, sat Six Nations, then I well tell you.t' replied the iThayendanegea h" he added. "Got in him- human progression goes you have them ready our old friendmm.thie w bite-loaired Irmmiimin, bimi'y old Ilii m. mel,'vot have you peen about? All plood and for the parts they have to play in ? What do you know the continua- making soime of those curious amd ieautufil " My rightful place dirt--dunder--did you kill dat painter peast?" tion of the tale. haskets amid biiixes of birch bark, eminbridiilerel about it ' smid time mewiileired youth. "Ile killed it alone, singlehanded, with his qmiltIs of the pirempine, for " \Yes, your rightful place. I know all " Wi tihe moili knife, after he had wounded it with his rifle !" It was spring, leafy, balmy June, in 1774. wlhich tihe Mdohawks amnd Oneidas were so about it, and ini time will lace you there ; said the old Indian, and his keen black-eyes And those who now dwell in the valley of the famous. but, by the unenoiry of your lather', I charge washed with pride and satisfaction, as he gazed Mohawk can tell you how bright and beauti- andi quiet day, cool in the you not to speak of that or of this intervieW It was a still after the young man, who proceeded to the ful, how very pleasant is that month there give you pieimrnssion' shade, but hot where tie sum's rays had free until I brook to wa-h away the stains of his battle, after the long, cold winter has passed utterly scope. beSarcely amy wind was abroad to Did you know my father' ?" while lion Yost stretched out and examined away, and the late spring frosts peculiar to rume time leaves, buit the gentle muirumuri' of "Y es, well !" the huge skin of the panther. the region have vanished, and the young, S t mitritle brsk fell cmoohigly iupon the ear mis " Who was he ? Tell me ! Clear up time Dunder, vot a pig painte'!" exclaimed the green leaves and the bright flowers have - it trav eldamnway. f-animing ani glitterimg over mystery which shrouds mv birth' German. "1 tell you vot, grandad, dat poy come to life--to life and beauty. toward the Mo- " Inm the hour of you' triumm ph I wiil I ia lugii-wornii, rocky pathi is pound to pe a great man von of dese days!" It was a night for love, for the stars were in valley. Uniti then, let the sont of I)) ngetto lie what hawk time "Yes ; lie will be a great chief!" replied looking from a cloudless sky, and the new was busy at lie lhas ehire:--good, brave, stiioius, ihoniora- mSelyici , whiii ec the old nman the ohl Indian. "I shall see that, and then I moon showed its silvery crescent among S. hs war k. me hieairi the cry wieh the p:n.ter ble. Do not leave Sir Willim, limt keep isi shall die! I can go, then, them. at aii. his favor, for tie day is inot firm'distant wlieu to the happy aften ivems whmci it scents prey close hunting-grounds above, in peace !" And there was love-making, or wooing, aniler hueheard thie sharp craek of vi uw ii need his lpi i' ! Deport yourso.t as An iasum4i Thmayendanegea, having washed at ~the going on at that time in the vicinity of a rde, uppartnuitmy within one or two hundred ilthe son. of a great cluef, and when the tagle I i8 TIAYENDANEGEA, TIIE SCOURGE ; OR,

Johnson ail. In one part of that grove, ie is too old; but I will strike for him! I back of the Hall, vherein several of our I fall, it will be as a brave should fall, anda no Scenes lace taken place. Guy Johnson was one will weep for me seated with the foir and gentle Leonore, "how wrong and how cruel to ay that!" ir in- ter to a speedy union-for he hal of Tears stole out fror her blue eyesrand down. tl fal n iuch inihis uncle's esteem--and he her fair cheeks, as she added : If I weep at wahili{I to s cure her and her prospective for- the thought, how much the onre will I tone, before orne new evil would blot out his weep at the fact, should it ever occur. And chances fever. Dvagetto, your giod mother, ai Onalova. But sle, ever timid and gentle, though de- your sister, will grieve all as much, I ari voti y funlofn him. was averse to a haste sure!" wichmi-ht lferid her father, whose health "The mother and sister of a Mohawk will lhal htrlyl I een but poor and his temper never weep for his death, in battle, if his face none of the Ist. is turned toward the foe !" hereplied, as they In aiithier part of that grove, John Johnson passed from the grove toward the house, was love-it krnz to Unalovn, the Siste' of 'lhavenintio tea,'ir his own imxpetnons w av, " Will Onalova be my bride !" said John fo e wa n rI(Moren iuilk1115iei in his noW- Johnson to the Indian gir. as he passed his fol eba:netii' than even his father Lad. arm around her waist, while they walked bLen in leisiiOi' (lays through the shadowy grove. And Thady udanegea, too, was abroad on Onalova has given her heart to you. She that I ahlly evenmrg., int for the purpose of will never change while water iliws down the loy e-rnakinr, lut lIii forth by the wiLful mid hill-side, or the trees grow !'' replied the girl. now very lovely hath ken, who hand very "Iiut while my fa lier lives he will refuse often10shown a p1 ference fir the iobl--looking to let the heir to his title marry the daughter and edinted brave, scarcely becoming in a of the Mohawk." maiden, yet well in accordance with all, ex- "TIe is a fool, then, for the child of the red cept Leoionore, of her father's liood. And a man is as good as the sdn of the ale face. I pale-faee woutd iubted ly have been flat- it is not so, why do you say that you love E1" tered iv such a preference from the favorite me ?" child of the w<-althy Laronct; yet 'ihayen- "You are as good, my proud girl. lie vill danegea, ivhile lie lintened to her flatteries look higher for me !" anid words that were even more than merely If he looks too high, he will not see the kind, was cold as ice lie had nobler views path that he walks upon, and fll !" said the alit al than tliat of dallying in love affairs-a girl, proudly. to warrior, stern in his-lintuore, and only enthu- "That is true ; but Onalova can be my siastic win lie thought of the nobler path of lbrile in secret, without his knowledge, and fame which be lhid marked out for himiself, when lie lasss to the spirit-land, I can tell and nirmt. witli all a warror's zeal, to follow. all the world lhat she is mine !" And not such a warrior-farmxe as is generally. TThe girl looked at hu ket nly and hesitated accredited to the red wnrn, cruelty ind guiic to reply. He noticed this and said markii- his footsteps with the blooa of the "if iOnalova's heart is mine she will not hepjiesss,l ut oiineiwhicli would leave for himt pause to answer a annie untarnished. "THer heart is yours, and she will not fear S\Where is your heart, Thinendanegea ?" to trust you !" said the trusting girl, and, asked Kathleen, as they walked through thouglg colder in her nature, prhaps, na most the grove. of her race, than the pale-faces, sire did not "troing within my breast, like the heart turn from his kisses, nor fear to listen to his of the oak !'' wais his reply. plain for their secret marriage. " Arid will love never enter it?" she asked. And at that very hour Guy Johnson had "Love is for women to talk about !" was succeeded in gaining a reluctant consent from his answer. " A warrior, whose eye is upon Leonore to take a similar step. the war-path, hafs oilier things to think of." " But there is no war now ! Why should you ie forever thinking of that?" "Because it will come, and soon. Your CHAPTER XXVII. father says so, and truth is on his lips, lie Old Aroghryadecka paced to and fro, with a never spoke to me with a forked tongue !" lowerig brow, in the sitting-room of Sir "Well, it will come, and soon pass awny, Wilflan Johnson. Ihis fiery eve never had like the dreadful storm so long ago, which gleamed more fiercely on the battle-field than neser can forget; for there you saved my life. it did then and there, and every quivering But I would rather see no wear; for if it comes, muscle showed the agitat ion of his mind- then you may fall, asIwell as others whio are that there was a tempest in his breast. But, dear to mne-myc father an mily brother!1" canrr and imp'rturballe as ever, Sir William "Your father will not tread the war-path. sat with a package of dispatches before him,

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which he had 3ust, received from Boston, an- decka will now be silet.t, Let the will of my pouncing the nil-important fact that hostilities brother be done," said the wily ehief, bat had actually broken out between the colonists there was treachery in hije look as he and the English government ; that a revolu- spoke. "I will call a -eouncil, and myself tion. likely to be long and bloody, had com- name Thayendanegea as my successor, for I inenced. As a titled officer of King George, anm old, and, like a rotten tree, scarce fit to be from whom lie had received many a favor, cut down, but ready to fall with the firs besides the lucrative post which he held, of blast that comes. It is winter with me-I course there was but one side which he could will fold my arms, and sit down in my wig- be expected to take in the coming struggle. warn to die, while the young braves follow And having so large a body of tenantry under the path I first led them on !" his control, mostly Scotch and Irish, whom he The sad tone of the old Indian, more than had himself imported and placed upon his aught else, led the old baronet to believe in domains, and also a sere control of all the his sincerity. And there was a tone of sym- Indians except Oneida's, between him and pathy in his voice, and a look of pity in his Canada, in which province lie also had great face, as he said : influence, his services were at once called for, "Let Aroghyadecka be cheerful--he retires not only to crush rebellion, as it was termed, to rest, and live in comfort now. lie shat) should it rise in the thickly-settled valley of never lack for food or blankets while I or my the Mohawk, but also to organize and excite children live. And when his braves come the Indians to take part in the merciless var- back to dance the scalp-dance, his 'will be the fare so soon to be commenced in that section, seat of honor at the council-fire, for they will down the valley of the hudson, and in the ,remember his great deeds when he waa young, region of the Delaware and Schoharie. and we fought the French side by side, and And these were the instructions which ac- will make his heart glad with their praises!" conipanied the dispatches, telling of patriot And then he went to get brandy himself, for and British blood having been already shied he had reasons for wishing to have this inter- at Boston, of the determination of the king view uninterrupted, even by a servant, for he and his servants to crush the rebellion at all knew the vital importance of keeping the hazards and at all costs. And old as he was, news utterly secret which he had received, leternminel to take the field in person, for the Iad he seen the wily and devilish look safety of his immense possessions depended of hatred which followed him from the eli on his beating back the patriots, whom lie Indian's eyes, he would have been more upon knew, led on by a Herkimer and a Willet, his guard, and had lie seen the old villain would not long be idle when the war-cry was take from his pouch some of the deadly bee- raised in the valley. ries of the ground-hemlock, and squeeze theris The cause of the anger of the old Mohawk into the goblet of silver from which the old chief ennr better be discovered by the words general always drank, his life would have been of their conversation, than in any other way. longer spared, and his death less shrouded in " Vhy must I, who have led my people to mystery than it was. a battle so often, be made to yield to that boy, Scarce had Aroghyadecka, with a skill whose flce is like that of a squaw?" he asked, which would have made him immortal in the at last. days of Lucretia Borgia, paced the deadliest "For three reasons," replied Sir William. portion known to the aborigines of the Nortl "First, it is his right, too long delayed. ;Next, in the goblet, when Sir William returned, and he is a brave warrior, young as lie is, and pouring out a glass of liquor for the Mohawk, though his rights are yet unknown to him or also put a hearty draught in his own goblet, his tribe, no man so popular there as he. and raising it to his lips, said : Lastly, it is my will! You are old-need rest "We will drink to King George and oii rather than to travel on the war-path 1" future friendship, Aroghyadecka, and then "The great chief has counted as niany sum- we will smoke a peaee-pipe together, as we mers as I have, and the snows of as many have often done before, and sweep away alb Winters are upon his hairs !" said the oho clouds from between us." I thief, not so angrily as whenlie asked his ie drank, and almost upon the instant b question, for, knowingas he did that the baro- gan to feel the effects of the poison. miet.was iii no humor to be trified with, he "Dog! you have slain me" he gasped, a F1 deemed caution to be his best policy. he strove to reach the door. "'True, but I have a son and a nephew, "You first, Thayendanegea next !" said'the rep"d as soldiers, -to .lead ny:-warriors to °old murderer, as be pushed the already tot. battle, and Thayendanegea mst and shall rte.-, tering baronet back in his, chair, where he

. *T14 kad the M11ohawks-nae, and the Six Nations, gasped for only a few moments, and then if I witl it! None of the chiief of the Sene- stiffened in death. R sR ens,' or Uiontdagos, or Cayugasiwil offer, like . Then hastening away, he met Guy Johnson )ou, to oppose-rmy will !" first, to whom lie said : " The great chief has spoken, and Aroghya- " The great chief is siek--maybe he'll diel*

s TJIAYENDANEGEA, TiE SCOURGE; OR, THE WAR-EAGLE OF TILE MOHAWKS. rather than of pain, heard or noticed, for the company in th, room A gleam of pleasure, gallows--for it " Yes ; I have spoken-and my tongue is hieart!ess nephew,, were too much engaged in looking upon the totare than perish by the shot from the eyes of the tribe which I have not forked !" but le could not corpse, and hearing the narration of the only tesa belief with every when he heard ius news, of an Indian who has "Dat is so ; I know dat for true for dis li the family, and himself has- witness to the baronet's illness. known, that the spirit avoil alarming the happy hunt- time. I have hunt mit you, eat mit you, and baronet's room. been hanged, can never enter -tning to the / heaven-but must smoke mit you. Butyou bromise tue dis long .and mourning in-.rounds above-their All was now excitement a place of woe and times to tell vot I may call your names, und and all the settlement. wander forevermore in through the mansion, well it were if whites thought vy me kill dears nd oiler game for Dyagetto, 'Weeping 'and wailing was seen and beard CIIAPTER XXVIIT. darkness. And the same-they would be more careful how mid vy you knows all apout verypodies, end ' Iupon every hand, for, as a master and a It was a few hours later, and nght had dey knows nothing apout you !" as a husband and a father, no one was spread its cloak of darkness over the earth. th deserved hanging. friend, Yost had reached his rifle before "The time has come, my brother. I am *ver more loved than he. The Mohawk chief, lat f drunk with liquor, uInt ILion make his second leap, and, Ogaitee, the true chief of the Mohawks- The physician, who had so long known obtained from Mr. O'Whackem and others, the Indian could with it cocked and full-levelled at the breast Dyagetto is my wife-Thayer danegea rmy every symptom of his ailings, and every fault wol) had wished to hear his tale of the bare. son !" doith, was reeling of the miaddened chief, he cried of hise anstitution, decided that the baronet net's sudden iilliens and "If ever you pray, you, olt heathen tog, "Dunder und blitzen, you vos tead so long had d.ed of apoplexy, for lie knew nothing of' along toward his village, when he suddenly do it quick now, for a tead Isijun I'll make ago, as ven I vos a poy, und now you comes the nature of the poison which he had taken, came upon a camp by the side of the trail r mit yomu ymst so sure as I live!I" back to life!" was such path, and saw lion Yost sitting by the fire, sid the ap pearance of the deceased A roshydecka hesitated moment, but the "You brought me back to life when yeu is left by an apoplectic fit. None, for a smoking as usual, for it w as indeed unusual eye, and he helped me from the cave. I have waited log moment, thought how he had perished, for to see him without that appendage t here. fire of desperation was in his would have bounded forward to- meet his for revenge. One is gone-the other foe shaU he had been in usual health until a few mo- "hallo, olt Tuyvethug, stop hero a minute the aim of ion Yost never failed-- follow before another sun sinks from the aky ments of the time when lie perished. or two !c ried Ilon Yost, as he saw Aroghy. death-for this moment the white-haired and down to rest !" Johni, who at once became a baronet, as the adecka appronehing. " I Want a word nuit but at " Dat is coot, Indian, whom we have seen so put I must see der fun I" ntly son ind nearest heir of his either, though you ! S'pose you take a trinkm it mo now, mysterious few times, stepped from the dark gloom of "You shall be with my tribe when I sltdw - convulsed with grief-tfr lie was an affection- like you did nmt Uncle Sir l'til to-daiy .!I the wood.'within the circle of fire-light right them my boy, and prove who and what I atm. son, no matter what his other faults were- won t put no cround-heimloek ii m putt k. ate and his- intended victim. But I must see him soon; he must know, t&, once took possession of his papers, and his Drunk as the old Indian was, tihe i a ting between lion Yost at spirit comes to curse who I am, and know that hue has rights lo last diepatches, and secured them, for he saw words of the Dutchman seemed to sober hin Ugh! Ogahtee's me!" veied Aroghvadecka, wildly,and drop. long kept in darkness from his eyes !" their importance, in an instant. "Dat, too, hie turned and feed is coot ; Und for you I will go " brother mean?" ping his up>lifted H~atehet, AAmong the many who hurried to the room What does my pale-faced the woods. ad send hii to our old lodge !" and then ad- madly awvuyinito where the corpse laid, was our old friend, Hon he said, first pausing a moment, " Cot il 'htirnunel, you spoiled the best shot "It is well-go I I will be there before the Sc/ yler. vancing slowly toward the fire. Yost I could have made dis ten years !" growled light shines in the morning. Now I go to iHe had ever an idle way of peering about, Yust vot I says-I toi't put cround-hem. see Dyagetto, and she shall no longer mourn I tricks mit noiiieself !" Ilon Yost, as lie lowered tis gun, sulkily. and searching into things whieb dl not much lock in my pottle ven for me, and think that the Spirits of the Night prove liii and took up his bottle from the ground, concern him, aund upon this occasion he took said the Dutchman, and, as if to take food to her !" he raised a bottle to his lips and drank only to find tiat its contents hnd been lasted ttp the goblet from which the poisoned draught words, in the struggle, because the cork wvas omit All is coot den, und I shall be so glad as - had been swallowed, and smelled its contents, of its contents. " Dunder unl 'blixen, und mv prandy- never vos wen I sees de fun mit old Tuyvet- if any there were in it, perchance to see if "What does my brother' know of hem- bug to-morrow!' ' Indian, approaching ines gonte to tr tuyve i eWorer and there wagany of his favorite beverage, liquor, lock ?' asked the \vilv mote vorse, I's'pose next mitue setmoke-pipe Tetwo now parted, the one going toward left in it. still closer to ion Yost. Johnson IHall, the other toward the Mohawk that lie did so, lie started, Dat it kills in less time dan onu can cut iseh proke to smash-no, dere it islh !" he The moment 4 that at least village, both following the trail even in the set the goblet down. a deer's triat ." replied lion Yost. And growled, a little mollified to find tun"e pie, and comfort was loft to him. "Vy for you darkness, with that certainty which only long " Duiler and blixen, I wonder if der oit more dan dat-to-day dere died mit hemlock one shoot dat Tuyvelpug Injun ?" lie practice in the forest can give to man. fool dan me, and has iade he pest tr:end yOu Inijnil redskins everi bad- not let tme man is a pigger continued. himself avay mit a suicideP l' e muttered, in Uncle Sir Pill Yonsoni-und I peiieves dat "his time has not come, and it is not by a low tone, unheard by those who were you Toyvelbug was de one dat kill himnit !" your hand that he must die !" said Ogahtee, weeping around, and then he went and smell- it CHAPTER XXIX. glass, which still contained "You'll never say so much to other earl 'quietly. ed of the other " VA, den, de Tuyvelbug shall hang, for I Within a lodge, which bore the signs ofthe this he did not set down dog of a pale-face e"cried the Indian, nd at some liquor, and Yon Yonson who give his smoke and the weather of many season ;sat as the other. a bound lie sprang upon11lon Yost with his vih go and tell with such haste and tremor de cround-hemlock dat make him die l" Dyagetto, the noble mother of Thayenda- And as now, Aroghyadecka was telling his hatchet raised for a death-blow. fader "No; the Great Spirit has given him to negea-sat there alone, working upon some was that the late baronet had sent But the Dutchman was .-too much used of the choice and beautiful embroidery peon- tale, which me. For many a weary moon-niany a long him to bid him epme and see to Indians and their ways to, be entirely a runner to year--I have suffered at his hands. For him liar to her nation-probably upon sote gaw- *. Sir unprepared for the assault, skkn as it wias, him, that lie did so, and, while talking, her beloved chdldreA, Wtlliam sudilenly fell back in his chair in a Stooping suddenly, albnost to the ground my wife and chikren were sent far from me ment or ornament for toward for never mother loved children with deeper Yost listened to the story he evaded the blow of the hatchet, and catch- the sunset, and lie must fall by my dying state-lon hand. It was as well, too, that the iale-aticed love than she. And why. one would ask, did with a 1 atttention. ing hini by thte egs, fairly toppled him ovrr, chief died at his hands, for both were linked She prefer thus jto dwell so far away from A'ain he shook his head, as lie stood back anal pitched him headlong into tihe fire. With in the treachery which made my hairs white them in that hone lodge? the rest, andmuttered to himiself a wild yell of race as well as ptin, the No- betn as winter's snow, while yet Iwas young and For two reasons, and both compatible ith ' ,s"semeting tam pack in this matter. hawk sprung through the bbize, nud scai strong as the oak. For a squatv I was sold the natural, proud nobility, and the unciAng Okd Mohawk know all apout dat poison. about to -renew struggle, whIjc he knitt itig faithfuntess of her character. to one .or the other-_iuid from sunlight to darkness-a warrior killed to -s De baronet, uncle Sir Pill, didn't know it. would be of-death care of 'secret gaied make my tribe think I was slain, and those I First, though'for'the sake of the and Something plack, and if I don't find it out, den he feared tth divulging tie loved senit fuir away !" was willing for t advancement of her children, she L. im a piggur fool dan sonei folks take me to byH a re'Y more than he did death, "bovd Ucle Sir Pill did all die beneath the roof of death he knew it voenidmrie to you, Mr, that tey should dwell shameful Jotinstn hatt, for herselfahie would acept no" !"- Indian -would sooner' endue a$IUj Vite-Hnired Iujun-alt die, ed for a voman Neither his words or actions were over- him. Au s'jtw ." favor at. the Inainds-of the lordly and wealthy TIIE SCOURGE; OR, 14 THAYENDANEGEA, THE WAR-E4GLE OF TIIE MOHAWKS. And for owner ; for she knew but too well what he hard the field of reflective truth to th' pathway of a time no sound was heard, save "lIe said he vould he here mit de daylight. done to gain the loveliest maiden of the Mo my story. the beating of two hearts, one against the und he always speaks for true l' replied IHoa hawk trite, whom lier fatter, Aroghtyadeeka Dyagetto sat there alone, a quiet. sorrow other, and the heavy breathing from lips which Yost. would part with upon no terms, as she hadI resting upon her noble face, like a shadow could not speak. "Yes-my tongue is not forked-I am a tootStepcnear Then tears came from been led to believe, but the death of herr upon an unrufefld hake. But. the heavenly portals here !" said Oaahtee, as he stepped fromnthe of joy, loved hiusbiand, and the perpetual banishmentt her door aroused her from her pensive at', then low words of gladness were heard, lodge, with Dyagetto by of annova and a his side, his aria of herself and ebildren ; while he, bold ani -'tude, and she listened. as if fear tale of suffering and woe, on either upon her neck, and her's around his waist. wily villain that lie was, was, through Siir was in her breast, and pushed back the .n. part, was told, so mingled with the happi- And nobly now did he look, for he wore the s:it upon the ness of the present that William's boundless influence, raised to the dian lamp of fish oil, which had it hardly could seem rich garb of a chief, and a loftv look of joy shadowed it with her sad, even like and position of chief-of the Mohawks, which, by table before her, and the shower that comes when pride, such as Tlhavendanegea tad never seen right of hterittige, as well as valor, belonged hand. the sun is shining. him wear before, though often "have the young in. to the nolie-Ogahtee, her husband. Broken- " Is it that accursed Aroghyadecka, who you seen our noble Thayendanegea?" dan had sought him there to hear words asked Dyagetto, of hearted, and too proud to bear her shame, the comes again to torment me, -s he threatened, after the first explanations advising wisdom from his lips, little knowing bartered maiden-Aroghyadecka's daughter- . or the good Spirits of the Night, who so long were over. 'who it' was that spoke them. she died; and then the baronet felt keenly the have brought the widow food, though "My eyes have watched over hirn for many - The young Indian looked at both and their was forbidden to look upon then ?" she said, moons, even as the eagle looks price of his wrong to Ogahtee, supposing, as eldsely after position with suspicious astoniisnment; but al diii, that the brave chief had fallen by the She paused and listened, for the footsteps its young t" replied Ogabtee. "And," he did not speak, for he knew not what to say or hand of an assassin-for a body, clad in his had ceased, and all was for a moment still. added, "lhe is fit to rule the Mohawks now, ask. Then a voice, low and gentle, like one which and lead them on to battle, jrnents, but unrecognizably mutilated, had And to-morrow, "Does Thayendanegea remember-the land of en found and buried as Ogahtee, with all she had heard in tones of love, longz years be. when Aroghya-deeka goes down to darkness, the Minmis ?" asked Dyagetto. black se honors of his tribe, in their ancient burial fore-and who can e'er forget that voice of as his own heart, Thayendanegea shall "lie has not forgotten the dogs that stand live to- und. But as we have seen, it was not he, lore ?-eame softly uponlher ear, from the before them as their chief. But to him ward the setting sun 1" repliedl Thayendane- we now must but one who, belonging to another tribe, and front of the lodge. go, for he must know his father. gea. The time has come." having disappeared suddenly, was supposed "Can Dyagetto make her heart brave, so / "And does he remember that there his to have been the assassin who had done the that she catn look upon the Spirit of the Night, Bearing with her an embroidered belt and mother promised that the time huntin-shirt, 'should come base deed, while, by the merciless cruelty of and feel no fear?" which she had made for him, when he should know who his brave father Aroghyadecka, Ogahtee was buried in the For a moment the woman trembled and Dyagetto hastened with her husband to meet was?" aer son. All was yet deep recesses of a cave, wherefrom no egress paused, for brave, indeed, were she, who night without; but there " Thayendanegea remembers that we came could be bad, save by help from without, could be calm in such circumstances. Then was no darkness within the hearts of those to seek his grave !" site re. who went forth in there to hear the taunts of his fiendish gathering back her brave thoughts, it-all was light there. "That grave had not been filled I Behold fed him that he might live Not many minutes had the old lodge been enemy, who only plied;, Ogabtee, the true chief of the Mohawks, and and suffer. " Dyagetto will pray to the Great Spirik empty, before the stealthy steps of two persons yoeir fi/ther !" cried the proud mother Thesecond reason why Dyagetto dwelt there and then her heart will know no fear." approached, and soon the forms of two of our cliaracters "ANy mind is dark-make it more light," alone was, that the lodge where first she had And for a moment her heart looked up to made their appearance at the door, said Thayendanegea, still with distrust, which in love's forgetfulness dwelt as a happy bride, was near Ogahtee's God, and asked for strength ; and who will say had been left And then to him the tale of worider was that He would be deaf to such a "heathen s" open, grave, or the grave where she thought he as well as the light burning by Ogahtee told, so strange and yet so true, and be learn- and his wife, when they y, and to it she could make her daily pit- prayer? went out. ed for the first time who and what lie was, and she said calmly, and without fear First the hateful face grinages, an'd upor out a sorrow which, Then of Aroghyadecka, none why he: had been so much inclined to ever. " the more improved by the with her, could know no end-a sorrow for The heart of Dyagetto is clean, her eves fiery ordeal through ence the white-hAired man, whom now he the loss of her first and only love. are open, and she is not afraid to gaze upon which ion Yost had so lately passed him, knew as father. and embraced with peered the flial Is there a heroism of love? Ah! more the Spirit of the.Night !" in through the open'door, and then love of a son. Hard were it to describe the if it comes in the shape of the lost over his slulder looked 0 aree than angels' visits now, is it ! These " Even the scarred visige of feelings of those so long separated, but now his son Ipisico, of whom Cristian women, or many of them, who laugh Ogahtee?" continued a voice. we have lost sight for united, to part only when death should send or shudder at the terrible fidelity-for it should "More glad were Dyagetto to see the shape a long time, but who had in some way regain- his messenger unto them. thatn to look upon tall ed his father's favor, know no other name-which causes the Hin- of her lost Ogahtee perebance for his very It is only just to say, that Hon Yost danced the happy hunting-ground !" ugliness and natural o. widow voluntarily to mingle her ashes the glories of deviltry. a Dutch hornpipe for very glee, broke his with those of her dead husband, upon his Softly the door opened, and the white. "She is not there ; she has heard our steps, "smoke-pipe," aid kicked over and fled and shattered funeral pyre, rather than survive him-will haired Indian-the fdlher of her children, the like the frightened doe from its nest, his beloved "prandy pottle." in when it hears honor of the themselves weep over the tomb of a husband husband of her louth-stood before heer. his the hunter conic " said the old occasion, and never grumbled at his'loss. too Indian. for a few days, and then, forgetting all past tall frame quivering with a life-emotion Bt while this was going on as a "solo" upon love and sacred vows, seek and win and take powerful for other utterance. "If we hide, she will come back to her :, his part, or rather as a "voluntary," Ogahitee another to their widowed breasts-east off Oh, how piercing are the eyes of true love 1 nest," said the son. and his spn were arranging their plan for pre- . ., see ! Love is "We cannot their mourning weeds of mockery, and be No bandaged Cupid let me wait. We -must be ready for senting themselves -before the Council 'of the council, to-morrow the smiling brides again. Is not this true? not blind ! Though sorrow and suffering ; for soon our warriors Mohawks, which they knew hail beenordered And how few do we see in this heartless, had bleached the hair she last had looked must tread the war-path'!" replied Aroghva- to assemble _ on that the decka and day. ;. modern world. which I so much despise, who upon when jetty was its hue-though he turned away, followed by Ipisieo What k those plans were, another chapter and will, like Dyagetto, love and mourn their once smooth ." , brow was now furrowed by many their result must show. ,, woe, and though the i". d through a long, dark life-time-how a deep line of care and

.# w.Z few? manly forr, was wasted by long suffering, -. "'~ her eye, like her heart, could not be deceived, r ain I asy that the heroism of love, in . kart. which despise the heathen, is more and she bounded with a wild cry to his arms, CHAPTER XXX. #t " Narce than honesty in Wall street, or patriot- even as a lost child would l-ap to meet t "Well, we are here. Where is he who ,+ . sent CHAPTER XXXl 4 motlhr, and cried for me ?" said Thayendanegea, ism in a politician-two things utterly un- impatiently, Perhaps no scene in the world would ro. °. known, ana out of data. "it is Ogabtee's self! blest Spini of the jat at.the day's dawn, as he stood with lion mind one of the potent gravity of . ! ost those great i . ii before But back, wild, wandering mind, back from Night I" the lodge in the ravine, where sages s 'and traters, who once gave laws to, i Ogahtee had dwelt so long. Greece and Rome, when they Were powerful

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as republics, and first among the known na- my face. and fight for hin 1'om you ;t is Ogah , who had sat down, rose to his feet males, of the household waited to know the tions in art and civiliation--of the wisdom of to say-wilt you go where Aroglhvidieka again and said m wining of this visitation., those old senators who listened to a Demos- leads ?" '"My ears were open to my brother's words ! Why were you, of all the rest, away from -nben, and a Cicero, in grave silence, and A murmur of approval followed ; then all But I mi old and my limbs are stiff, though t re funeral of my father, to whom you surely dosght of what they heard, than the sight of was still, and Thayendnegea, the most popu- owed sonic duty ind respect ?" said Sir John, an Indian council my heart is warm and strong for my people. in full assemblage, upon an lar of all the younger braves, arose and said is amy only son. Yiou know wit i stern sadness, to Tiharveridanegea. " - irnplortaRntoccasion. Thayendamriegea Brothers and fathers ! I have not lived that he is brave. Let hiimlead the Mohawks . I owed a duty and respect to my ow i I have een present at more than- one, and so manry winters as inay of you, but I know done " father. Ogahteethe Chief of the Mkewks !" as I saw them seated to the field. I have around their coneil fire, that your ears will be open to my words, and A single word, and that of approval from Stil TIayendaniegea, proudly. as he pmuiited to the oldest w rriors and the chiefs within, and I will speak. Brothers ! I am glad that the all the council, except. Ipisico and his doomed his nohte-looking father. " An a datij I have the younger braves without the circle, first in hatchet is to be dug np and that we are again father, told how well the proposition was re- done to you and yotfr fathers meniory, for I solemn silence passing around the pipe which to walk View ar-path, for I am tired of doing ceived. Thnvendanegea was their leader bring his murderer here for au to deal with!" als mst. whiff, and then in a quiet, still as the 'notlhing.n My heart is hungry for action. Anot her warrior now arose and demanded lls murderer--my fatherasnnrdered!"cried _k tomb, listing to each warrior who rose in But I ni;.st tell you a story brought to me by that the "snake" should be sentenced to his Sir John. as he hookernt Arighvadeccka, who turn to speak, I have contrasted the scene a bird. It is about a brave chief who loved doom. But Ogahtee rose and said: hiad been brought forward at a ,sign from\ with the noisy deserved debates, the lack of dignity, his people and was beloved by thema-for he Brothers, it is not for us to defile our Thavendrnergea Lid respect each for the other exhibited by was first upon the war-path, and his wigwam hands with his blood, lie has murdered a "Yes, I'kiiled him ;re would haverobbed ,our: senators and representatives, was ever whiel "I open to the hungry and the naked. him meet his trial and his doom me ofimy rights-I have lost nll now ; kill re have witnessed m our national pale-face, let councils at But there was a snake in his tribe. And he at their hands. Send him to the great castle, if yon are not a coward !" cried Aroghva-s Washington, and felt, that the savages were wound himself around the neck of the brave aid there let him te given up to those whom decka, who hoped, by exciting an instat re- by tar the most respectable in their demeanor chief, and dragged himt away to a cave, and ie last wrnged. . For myself I forgive hin-- venge, yet to escape the doom he most dread- The Mohawks were in eonnci their fire hid him, and his people mourned for him as I cannot trend upon a fallen foe !" ed !"' i lighted in the huge wigwam devoted to that dead I And the snake, who worked in the Ai-olvadecka moaned in agony when he Madness-he was not slain, no mark of purpose ; the sentinels posted like tylers with- dark, and was more cunning than the fox, heard these words, for he would rather have- violence was upon him!t" eried Sir John. out, to keep back any curious listener or came out among the people, and made him- had every hatchet there used in chopping him "Indian poison leaves no mark !" said the eavesdropper who might approach the sacred self great. limb from limb than meet the fate which nhe old Mohawk, With a sardonic smile. building ;for no Christian holds his church "Brother, I am ready to tread with you the him wien bis Who else can prove this, for sure!y the more sacred--nay, knew would he in store for apparently not half soinuch war-path, but first behold the snake, and look treachc(ry was knowth at Johnson iall. masn must he insane to thus counuit himself so-ina the red men do their council house;. upon mry father, Ogahtee, your rightful and A guard of young braves instantly aroseI to a deed for which he shall hang so sure as it The pipe of friendship had passed from lip long-lost chief!" and bore the wretched criminal away, while is truet" to lip, aol all was still but the slight crack- And as the young brave uttered these his shamed son slunk away from the'council. "Me--ion Yost--knows dat he did it, Sir lhng of the tire that formed the centre of the words, he pointed with1 one hand at'Aroghya' Then, with all formuality, the pipe was once Yohrn Yohuson," cried our old Dutch friend, circle. decka, and with the other at his father, who, more passed around and the council-fire put pushing through the crowd which had gath, Aroghyadeeka arose, his crimes as yet all at that moment, walked into the council-house, out. ered near. "i shmelt der erounrd-hemilrek in unknown to his tribe, and while he held a clad in the most regal of savage garbs. The council was over, and could not again der silver bowl vot your fader drink his black belt in his hand, he spoke In an instant Aroghyaleeka sprung to his be called but by order of the chief. Then, prandy mint-den I go und meet der 1i jun on SBrothers: it is already known to you. that feet with a look of defiance on his face, but for the first time, glad shouts rent the air-- dier trail and share him nut it, un, tint in the great ehief of the pale-faces--our father, when his eye met that of Ogabtee, he sunk gins were fired amnd a feast was quickly pre- hinmnel, der olt Toyvel-bug tried to inake fir William J4hnson-has gone up to the land down to the ground again, and, while he utter- lamed to show how gladly the Mohawks wei- avay mit rme! Dat's .der truth, so help rue- of spirits. Ilis children are crying. And we ed amlow groan, he drew hris blanket over liii comed Ogalitee bacJ--how they could best mine Cot !" weep with them Their hearts are under a head,* for he knew that he was in !-tIe In. do hini iono'. Put the red villain in the gua3rd-house eloud--its shadow also rests upon us. But an- dians had recognised their chief. under a strong guard-shoot -inif he tries other chief will fill his plnce as our friend, from And then and there was seen that stoie and to escape. A short shrift arid a stout rope the Great Father, King George, beyond the sage-like gravity, of which I spoke at thie shall be hisdoom after a propereXiii ninition !" big salt waters !" opening of this chapter. The whole circle CIIAPTER XXXII. cried Sir John, now reddlenrirng with exeite- Is e paused a moment, and taking a red knew their chief, but remained silent for him Slowly and saly the funeral cortege which ment, for Ire began to feel iat, indeed, ied his .belt from his nearest attendant, Ipisico, con- to tell his story, and make the explanation, huried all that was mortal of Sir Wil- father perished by meniis= most base andaun- tinned : lad which they knew he would give. liam Johnsoni was returning to the hall. And natural. "Yet while our hearts are sorrowful for the He advanced within the circle, and in quiet at the same time, more rapidly, a large body Then he bade- Thayendaneger arid iris friend. loss of our great friend, I have news to tell dignity told all, even to the poisoning of Sir of gailti-dressed Indians were approachinrg to alight and enter the house, that ie iu girt that will make you glid. Before he passed Williamir Johnson, by the traitor, who cowered from the direction of the Mohawk village. hear the history which they hal to reveal. away, lie bade me cal ltlsis council, and to tell in their midst.- Proudly, upon his coal-black steed, yet as you that lie wished you to sharpen your When he was done, an aged warrior arose fiery as when he first bestrode it, yet as all- It was near the sunset of arnthrir day, and knives and hatchets, and to be ready to tread and said obedient, rode Tlhayendannegea at their head, in the grove back of Johnson 11,1 ia f ur dif- the war-path. The men of Boston have "Brother, Father, and Chief! ewe welcome and hv his side, on either hand, rode Ogahtee ferent seene was about to be eaumeled tin aes Sbrkse. faith with their Great Father, and you as one who has come back from the api- and his noble mother, Dvagetto. And back yet been my lt, in this work,'to desm-ihe. many more pale-faces through the land mean nit-land to 'is ! Our hearts, which long bled in the centre, close boumid amid guarded, was A rude gallows had been 'erected, so far to do the same. Our Great Father has dug for your loss, are made whole again I We Aroghryadecka, nolv so far back into the In- back that the sight could not be seenm by those up the hatchet to punish them. He calls upon will make a feast, and our people will all re- dian nood that slowed neither fear or contri- whose sex should ever keep therm hackin ior- his red children, the Mohawks, to help him do joice. Aid w en the hatchet is dug up, none tion, but glared hatred and defiance upon -all ror fromn a scene of violent death, thoruugh tids work. lie will give us many guns, much but Ogahtee shluil lead the Mohawks on the blessed angels oft are they when, they stand powder and land, around hun- and fire-water, and feed our war-path! I have spoken !" The Indians moved more slowly as the sad by the bedside of'the surfferer, to soothel him wives nud children, while we are far away of dissolution, and, with * 'when an Indian's crime, meriting death, _is dig' array of mourners met their view, arnd it was or her in the agonies a- his war-path. I told our friend and not until mll Of the females had passed into sympathetic teeariad gentle han, to close the father that covered by ris brethren, ie is never or scarcely ev for myse I was a friend to Iiug known to try to escape, but covering hia heat In dn the l.all, that Thayendanegen rode .up to the eye just ghzed by the frost of dcatlr. ' , George. I wo gup the hathet, paint pair from view, suienl awaits his trial a1 bladoe porch where Sir John Johnson and others, Around this gaflowa was formed a detaoh. . 68 TITAYENDANEGEA, TUE'SCOURGE; OR, TILE WAR-EAGLE OF TilE MOHAWKS. ment of the armed Highlanders under Me- to be given, the prisone, whose hands haa Donald, in which the late baronet had taken apparent'v been securely I on nd, raised both ardly,,treacherous, malicious, and false-with avoided ; and, now, back to our story, and let such delight, and their stern visages and re- hands, whie. iii some way he had slipped enough of filial love to seek his degraded pa- incidents work their way once more. vengeful eves boded no good will to the con- from the cords which bound them, and, with rent's corpse, perchanee to give it burial, nor demned prisoner, who stood upon its platform the gickness of thought, slipped the noose leave it to the dogs or wolves, as better men Come with me to ~the lovely "alley of the above their bayonets, ready to meet the fate from his neck, while Hon Yost stood aghast, would do-at least, to shed the tear of hor- Unadilla. It is night, and, in a forest dense to which he had been sentenced by stern and and, with a wild yell of triumph, cast himself row there. and lofty, behold a hundred gleaming fires, relentless judges. upon the tripple hedge of lifted bayonets He finds all that is left of Aroghydtdecka, and around them grouped five hundretl Around, also, as close as they could get, below, meeting an almost instant death, and hose j'itts forgetting, we can half afford to bBronzed anid well-a'rmed Indian warriors. were the ninnytenants and retainers of the at last escaping the doom which lie niost pity, and easts himself upon it, with a low, Who is this, tall and nobly formed, yet estate, prominent amongst whom were our dreaded ! wild moan, which speaks like the voice of a silent and stern, that stands iv a line fire, friends Daly-not the Patrick-but the doctor, "Dnder! Mine Cot, vot a yump !" cried breaking heart. all solitary and apart from the rest? It is the secretary Lafferty, Mr. O'Whackem, etc. But lon Yost, as he bent over the scafloldI, and But, hark ! Quick, loud, and fearfuh another great War-Eagle--it is Thav'endnnegra--and not a single Indian was in view .It was a looked upon the quivering body which the voice is heard. It is the voice of the storm these are not a tithe of the 'ed warriors who sight which thfel more than all men on earth blood-hespotted soldiers were trying to disen- which has been gathering in black silence look to him as their master-sidrit and their dread to see. gage fLoin their bayonets. overhead. The bursting thunder shakes the leader. Why stands he there so proud andnal Upon the earth scaffold beside Arozhyadecka 'The crowd uttered a groan of disappoint- ! The red lightning leaps along the alone?. He feels hims.If a very Stood lion Yost, king, anid for he had asked the privi- mnent and turned awav; for tler knew that all sky, stoops down to earth, shattering every- though his throne is the heaf-strewed ground, lege of ianing "Old Tuyvelbug," to whom was over with the poisoner of Sir William thing it meets, scattering only when its fiery his canopy the star gemined sky, his sceptre he had always felt an antipathy, but increased Johnson. work is done. the rifle in his hand,Iris truncheon the hatchet by the Indian's late attenipt upon his life. "What d'ye think o' your subject now, doc- Aht! see, a red bolt strikes the gallows tree in his helt, his crown the eagle plumes a'ov The rope was already around the Indian's tor dear ?" asked O'Whaekem, as lie and his -- down it speeds on him who can feel but his lofty brow, few monarchs more potent in ; . ,e neck, and but a touch of the tipping board, friends started homeward. heeds not, on the senseless corpse as well- their realm than he. . which served for a drop, was required to "'T'hat he's like yourself, O'Whackem--a and Ipisico is beyond the reach of hate and Ai! there comes a > "launch pale-face, all as fully him into eternity," as the reporters divilish had subject, and not worth the cut acorn-his freed spirt speeds on wings of ire armed, threading his way along say. among the _" But, by the looks occasionally to look cast tin' up! " replied the doctor. for that of his father in the hunting- warriors and 'their fires to that of Thayen- around, it would seem that Same one was "I'll he a subject if you'll stand trate, doe- grounds abbe ! daneea. * " waited for before the execution could be con- tor !" said Lafferty. "Well, lion Yost, what news ?" asks the a b eluded. "I'm your man for that, my boy ; but what ehief, haughtily. Many were the remarks made by the by- kind of a subject will you be !" CIIAPTER XXXIII. "Vel, Mister Var-Eagle, de news is yust +r standers, but not one which exlitoited any "Faith, a dry one, ould saw-bones !" Once more, reader, leap with me over a dis," said our old Duteh friend: " Yeneral 4ear feeling for the criminal, who stood like a Thus joking, as the sons of Erin ever are, lapse of time, which, though full of thrilling Ierkimer has come to Unradilla all de var fur e bronze statue of defiant hate-a scowl upon whether it be at a funeral or elsewhere, our incidents, all closely linked to see yos. his with the struggle Dat I finds out vile I plays de brow, a flashing pair of eyes, lips close friends " professional" passed on. and all was cf out' bravo forefathers fool in his camp." drawn, for freedom, still may and a form more firm than the stout still and quiet, where the mangled body of not be embh'raced within the narrow limits of "lie shall see me, if he be not blind. IIow post by his side. Aroghryadeeka lay, for no one had touched it a novelette, as this only professes to be. many men has he ?" Faith, it's a stiff dance he'll make when after the bayonets were withdrawn. This much I will say: Guy Johnson, after "Ymlst apout four hundreds, I dinks." he threads upon nothin'!" said Lafferty to becoming the king's superintendent of Indian "Were they four thousand, irnstea of fmnr O'Whackem. "There's never a quiver to lip, affairs, through a manoeuvre characteristic of hundred, still he should see mne. Thaenlan- leg, or eye-lash !" It was an hour later, and gloom seemed to .Iimsclf-and'you already know him-married egea turns his backupon no man-least of fill, "It's because we haven't any music for hang heavy in the sky, for dark arid lowering Leoniore public, though she long had been a foe!" him, poor dog, If we had, he might give us clouds were there. And all was still in tie his wife; and Onalova became the bride of "Und I dinks he means to send a commit- $ semi-gainer at any rate !" grove, for no wind stirred the braneles of the Sir John Johnson, against the will of Ogahtee tee, or somedinks of. dat kind, mnit a vite flag OcI, boys, lie's no subject to be joking gloomy pines. It seemed as if the spirits of and Dyagetto, who, proud of their blood, in der morning. I listen by der general's pig at I" said Doctor Daly. tire air felt that the spot where the dead mur- would not that one of their race should link tent, and hear dem talk that way." "Be asy now, doctor clear, an' jist think derer lay was accursed, and while they hung withia pale face ; and Sir John, having iro- "No committee of rebels shill what you visit my said at dinner 1" cried the school- tire heavy pail of gloom far, far above, below ken his parole to the American cause, had camp!" said the chief "Yet w"'ill I see him. master. "You were sayin' what a capital they would not come! been long driven front his immense and fair do- ie was onrce my neighbor and my friend'l ! lie subject, he'd make for di section. Oeh, it's But one cones shuddering amid creeping mains, whieh were confiscated to the patriot has joined the wron- side, and, if we meet in yourself will be cutting worse jokes on him through the chill darkness-one who, though cause, and ie, made a general in the British battle, he must pay the cost I" directly, I'm a thinkin'!" a coward. feared not to seek, perchance, his eause, haid raised a large body of Canadians The chief then called a subordinate to his This battle of words was now cut short by last friend upon earth-for the world hold- and tries called tire "Johnson Greens," and, side, tind bade hin place pickets far. in ad. the appearance of those by whom he had back in horror even from the son of a murs with all the confederacy of the Six Nations, vance of his lines, to prevent any intrusion been tried, who, with Sir John Johnson derer-and this was Ipisico, come to weep and except the brave 'and true Oinedias, to aid into his eauImp,.anmd to guard against surprise. among them, approached, according to custom, moan above the mangled corpse of his father, him, with-Thray entdriegea at their head-he, Then, turning to Hon Yost, lie said to see their sentence executed. whose brave leap from life to death he had who'now was known as tine " Scourge of the .' Go back to the camp of the piale-faces, Now all was silence in the crowd ; for they witnessed from a tree-top, not very far away; Pale-Faces, and the War--Ed^e of the Mo- beware of their fire-water,:and gather more felt what all must feel, no matter how vile the but in which he had lain concealed until 'he hawks "-ie, Sir John, wvith Guy Johnson :tiid news. Let me see you in the morning !" criminal, an inward thrill of horror at the felt certain io one was near tire body the ever-iifamols Butlers, Wakter and John, "I vil go, Mister Var-Eagte, but yu'st blease approach of the very moment when a human Oh, tell Inc not there is'a heart so bad in was sweeping our the flair Vrlley of the Mo- let me have a dollar of two, to make mine being is to be coolly cast from life into the all this wide, wide world, in which there is hawk, down upon tie Delaware, the Susque- fun with." jaws of death, before theii- very eyes. Men, not one good drop of blood. Inlrunman, as hanna, the Unadilla, and the Schroharie, to The chief drew the money from his pouch who glory in the sanguinary excitement of ignorant, is the humanity which would utter the error atnd lestruetion of all that caea in aid east it haughtily upon the ground, at tha the battle-field, will shudder at such a mo- it. the way, of life and property. fees of the spy, saying: mnent. Here, in tire gloom of night, we see one of So mueh for a bird's-eye glance at some of "Take it-go-but beware ot 1 the fire. At this distance, when the signal was about the worst of our characters-one who is cow- our characters, which could not ,well be water! You know me !'t

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Then she adied, more around hin, and cast, himself upon the offer him, and said Upon this height, some time after Thayen- calmly : " When I look upon him, if he is F round, to sleep as securely as an enueror danegea had met the fearless IIerkimer at what I have seen in my dreams, I shall love "Why have you come here so near to my Ulnadilla, in his palace. camp '- stood two women. One, whose him, and if I love him, he must love me, and 1 hairs beginning 'Upon a friendly visit!" was the general's to speck with threads of gray, I 'viii win him or I will die !" reply; " we are. old neighbors proves that age is coming fast upon her, or "Surely now I see something far up the and friends, that care is dongt CHAPTER XXXIV. and must not war together !" the work of time, is our old river !" said Dyagetto. - - It was friend Dyagetto, the mother of the morniiniand the sun rose upon a "Have all those pale-faces come upon a Eagle of " Yes !" said Iona; "it is the flash of a lovely sceine. Out be Mohawks. beyond a forest, dense and friendly visit, too ?" asked the chief. " All Still stern and commanding, paddle, dipping up water in the sun-rays!" till beautiful, still every dark,~that wherein lay Thavendniegea and want to see us poor Indians? It is vcry inch a forest queen, After a short pause, she said : shan, was a iPis lovely plain, and it was d0 t- kind I" but yet looking far more sadly than when we "It is a Canoe, and there are t-wo in'it; and ted with the white tents of the little but well- An'd the curl of his proud lip, and saw her last-for then she was all radiant one is a warrior, tie other is a worhan. IIe the flash with joy in the recovery appointed army of the brave IIerkiner. There of his dark eve, told of a long-lost hus- said he would come alone !" the what ie felt and meant - band-min music of muteving men, turning out for while, as he -spoke, he pointed the triumph of her noble boy. And already, though she sail she loved not, guard-miounting, to the distant But yho is this could be heard, and bright tents, and the men gathered there in crowds by her side? An Indian the maiden's eyes flashed, and a fierce look arms gittered in the rays of the just-risen sun. to look at the interview. maideni; yet for such, how peerlessly beauti- told that she fancied a rival ere she had found And white pillars ful ! Tall, of exquisite form, so of smoke rose from their " I would like to visit yosin your camp well revealed a love. In some hearts jealousyy is natural, many eamnp-tires and vanished !" as away in the said the general, wishing still to preserve a by her forestngarb,'with eyes large, black intuitive, and in such hearts to love is to ho blue ether starless night, yet above. friendly bearing with the haughty ehiet- so piercing that they seem forever miserable I But at times to look you from that forest of dark green, ro My camp is too through, and then Swiftly down the rapid stream, more swift- smoke small for so big a chief cloud rose to tell where the army of as you. You are near enough !" was the again to melt into your very soul with their ly as they drew nearer to the falls, canoe the the forest king was encamped, or what his reply. liquid light-features which can express- the canoe, and both the wovnen watceld its mo numbers were. lie was too wary for haughty pride of a chrainless will, or yet the that. --"Why do yrur people make war uion our tions without a word, for though Dvrgetto's It was enough for him le tender thoughts of a heart which to assure his pa - people it the Valley of the Mohawk !" now can love in face expressed surprise, not uminnxed with faced opponent of the presence of Indians asked the old general, corning at once to the spite of the pride which bids it own no rns- anger when the keen eyes of lona saw, andn there, lv sending out ter. small pickets of red- object of his visit. . . . her lips announced, that there was a woman skiued . 'varrwirs, who, in their bright blan- "Because you war upon King George, who The picture is drawn; but who-wro is she in the canoe with the warrior, sine spoke not kets ntideagle that tams plumes, strode to and fro in is our friend. his belts we wear-we are his breaks, in majestic beauty, in upon the thoughts which gathered in her brain. front of the edge of the forest, often vanishing men !" was the calm reply. the ivil i panorama of our story ? Let the se- The canoe, coming down the centre of the e back into its shadows, then coming out again "But you are wrong. Our forces are strong, quel tell. stream to take advantage.of the eur-knnt, shot A little later, and. with a bugle sounding at like the trees of the forest ; in number, They stand upon tie very verge of tie along almost to tie falls; then ''havendanegea, their he-n 1 nl a white like cliff which overtops flag borne by one of the leaves upon the trees We can the stream below, look- with a powerful arm, turned its irwv'toward the numler, a land sweep of gaily-dressed officers away all our foes, as the fire burns ing with strung eyes up the river, as if from the shiore, and in a tnornent more was there. gallop the dry from the Continental camp upon their grass in the fall!" thence a visit was expected. '-A'pale-faced wonhan, lerhiaps a prisoner!" dashngru. chargers toward the forest. And Thayendanegea laughed scornfully, and ut,- . Baek from them, in a lovely grove of cedar, muttered Dyagetto. then, advanring to meet them, a single wigwam, and the on foot, but tered a shrill yell. In a moment, more is small fire before If Thay endanegea is so gentle to a slowly, and with haughty than pri- steps, a band of the five hundred painted and nrmed warriors it shows that it is their camp. And but a soner, vhat woald- he be to a wife ?' said red men coei forth from their overt of green. little way to burst from the forest with deafening whoops, the left is a iound of newly- Ionn, as' she saw him carefully lift the lale- - They bear an answering flag of truce. discharged their guns ; then, at a wave of heaped-up ground. Can it-be that, " dust re- faced maiden Un the 'ockv bank. The sar- The parties meet turned to dus' is and halt. 'rhayenidnanegea's hand, fell back in silence out reposing there, and'that easm in tire tone of"Iona was rot lost on Dy- " What do the pale-faces want?" asked the of view. death has laid another of -his countless vie- agetto, who replied leader of the body of red men. 'Coant these an hundred times, and yet more tims there ?. "Thayendanegea brings no pale-faced wife " wish I to see Thayeradanegea I" said warriors cn I bring into the field !" cried "Your eyes, so 'young and bright; loan, to my wigwam. One of nrv chnildrInns ' General Ierkimer himself. ''hayendanegea, haughtily. "Go back, and niust surely see a speck far up ite iver !" been linked with a pale-ace; the other 'never "Wait till lie comes," was the reply given tell those so who sent you here ! You are said .ya etto to the maiden a~lier side. shall 1" by that subordinate chief, in fbr such he only my power; but we have been neighbors and "IHis runner srid thatirewould be here when Carefully up the roecky'height the War- was, in a tone as haughty as if ie were talk- friends, and I will do you no harm !" the sun was s+ high that i4 ease n) shadow Eagle helped the maiden whom- he brought, ing only to a slave. And then he uttered a veil from upright _tree, now Tfie chief said, nor would ie hear any and Thtayendanegea clinging to a bush4 then passing at a imore loud and shrill than any clarion blast more, but strode back as Ie came, full as never spoke false words ' - -bound soie deep rnavine, cut in the hill-side that ever rairt the air. " I see nothtingt; but-aidtek upon the river's. proudly as a king with millions.at his back. by a -rain-torrent, lifting her with a single An answeringc rywas heard from the leafy And the pale-faces dared not follow him, breast !'' saidthe nniden. ." Anti it is not yet aitm, while he held histrusts rifle in the other shrales bond, anm soon,.more plainly cladI, for the advantages upon his side were far too his time; tr, see, our shadows fill yet toward :hand. And soon he reached the hill-crest, '? lir hbittr armed than any warrior of that great for threm to risk a battle. the west !".. land stood before his mother, wio, in the little lanir , a tingle Indian came forth from "I'.ona does not love, else she would not be she was wanr and tie for t, atl pale-faced girA,- though strode with a stately s'ep to- so patient. Time is stnail, it only ertawls!", wasted, as if by ea'e or prinatintr, she at once ward tinr. his eagle eye, his tall form, his - low can I lvoa him, whom my eyes, reeignised hKathleerr Johdnsont. ; roid step.hut too plainly told that it was CHAPTER XXXV. have not looked .upon ?" said the makfen, Cold 'was hnr look, nd'ieutder still her thmavrndaeneg&ea who came. As ie advanced, A lofty luill, rock-ribbed but tree-crowned, cahnly. 'words,when sihe bade her Son welconte, ani Iis warriors drew up in a half circle, antd,upon is that which overlooks from its southern his nsante-his fame-le is chief of all she looked with a fierce nl bitter eye upon the ro;lter side, the whites did the sate, bay. hank the Mohawk at its Little Falls , And the Nations of the Norah -lie is my Son !" poor dinag'hirrmunrted from their Katleen, as she led the way to'tine wig- horses. from this lofty height the eye cart stretch far aid 1)ya. ett, imipetuonsly. wa". -lie Irmay rutiu anll tine warrior; of the North, "lie isimy

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Stealing on in silence, * " Eagle, as he stood before the wigwam, and The woman departed, taking the path $ Why s1hu1 1I not? He is good, he is one by once, the red men come, those who saw him not wmtiti. which Imoa had chosen. She soon returned brave, atnd I owe him a life!" continued Kath- .know no leadership hut him with the eagle "There !" and Dyagetto pointed to the new- with the Indian mtiden, whose eyes indicated plume, the tall, stern chief who points to every made nouind. ,, leen, artlessly. by their looks that she, proud as she was, had And does the War-Eade love the lily of man his station, but utters not a word-the "It is well! lie has made a long journey, beei weeping. the pale-faces in return ?"continued the ai-tful dreaded War-Eagle of the-Mtehawks. and is at rest !" said the son,,eahnmly. as he "This is lONA, the daughter of a chief of 0nowpreserving a calitniess lie has come from the siege of Fort Schuy- at the grave cross-questioier, looked of his father. 'T'hen, the Sonceas, who fell in battle by the side of almost unnatural to one of her passionate Icr, to intercept his old friend and, peighbor,. turning to his mother, lie said: " We are huni- the brave IIendrick !" said Dvagetto, as she nature. the gallant lHerkimner, who,with the brave boys, gry-get us food relief of l " - proudly led her protegee forward. " And," "Alas! no-he has no love but for war !" of Tryon county, is hastening to the " Why is thit pale-face here fort,who is environ- ?" asked Dya- she added, " 1 have taken ieres my da-ughter, sighed poor Kathleen. Colonel Gansevoort, in the getto, without heeimg his demand. John Johnson, tor I have lost Onalova, who choe a pale. '- sister leave the wig- ed by the tory "Greens" of Sir becausee Why, then, did my 1, Thayendanegea, chose to bring fac-, and took herself out from her mother's wain of her friends to seek the War-Eagle ?" the mercenaries of Barry St. Leger and hosts her! 1 siamnot used to answer questions, but heart could not lice away from him !" said of the savage allies of merciful King George'l to ask them !' f'I he replied, haughtily ; then, he And Dfyagetto, as she uttered these words, while a tear stole down her pale Behind each raggedtree-runki they stand ; added : "You are amy Kathleen, mother-I will say no so full of meaning. looked at Thnayendanegea, cheek. - I cane weary miles to seek hin, they crouch beneath every bush; they lay be- more !" without a to see the effect of them. and now he leaves me again tQ go to, the bat. hind every rock; yet all is done "Is she your wife be those who are ?" asked Dragetto. But his eyes were fixed upon Ione, who tie-field !-'. word, all still as 'oon will "No-here is my wife !" thundered the stood with eyes downcast before him. my sister will stay here with us about to sleep mindeath. The war-Engle War-Eagle, " Then touching his rifle. "Will you get "She is too big for a woman---she should he returns " - moves from man to man, sees that all is right, i food, until or shall I seek it elsewhere?" have been a warrior, like her father!" said "Yes-he so wills it! I prayed him to let then takes his place from whence the warning "1 will get it!" said Dyagetto, now in a Thayendanegea. live near him in, the camp,'but he would cry roust come - momment me as e:ilhn in comparison as she before "It I aim a woman, I have a Warrior's not let inc. I am to stay here !" sighed Kath- The ambuscade is formed ! had beemmangry,. heart in my bosom !" said loon, and nmow her 'Thavenlanegea leen, said no more to her, but, raised eves flashed back a 'light as proud as "Mv heart is glad toheat' your words. And now we change the scene. Behold pointig to a couch of skins, said to pot that of his own. You shall be taken good care of !" said Iona. with me, one thousand men,, not trained sol- Katihleme, vhio, hale and tearful, had stood "Good ! You shall be my sister, like this Hlad Katliten's eyes been keenly looking in .diery, used to the arts of war. but who have terrified, before the wigwam: poor lily of the pale-faces. whom 1 found far those of lon, then, she would have shuddered snatched their guns front the corners of .their "You are ired-go rest!" from the wigwams of her friends, and have Thiena, at their expression. But she was looking to- homes, left the, sickle in the field, and the without so much as casting a glance taken to be my sister !" said Thayendateega, ward the spot w hereThayendanegea was tailk- shaf unbound, to rush the aid of the be- at lona, wine, to still as a statue, haIlleenlwatch- and be took Kathleen by the had and led her ing with his mother, and only replied: league and 'distressed countrymen. officered iug this scene, lie seated himself upoi forward. " the Be sisters," he added, "aand I I will he of no trouble to you, and will y men of their own choosing, mostly young, gromnid, ani, with his rifle across his lap, will see that neither of you go hungry or as ther are brave. waited for try to make you and his mother love me very rash, and impetuons, the coming repast. meet with harm !" much !" But a gray-haired veteran sits upon his The Iaihun girl still stood and looked upon loon drew up haughtily, and would have The return of Thayendanegeanwith his mo- horse in the centre of a group of officers at him, as it her eyes were riveted there by somei refused the ready hand ot' at hleen, had shine magic eril. ther put ant end to this conversation. the head of-this gallant but undisciplined lit9 ler hosomi rose and fell, but not caught the warning look of the crafty Taking up his rifle. the chief said : tie force. It is Herkitner, brave as a lion, but her breath seemsied almost to sleep below her Dyagetto, which told her not to do so, anl " I utist Snow goe baek to my men for a cool and prudent, wiahing to lead his men to lips ; at last. however, a heavy sigh came she took it, and said: battle is at hand. No one will harm you here, a glorious victory, but not villhirg to risk an frum hesr bsonm-slhe turned away, and, with "What the great War-Etagle of the Mo- arnd you will not be hungry, vuo noiseless for have inilosious deteat. steps, passed out of sight, atuonig the hawks speaks must he good. I will lie hcs my hunters aire near. The signal rlie officers around are nrgin 1him to move shadow eedar. stores, and - sister, and, for hisoake, will try to love the of my mother will call help when it is on ; but he, cooj and warv, wished to wait The tod-savory fish from the stream be- lily of the iale aces !" needed." for re:nforcemsents low, meat which were gatherin g for niod bread from pounded corn- " I sun far froni all other sisters, and will Without another word of farewell. he moved lie knew that a large disciplined force-was in was soon reay, r and placed before Kathleen love you veryda'rly !" said Kathklen, as she away anid ileiended amd 'lIahayeniohimegea, the hill. Ttars rolled his front ; besides, ehivkno siot how many of amid Dyagetto watched took the hand'of Jona ; but she almost shud- dows the e-ks of Kathleen, as she watched the irealed folloveers of Thavendanegen. by theta it sikuece while they ate. dered at its icy coldness. : him spring into his canoe and go up the But rash mnca would not listen to cool counr Dyagetto, who seemed to wish t' avoid a river ; limt bona, who stood really by e ls. formal recognition of Kathlien as a daughter side, only said : " Sir! none but a onward and a tory would iN the Intdimino form,u'ow found sudden occasion "lie is a great brave-he is my dream.! delaywhen our friends are in danger before CHAPTER XXXVI. to busy herself elsewhere. We meet cooi again !" us,"~aid iColonel Cox. Th-yeindanegen, What a difference of ehacacter. What a differ- "Yes ; if you do not give the order for us to r* ; now _ Aftir Thayae-hmeiaamge-n and Kathicen had leaving the two maid- ens together, went to converse with ence in the e xpression of the feelingrs of each : move on, we will go at any rate," said Cole- . fiunished-l. Da.:etto arose from her sitting la,s-- his no yet both felt the same passiosm-that a)8sson, nel Paris. # . ture atlte tlzle{ain. a sheni, for the first tinae,- th -. which, with its opposite, $eeitm-t] to t ice mh alsoice of stn tn The War-Engle is a great Hate, rules the world. "Gentlemeth, you are young, and I forgive a i brave !" said 'W\Vhere' is lon " alw asked, as if she Iona, looking Kathleen keenly in the face. for -your language. I am no coward, but, mark } ^ brave lads 1 i ' nor half of the $ thounghint that Thqyj-endagea knew fer. she mentlt then and there to seaieh the maide CHAPTER XXXVII. me, nor you,* nor 1, t sg end's f _ , hae ! I k unow her not!l" sailthe chief. heat. Another picture. It is a murky morning in *ox waskitedat 1 the fratfrre of the enemy; Paris "Was she not the1ovi laias maiden " Yes," said lIathleen, with a sigh. August. The air is close, and the leaves "y taken prisoner and torturec to death by the enemy ;

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;, f4 THAYENDANEGEA, THE SCOURGE ; OR, TI-II VAI- EAGLE OF TIIF MO}L WI 9. S with us, will ever live even to regret this rear, whsileGeneralJohnson drew his" Greet." men to a tree, and then quietly waits for the. Eagle himself, and thrice, at the rik, of his own, had saved the chieft:in's hie: rashness ! I accede to your wishes, not moy up in order for action. storm to' br-eak, for hie kno:vs nearly how judgm ent-M aRCH ON I" strrsr.r the toe -are, anil the struggle wuittllab He wore his war-paint so tidekly, and a And forward, in such order as a raw militia Reader, hover with me rover a battle-field, fearful. Where are they 'who called im heavy turban so shaded his brow, that of his generaliy asuimes, they moved on, led by the the battle-field of ORISxaNY. c'ovard now ? Some dead-some prisoners ; loIeks we can say'but little, except that hisfaoe brave ohl general, his cheek burning and his Thie air is close, yet clear, though rising but nore, like base Colonel Vischer, the Arnold: seemed boyish ;;but. his eye--it spoke a heart blood boinig, at the base and false imputation clouds in the far east betokened a'storm to be of the day, tied to lift the bitve .win or lose' wilder, fiercer than that in the tameless eagle. - of his cowardice. near. We look down, and all is still i-n the the victory. or the merciless tiger of the n>rth. forest ; but we hear the clatter of horses' feet, The storm of heaven breaks ; but thiestormH Are yoi a-Moh-wk?'continued the gross the tramp of armed men, the hurried word of of mortal strife is renewed, and now it'-is tar chief. "I wish I the great War-Rtado - Again we ciaige'the scene. We look along command. Ah, see, they come, under the more deadly. Closing up hand to hand, man are,'that s_ neets nun. Bayonote are crossed-swords. could call me brother; that I . that narrow road by which General ierki- flag of the United Coloies-old men, nil could fi;ht for- mer intends to pass. We only see a drunk- ehishi against swords:-the tomrahnk and' ever by his side, sleep only at his fire mint _-3 middle aged, apd young-some in uniform, en (?) )utchman staggering along, who sings and some in none, but a soldier, every one knife are at work ! only for him, and be his guard at all time,:by as he goes, in a tone loud enough to be heard ,8ee yon tall Indian in the foremost of 'the, night and by' day-; but I am a Seneca by = ready to battle, and, if need be, to die for their ; no plumes are on his bloody brow.- birth !" said yottng Indian, modestly, 'but _£ for two or three hundred yards, no more, these country's cause. On, with the veteran Herki- strife 4he words: mer in command-on-on they march. Now they have been stricken off--but by his 4iger' not without enthusiasau. ._ "Mit a shmoke-pipe in minehand, they are in the'ravine, along carelessly over bonolds. his farful blows, his wild, rallyng' " You shall have your, wist! Before ail - . m'nua tattle py mine site. the treacherous swamp and causeway-on, cry, all may know that it 'is T/ayendaneger-!. the nation s I adopt you as my brother I" Aaidf = I cares not iVone te wand iens By his side, even in the thickest of the- tray, Thamyendanegea. L until they are within the crescent of that Should close peh ia me ride. bounds a young Indian, who thrice this day 4And by the Great Spirit, you wll nt _ thick forest---on, until the head of the line is - 'i I dinks I'd give 'em all de slip anost insight of the sp6t where Johnson and has saved his life!- drive ine from your side , ' Because +ley're half asleep his tories are waiting to aid in the work of Oh! how terrible-it is useless to describe " By the Great' Spirit, I will, not !" anid _ Un scattered hre und mare all we see. Old neighbors meet ; 'patriot Thayendanegea, pleased with tie earnest en- Yusi like a ful& of sheep." death.° hark! A yell-loud, long, more fearful than and tory clutch each other by the tairoats, thus.asi of his 'newly-adopted brother. Good. IIon Yost, for an impromptni-didn't that of the hungered leuther on a track. plunge tihe cold-steel into eaeh other's hearts, ."Theni I am contat-ias lifa--in death'--I know you corn make poetry before - but None lint the great War-Eagle of the Mo- and go linked in hate to death. will be as I was to-day !" said the yong nL- dian, and his form sceeied to grow more tall. your work is dori--Thayendnegea has heard hawks could give that signal cry The pa- But, ai ! a sound fror the west-a firing your words, the warning is given, he knows triots halt, would form, but it is all too late. from the fort, Cheer up, brave patriots, help and his eye more-bright, and his breast to ex- the nunmer of the reni behind, and the order .-From behind every tree, and roek, and htish, is coming, perchance ; at least, your present paul withhappiness as he spoke. What in which they conw. Stagger quickly on, comes the leaden messengers ofdeatl. Yell foes have other work to do. wonder? No higher honor could -b good spy, an'd gvt out of harm's way, for as of fiends are heard on every hand. Cox, The famed " Greens" falter, and fall back. given to a warrior iui the 3ix Nations'thaihe death wnuts s -oehere. with all his bravado, is down. Davis, Vaa " Oonah !" is time cry heard now front Indian{ had received--he was to he thenceforth the Wliile bit Yo t passed up that road, an liuyek, and fifty more bite the dust. lips-it is the word of retreat brother and lifergaard of the great head. of observer ever so sharp-eyed might have Where now is the coward Ilerkiner? At Herkirner smiles grimly. He says : the confederacy. looked into tie close greenwood on either the head of his men his voice is heard, cheer. "Boys, the day is ours ; I am ready to . Where is'1hayemdanegea?" asked a shirp, han:id, and le would not have seen a leaf or ing and trying to rally all who falter. le imperative'voioe near them at that moment bush move, or heard a stick erack, or thought marks, a better ground in the forest, charges The day, indeed, was theirs; but, ah, such a "I am here. Waat does 'Walter Buler want for an instant that, like tigers crouching for for and gains it with scarce one-third his men, day ! Weeping and wailing for that day ran of me?' asked the chief,' haughtily, and ens. their pri'ey, lie mlmrered warriors lay within But now, alas! he falls-not . slain, but his flst and loud along the Mo'irawk Valley ! One phasisimg the name which he uttered, as it an hundred feet of him death-wound is given. half the patriot army had left their homes to he, did not like the man, or rater the jpoet One moment forward and then back, to, Place my bac'k against yonde' tree " return no miore ! who asked for him. witness what will chill the heart to think of. cries' the hero. "Now'fight-ight for God ' General St. Leger has ordered moeiion p lon Yost hurried on about a quarter of a ard for Freedom!" secret mission of great imaportauce-I ari to mile, and then was brought to a sudden halt And there, as calm as if the ;fe-blood was take fifteen men and you the same. Hon Yost, by ant officer, sitting on his horse at the head not flowing from his wound, he sits and gives CHAPTER XXXVIII.- whom you know, is to be our guide !" of a large hody ofh men in.green uniforms- his orders. Johnson's horde of tories eame '.ou are young, but a great bravea! I own "Where is the order? I an iny mnci a evidently disciplined awl well armed men. sweeping down with the red nuieni; but IIcr- a lire to you---three, if I had so niny t" said tired!' said Thayendanegea. Thayendarregea, as be stood "Is not; my " Welh, lion Yost, your report, and quick- kiner's voice is heard as loud almost as the before iris wig- word suffieient;?"asked Butler, ly f" cried the officer, with impatience. resounding yell of Thay'endanegea -" Fight, warn at the Indian quarters near Fort Schuy- impatiently. kr, on the night after his retreat from the " (Oue toiusaund iterns.n,mittemnerral lerkimer men-tight for life or death ; ask no quarter "I will take the ford of no pale-face, belhe some nut rile-guns, some nit. fronm the fiends!" fearful fight at Oriskany, in whclh his Mo- friend or foe. Let the _general send his or- at der heat, hawks nunsket-Lrtnirs. iud sonic nit shot-guns, for kill But hark! IIeaven's artillery opens as if it arid Senecas had suffered so fearfully. der!" said Thayendanegea. IIe spoke to a warrior who certainly Butler - ehip birds rit-uo cannon-guns at all!" said wouldI hid mortals cease their iunv strife and did turned away, and went for the order, Y t the -pv - witness its dread power. The clouds that seem over, eighteen. it so much; yet he for he dared not triflo with 'the man who bad Very well." said the officer, a' lie tossed have darkened fast above, open and shoot out was of powerul build, so far as eould ibe hut to speak to have his scalp stripped feom judged-though him a piece of gold. " how far are they off?" their red lightning and then sen4 down such his caped hunting-shirt, fast- his head. eiet to the neck, one mule iow, I dinks, Yeneral Sir floods of rain that for a time the battle nmust did not expose what seemed Not even didSt Leger dare to thwart the "A pout to be a frill amd You, und de comes scattered all :napout like cease--th noblinding shower hides foe front tfoe. brawny Chest so mnch as the proud Mohawk in hi ,ways. . degals vent ie 1ys pihiys plind-fold ini der Where is the coward lerk.mer, new ? IIe open and careless garb, or no garbm, of other Butler soon returned, and he bore a polite warriors; and his wide leggins, extending to note Chris'tuas times I" liglhta his pipe as he sits under te shelterikg from General St. Leger, in which the la+. "Thieni stet out of harm's way-we can't houghs of tn huge pine, and gives such or. his ankles, concealed limbs, which should have ter requested -Thayendanegen, the great chief ben muscular. But, whatever of the afford to lose you !" iers as are best calculated to save his mi u and his build, in Six Nations, to accompany Lieutenant Cot in himmnhel. no more can I afford to punish the enemy when the shower is over. that day's fight Ie had shown himself inferior Walter Butler upon an expedition of'groat lose myself," said the spy, as he passed to the lie orders them to form in circles, places twO k* skijl and valor to none but the great War- importance to the cause.

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6 THAYENDANEGEA, TIE SCOURGE; OR, THE WAR-EAGLE OF TIHE MOTIAWKS. 60 Thavendanegea read the note, and, turning clamations of General St. Leger, a..i the feat to the bearer, said : that their property would be destroyed by the to make favor with that party, and he ad- " To whom r' said Butler, turning pale, for "I will go ! Bring your men and guide advancing foe, wese'being inehned to bke the vanced with a gallon measure of rum in his he knew tihe doom generally awarded to a spy, here-i-nine will be readyy" side of King-Geerge, hand. or an pnemy who sought to incite people to Butler bit his lip, and a frown was on his .They were a higglepiggled set, Scotch, " Curse your fire-water-Mohawks are not rebellion. brow ; for,,aristocratie and tyrannical himself,; Dutch, but,-to-their credit be it said-in that beasts !" said Thayendanege:a, indignantly, as 'Colonel Weston, ,of the Continental he eould nt bear a master, but he turned and day there were'very few Irish disinelined to he struck the measure from the astonished army !" ciied the officer, reaching lrii hand for went for his rren. our patriot cause. Tie proprietor of this Diedrich's hand, and spilled its contents upon Butler's sword, which was delivered The first of the patty who made his appear. mnrision was a- regtular-built, ,fill-ri:tged, old the floor, which needed washing with rome " Cot in himmels, I surrender, too 1" said anee was Hon Yost, evidently having a good tory hessian, by birth and nature. his name kind of liquid. Hon Yost, as he bent down before DiedricWe m'ad of the "ardent" on boursd, and carrying was-Diedrich Schoomaker, yet so careful had "Mein Cot in himmels, vat a aste !' rum pnneheon, and surrendered himself to fuli a bottle of the same in his han/.. he beep to conceal his sentinments, th:t the groaned Ilon Yost, who was, as if by scent, a pint of its contents. "=Got niclt, great Mister Var-Eagle." Vil Tryon County Committee had not shipped him finding his way to the rum-puncheon with all The soldiers and Indians were all speedily ea ave a trink mit me? Ve are goin' on a off, or looked to his nodious aufhcietly tQ de- haste. disarmed; such of the persons present as we Istse vailk for de olt general r' teet him'in his'evil deeds. his house, being "'It is late, and this meeting will at- once known tories were secured, while the rest were - S"Yes! I will take it all'*said Thayendan- back from the main-road and in an out-of-the- Crme to order, to hear the proclamation dismissed, with the information that Genera) egea, as he took the extended bottle and dash- was situation, suited the tories eceeently for which I have the honor to offer inthe name of Arnold, with a powerful force, was at Fort ed it against a roel near by. a r'ndc:vous, and ,as such it had bern used General Parry" St. Leger," said Lieutenant Dayton, and would not onlysweep the enemy lion}Yost for a moment stood 'aghast. He 8siree the commnencement of the war. Baitier. mounting a very appropriate stand for from the land, but severely punish all who looked first at the fragments of the bottle, aml It was fall niidnight, and the great kitchen a spirited address, it being the head of Died- 'were recreant to the cause. And as the young thid at the chief, paused a moment, and then, and dinner-room--both being one in such rich's rum barrel. " But before I read the hero, then, of St. Johns, Montreal, the pasgetge handing him his pipe, said : houses-was pretty ubarly crammed with men proclamation, copies of which I have for gen- of the Kenaiebee and Chandierre, was iii the ' Yust p.reak mine slhmoke-pipe, too, if you of the class which I have named. Diedrich eral distribution, I will say," continued the zenith of his fame, and known to be as severe pleae Mister Var Eagle I". Schooraker was in his glory, for he presided lieutenant, "that, in the troops of both classes as he was brave, the cheek of Butler paisd; Your heal, too, if you want it done !" said over a puncheon of rum in one corner, from which I have brought here, not as a guard, but for he knew that of all others, he would, be the ohief, as he dashed the pipe alongside of which he measured half-pints as tast as they as a specimen, you see only a few outof thou- one who, from rhis position, past and preset, else bottle. were called for, and that was about as fast as sands just like them who must-" it would be desirable to make an example f, -a "Nu,N no-$liste' Var-Eagle, you have they could be drawn by him. " Surrender to the arms of the Continental The prisoners, properly secured, were - f gpeak mine heart ven you preaks mineprandy " The health of.King George," was the only Congress !" shouted an officer, at the door, soon marched off to Fort Dayton;,and, as might te nal mine smoke pipe--I vil keep mine toast allowed to be drunk, an- "success to his who was dressed in the uniform of the Ameri- have been supposed from what Arnold awas bead for anodder time !" cause" waste general ad ition after the drink- can army. "You are surrounded-resistance is then, an immediate court-mirtial was ordered. Tlayendanegea now gave a low call, nail er had recovered his breath. useless-he dies who tries to escape t" Its result must be the subject of another ' a suiordinate chief appeared, whom he di- - Though most of those present seemed very With a wild bound, and Niscaryuna by his chapter, while we turn off for a brief spacedo s'eded to pick out fifteen men, true and trusty, well contented with their cheer and their eon. side, Thayendanegea sprung through the pas- a scene, which it were a mortal sin in me:to for the expedition. p:any, some there, were who exhibited great sage by which he had entered. His warriors fail to describe. zAm I to go as one 1" asked the newly- impatience, and cursed more than a lit.le-- would have followed, but the terrified crowd ad.pted brother. somewhat as the army is said to have done in closed in, and cut thers off from their leader. " We are but one, and I name you Niscayu- Flanders-because some person or persons cx- All was terror, shouts, confusion I CHAPTER LX. !as" said Thayendanegea, nai, as he armed pected did not make his or their appearance. -eatla, nota second, and the War-Eagle, After the fatal victory of Oriskany, General bimself for the expedition, ie threw over It was, perhaps, an half hour after mid- ndiching his tomahawk in his hand and ut- Herkimer was conveyed upon a litter to his Nissayuna's shoulder a belt of the royal wam- night, when a person hastily entered from tering his terrible yell, which was known but residence, which still stands upon the lovely pnm, such only as was worn by himself, and without, and immediately one of the loudest too well, was at the door-out of it, upon the banli the Mohawk, about two or hree - Shaded hira a tomahawk precisely like his of tIe grumblers cried out: soldiers who were placed before it: 'Iwo fell mi s bel w the now beautiful and thriving 5. On. "Gentlemen. come to order and make room, before his blows, another dropped beneath vi lage o -Little Falls, modernized in some He examined Niseayugra's rifle, and said: for the deputation from the camp pf General Niscaynna's hand, and they were clear ; for pa 'ts, ye in the room where he died, anti "This is not sure--there is a better !" and St. Leger has just arrived, and will enter the the line was broken, and tley were speeding am her avorite room of hiss left nnehanged anded lhim one like his own, with'its aceou- room in one moment 1" off like deer in the gloom beyond pursuit. A le iore without * groan the exquisite pain trements. "Yes! and yust make room from pefore few scattering shots were fired after them, but conseqa ent upon his removal with a limb so Butler now made his appearance with his mine rum parcel, for dey'll Ipe sure to be dry," they were far tide of their mark. Soon the dreadful shattered ; his only thoughts of men, and, as IlIon Yost was quite -sobered cried the hospitable and most loyal Diedrich forest was gained, and then Thayendanegea agony be ig for the loss of so many brave with lias loss, the- party started. A moment later, and.Thavendanegen, who paused, and said friends and neighbors, among whom were e allowed no man to precede him, either in "My brave brother, we are safe!I" Bellingers, Seebers.Saumens, Davis,HIelne "s, ~4- war or peace, strode into the room, followed "Tire Great Spirit protects the brave and Petries, Deggerts, Snells, and many other. by fourteen of his fierce-looking warriors, .the good I" said Niscayuna, as he pressed the Upon his arrival at home, had Iris old m "i. x4 CHAPTER XXXIX. Niscayuna being close by his side. Walter hand of the War-Eagle. cal adviser Doctor °Patrie been left to hisFogn About two miles above Fort Dayton, stood Butler, headed by Ion Yost, and followed ;y. They were safe ; but where were their late judgment, there is no doubt in the ,minds of one of those old-fashioned Dutch houses-of fourteen of his men, came next. companions? Let us go back and see. all cognisant of the case.that the old- heroni'aie which few specimens are now to be seen in There was no need to say make room. When Scarcely had Thayendanegea and Niscayu- might have been saved for years, at least.°4 the Mohawk Valley-large gabled structures, the people glanced at the great War-Eagle ns escaped from the room, when, from every a young French surgeon inGenerrl ArnolA's as full of windows as an ancient village maid- ard his followers, they fell hack like sheep be. evenu-, Con neutal soldiers entered with fixed army-pity it is that we have not his uasre.,o en is of gab-no offence venerable virgins, but fore a pauk of ,wolves, and he moved to the bayonets ; at every window glittering steel hand down, to the realms of .'blasted non ," I must Cr:ve a comparison, even if it is at your upper end of the room, near where Diedrich _ was seen. Those within saw but too plainly insisted that amputation was necessary.. _ expense-nnd, at the time of which I write, Schoornaker was, through a broad avenue. bow mad aand useless it would be to resist. old general bore t$e operation as he hp..adl it was pretty well filled with a party of stories, "Crest Mr. Injun, vi~ you rind your mena Even the Indians were panic-strieken, and other pain, without a mnrmnr : but the opera- or of those who, sedueod by the specious pro- have a trink r' cried Died-ieh, wishing at creeo stood quiet and waited for the result. tor--most accounts say that he was intoxicated " aSurrender, sir !" said an officer, approach- -did Ihis work unskilifully; the arteries were ig Walter Butler. nut propery taken up, asd (roms thatIoeur . TIE WAR-EAGLE OF THE MOHAWKS. 69 THAI' D. I.C I:A, THE SCOURGE; OR, of Indians gailu'ved in silence has lived with the Indians these hundreds hero knew he had to face again that grim monument yourselves! ilaise itnot above his ha'f. an idiot. Ie around this one wigwam, from which lproceedE Xsaster who exacts obedience from all grave, but place it on the brow of the loftiest and the Johnson clan alt his life, and they the monotonous tun, turn, turn, of the liden It is not hard--searely does it require any hill which overlooks the silverM have influenced him. I am a mhn ad know to the Manitou,or Greal Nohawk, mc in his stead, and drum, and a low tong heroism to die upon the battle-field-one which he so loved, and tell the world. this what I am about. Hang with the result of the-dem .1" Spirit? Iissatisfied searcely feels the pain of a wound there, amid have we of Herkimer done, in honor of our spare himli at Oriskany, over the loss of so this appeal the then less than man feat miournin As wild excitement, and the spirit leaps from E m to ninn of their chiefs aid braves, and angry, its GRSuTsvssAN DBST CITIZEN- and after traitor closed his ears. shattered tenement almost exultingly, seem- A QcuIs AND A llxao! too, at the deceits put upon them by the Brz tng to think that it has plenty of company in But now another influence was brought to ish leaders, the Indians are holding a solend bear. Colonel Willett whispered a word in is way to the other world. But it does re- pow-wow to ask the Manitou, through one off quire bravery to calmly face the hour when CHAPTER XLI. Arnold's ear. prophets, if they shall hot abandon the latter listened to the suggestions offer- their ee must leave all that he loves, and all thsat The court-martial was over. Walter But- The expedition, and return home. every officer out of the room 6e knows of, to step into that world which her, Hon Yost Schuyler, and others, ed. lie ordered And not alone are they discontented. Theei were but Colonel Willett, bidding the mother and n only be seen dimly by the eye of faith, found guilty as spies and sentenced to death ! pale-faced allies, especially the Causdians all r d front whence no traveler brother of lion Yost to remain. lie thea has ever return- Butler'founm friends. Even then as mnw, ar- Hessians, who, unlike the stories, had no hate ta to have lion Yost brought before "d to give us a chart to steer by--to die so, in istocratic associations, money and family had gave orders influence them, but fought for ten cents a day *quiet, only disturbed by the sobs of weeping influence, and, at the intercession of so were sickened with the toils of a siege, so far many led in, closely bound and rends, an to bid them be still and see how persons as these attributes could bring to The latter was only a losing game on their.part. Andeven the - file of soldiers. They were or- man can die, does require true courage-. guarded by a ha passed high words. Sir John bear, Arnold was persuaded to reprieve But- then Arnold harshly addressed leaders -Whendeath was very near, the heroic Her- ler and send him to Albany, frorn whence he dered out, and Johnson and Barry St. Leger, each probably pale, trembling creature, who, how- "kimer, who had calmly arranged his affairs, soon made Iis escape-to become the most dia- the poor, jealous of the other, had fallen out. But togo been elsewhere, ade his friends bring him the Bminax. He holical scourge the Mohawk county ever ever brave lie might have back to the pow-wow. was done with the swons. He was familiar knew. Even then Arnold was now dreadIfully terrified. of tlje prophet's drum in- seemed to begin to greater villain of the Except the sound with the only two weapons necessary to sus- feel a sympathy for villany ! " Villsn," said the wiigwam reeted for the ocea- to have you hung; but side the sacred -in American freedom. Reading aloud, the But poor Hon Yost had no friends-no two, "I am about sion, all was still in that vast assemblage. tarty-eig nay say good-bye to your mother and h t Psalm, so that all about his bed money-but little sense-it would do to have you Each moment they expected to hear the Mai' mght heap it, he continued here !"- until the rapid loss him dangle in the air, and to say a spy. had brother ton, to whom 'their prophet was prayi , Ot blood ton't hang so weakened his voice that it died been hung I Oh, yes! as even now, so jus- "Oh. mine Cot, Mister Yeneral, speak through his lips: sefay into a whisper. Yost !" cried the nihappy fellow, tice was then. A starving begear steals a poor lion But something comes to-break the stillness Oh. look with re at that bed-side-be still, loaf of bread, off-off to prison with him! dropping on his knees. A man, with rent garments, pallid and terror- Isr will you do for me if I intercede for Deat4 stands at the door. Look upon A bank president or the treasurer of n Philadel. "What stricken face, sweating and gasping from fa- those gragt hairs clustering around that pale, phia Sunday School Union, may rob your life ?" asked Colonel Willett. rushes in among them. the peo- dig vot is possible or im- tigue, but.massive brow-look at that eye which hle of a hundred thousand dollars or half a mil- - Any dog--any It is Hon Yost, whom they all know an1 Mister Kurnel Villett !' .moaned the laely shone so bright in the lurid glare and lion, and it is only a moral delusion--a slight , possible, hold;in awe, for they deem him one whose sulphurons smoke of the battle-field--see turpitude, excuse the fault, sprinkle a little poor fellow. brain has been touched by tlhe finger of the I have had your clothes those lips slowly growing cold and blue, from perfume upon their garments, and sweet So- "Will you go, after Great Spirit. lie fearsf'not, heeds 'not the whence alarm the Indians and all the came the words: "March on, I will ciety draw them back to thy spotless bosom I fixed for it, and pow-wow-he tells them the fate he has e- face the foe"-thsoe Leger with the idea that General lips last blessed with the A poor lost girl may be found wandering in camp of St. caped-that an army is close at hand, which words of sacred ins piration-look at the frost the streets. to jail with her, while her wealthy Arnold is close at hand, andi will attack and gale bears off the an in- will sweep themdway as.the of dissolution slow lywhitening over those seducer seeks another victim! eut theme to pieces in a few hours with in autumn ! 'rhey ask him, ho# escaped while dry leaves manly features-those white hands so lately Hon Yost was condemned to die. The gal- mense army? Tell them you many .- he points to the trees of the forest, anI ?" sawvrd-cluthing, now crossed in peace upon lows was erected. The rope you were heing led to execution they." was ready. The I vill do dat, says, "More yet than - his broad breast-look--bnt stop, he breathes hour was named. Troops were ordered out "Yes, Nister Kurnel Villett, hark ! How the pow-wow prophet comes ash--me is gone! The unseen spirit has pass- to guard the proceedings. und scare dem all same as one flock of sheep. " sweating and steaming from his lodge. Ihi& ed invisitljfrom our eyes, fled away from the I said that he had no friends. Ah, wh:lo "how can I trust you ?" look of mystery. Through instantly face, too, wears a power of eath, who now coldly sits upon she lives there is one friend who never Both the mother and brother is to speak. will for the fattlhful per- him the Manitou what was only mortalCC of hi(vietimC desert us ; in peril, in crime, in tribulation a offered to become security with a! W Yost was "The Great Spirit, is angry mother will cling to her son! forrmance of the promise, and lion feast to 4A in our owl be hung if must go home and give More than seventy, or nearly seventyyears Arnold, having given all ttie necessary or- solemnly assured that they would villages!" the same fate if ever he ago-I am not to a year or two certain of the ders for the execution 0t the unapphy Dtutch- lie failed, and hlie meet The Manitou had spoken-no need for ime date-Congress passed a resolutiorI req testing man, had gone into the house, with some offi. was eaurht. lie again rene ved the promise. and then, other words from Ion Yost there. the governor and council of New York to cers, to wash down any qualms which he saw them bound as he had been, Generals St. Leger and Johnson soon off "preet a monumetnt, at Ahe expense of the might have had with a few glasses of wine after his clothes had been perforated in seve- alo, as served the general stampede which the Indiani fiited . tates to cost five hundred dollars, to The glass was at His lips when an aged wo- pal places with bullets, end his hat he was are making, and hear the rumors which, the memory of General Nicholas Herkimer. man, wild and gipsy-like in look and dress, if he had bee' rhct- at chile running, are flying T'a result of the plan through lion Yost and the Indians, Has it been dine? Go, pilgrim, to the rushed into the room and knelt at his feet, allowed to depart. English camp. next chapter. through the shrine ofL departed heroism, and see the plain crying for mercy, in the name of God, for will be tie '.eueiof t'ae ion Yost is sent for into their presence. *tr above his grave-a grave now in the poor lion Yost. It was his mother who "What means this, ydu dog of a spy, this hands of the stranger I Go, you, whose duty plead. Her furrowed face, brown and care- report that the American army is so close at trwas long since to have fulfilled the will of worn-her streaming gray hairs, tears pou r- hand ?" cried St. Leger, livid with rage ; for, -ngress, which can be done at any time ing out in floods, her sobs and moans should almost sure of the surrender of the fort by 'ken politicians at Albany have time to turn have tonlehitd a heart of stone. CJIAPTER XLI. morning, he was maddened at the thought '. their minds from corruption to right, and But Arnold would not hear or heed her. are in the mitt cf the im- a failure which would tear to pieces theisnure bumoppression to justice, and weep tears of Another pleatver It is night-we came ; a man with more encampment of the beleaguering wreath, which he believed to be already e y shame above the neglected grave! heart and sener mense Indian than the other, and he even force around Fort Schuyler. Why do we see twined for his brow. OITIzzNs or HERKIMIEa COUNTY, to you, I offered to suffer imsis stead, " for," said he, ' i Shame these recreants, and erect the "lion Yost is my in other, and he is itrore than y;I THAYENDANEGEA, TIE COU1GL:;OR, THE WAR-EAGLE OF TIIE MOIIAWKS. 71 "'Mine cot, general, it means de truth ! it not irreverenly--a look of purity that i "If yon will go again, oh, takie me' with yoi Look at mine hat, mine "The rain will do the'flower good," he said, clothes, all mit pul- above the earthly. 'and lie did not offer'to remove her I can bear fItigue. Let holes iu 'em! Mist r Putler tenderly, I fear no danger, only let is hang u py There, with her fair hair floating off from her nm live and die by your side !" murmtfed da neck pefore now, and from resting-place. Hon Yost would have her white neck, like ringlets of sunlight, she With a look of the bitterest anger, Dyagetto more corn been hung, too, if I not preak loose from de stands supporting poor Kathleen, when she became herself by a small Cedar a moment, and then she tam Yankees, and run like der duyvel ! Gen- regarded the scene for posed. trunk, against which she leans like some flower said, in the Indian tongue, which she knew "Sweet dove, it cannot be. Thay-endanegea ' ral Arnold mit more as ten thousand mens is blown there by the wind, and her eyes are Kathleen did could not fight with one eye and all his heart Coming fast as he can, mit not understand : cannon-guns and looking far, far up the river where last she '"A snake is upony our breast ! Cast it off!" his eye looks upon your ter. ,dder guns, and I'm going' to Canada upon you. lit just so saw him. -t is a dove, and I will protect it !" replied ro, and now he knows its cause. You shall mon as der coot cot und you, general, will let Dyagetto sits moodily upon a rock near Thayeinlanegea, in the same language. no longer be left alone with her who would not me!"her, her face expressing no care or love for the "I will be the eagle to tear thy dove asun- have me wed a pal-face. I will place a guard "Go, you lying wretch, go I" said St. Leger, poor girl, and far less anxiety but if you breathe another for the return der," said the mother, bitterly. of braves around you, who with their lives word of this in of Thayendanegea. of the dove that gap, I will hang you higher than Haman was "Good Dyagetto, do you not see something "You may talk, you are my mother," said shall answer for the safety Thayendanegea, quietly, has built her, iest in my heart ! And when hung. like a canoe far away up the river ?" Niscayuna now returned Hon Yost rushed out, and perfectly calm, and again I come back, I will take the dove to i at the same in- "My eyes are the eyes of an owl--they are, Kathleen, having wept away her first burst of bosom, and it shall rest there forever I" stad t an Oneida Indian was brought in by an old and dim," replied Dyagetto. officer, " Yours are feeling, modestly, and with blushes upon her And probably for the first time in his life, who verified the statement of fon the eyes of a young bird, and can see-look did the lips of Thayendanegba touch those of g st, whom he had soft cheek, withdrew her white arms from the seen before he reached the for yourself." War-Eagle's neck, and sat down on the moss woman,'for now he bent his noble head down cahimp . The sound of a footstep behind her-light, by his side. liut she no longer looked sorrow- and pressed his lips to hers. Tius means something, GeneralSt.Leger!" it is true, yet said Sir John. still loud enough for her ear, ful. 11er face was radiant with the beauty of She wept no more. A lofty feeling seemed caused Kathleen to turn around, and, with to enter her heart. I care not what it joy. ., She said, and she looked up means, General Johnson. a wild shriek of joy, she sprung forward, faint. "Niscayuna, how do you my sister?- I ask you to go and keep your lile proudly : "lam the betrothed wife of Thayen. Indians here-- ing, and would have fallen to the ground, had sis- to ba4 never will abandon as you are my brother, she too is your danegea; I will be strong, and fit myself a post so nearly won ! she not been caught in Thayendanegea arms. ter"-asked Thayendianegen. warrior's Not a man of my force wife !" -stall stir. If Arnold "Poor Lily of the Pale-faces, how you hiave "I like the Lify of the Pale-faces," said Nis- "The Great Spirit tells me that you will ones, he shall find me inside of the fort to wilted !" said the noble warrior, in a pitying Be strong, and Thayendanegea will not be so - meet him -" cavuna. "She is more beautiful than the stars tone, as he lifted her easily as if she had been at'night, or the flowers which follow the going careless of a life which inow belongs to the A tumult outside, so loud as nearly to drown a feather, and carried her up kis angry to a mossy bank off of the snow dove of his bosom !" voice, was heard. beneath a spreading maple, and laid her "They're coming gently Kathleen looked up at Niseayuna as lie stood Once more he kissed her, and then they ! they're coming !" was down upon it. arose Uie loudest cry before her and said this, but a slight shudder and walked toward the wigwam. They of all. When her eyes unclosed, she saw that Thay-. had "By Heavens, passed through her frame, and she dropped her but just passed out of sight of thespot it must be true, and I'm off endanegea was sitting beside her, and a yenag where they had been before I get my neck glance, for his eyes seemed to pierce her, and seated, when Dyagetto into a noose!1" said Sir warrior, richly dressed, standing leaning upon she felt an unknown fear of him-felt that lie and Niscaynna stepped from a covert neat John; and away he went to prepare, not for a his rifle, near. And she closed her eyes again was her enemy. And she clung for them to have seen and heard all retreat, but afhght. to see if closer to Thay- enough she were in a dream or not, for she' endanegea, as if she felt, dove as she was, she that had passed. They made no reinarks, but "General St. Leger, all of the men are fly- wished to hear his voice, if it was a reality. could say to the great War-Eagle: t" I dare by different routes followed Thayendanegea ing, leaving arms and all behind them !" cried " Niscayuna, this is my sister," said ape of the general's aids, coming in at this in- endanegea, to the young Indian. Thay- trust thee !" slowly to the wigwam. eant.- "When do we go upon the war-path again, "has my brother no other sisters ?" asked my Brother ?" asked Niseayuna, whose keen "God of heaven! Then all is lost, and I Niseavuna. gm a ruined . eye had' noticed that averted look, and even man ! At least, tr to retain an "Y'es, there was one ; I only saw her once, escort for me in my that slight shudder. CIIAPTER XLIII. retreat," sail St. Leger, as and had forgotten her," said 'l'hayendanegea idle while the ene- Another wild forest scene, and once more he snatched up his " Soon--we must not be sword, and left the tent. carelessly. Then he asked of his mother-. we IBy this time, leaving guns, baggage, ammu- mies of King George are so busy," said Thay- are among old acquaintances. Upon tie "Where is Iona ?" endanegea banks of the swift Tioga, amid a forest of the cation and all, the whole ; and then, when Kathleen clung to army of investment " Gone ! Perhaps to the land of spirits him and loftiest hemlocks, -trsiege was in full flight. ! looked up imploringly in his face, he was formed an encampmen, Never was a siege You brought the pale-face here, anel he would read her thoughts in her looks, and said : mnch such as we have described before, whea' raised by means more simple-nor, perhaps, not stay," was the reply, given withi no kind "Do not tremble, my dove, no harm shall the ill-fated IIerkiner met Thayendanegea at eyer done so rapidly. Ilon Yost was the sole look to poor Kathleen. general and army of come to the Lily, and when this war is over, Unadilla. IHere, as there, more than an hun- the occasion. IIe had "Let her go! She was a fool ! The Lily fulfilled his,pledge, and Villctt's, there shall be flowers for you to walk upon !" dred cheerful fires blazed up in the gloom of not Arnold's, of the Pale-faces was gentle as a dove, and -"1 do not fear for m-self. but for yon !" the night-here, as there, five hundred red -' riehad sue eeded- would not tread upon a flower. Poor Lily, she said, softly. "If I die-it is'hut a drop warriors moved about them, roasted their beef --- how wilted you are !" said Thayendanegea, falling into the sea, but if you were to die-I or their venison ; but there was now a greater gently, as he spoke thedast words, and he took -I-" she could not finish the sentence in-. great war- CHAPTER XLII show, for this was Thayendanegen's up one of her thiii hands in his. tended, but lnirst into a flood of tears party returning from a sweep through a vast. Upon that high cliff overhanging the Little again,; Why with a quivering frame, and a face e. and once more his bosom was a resting-place east and south, where Falls of the Mohawk, where last we portion of the country saw her pressive of every passion but love, did Niseay- for her heal. he had gone almost at will, subsisting his men, tearfully watching the departure of Thayenda- un turn away and walk into the grove of e.. - akgea, we will once While Thavendanegea was engaged in sooth- of course, upon the phmnder of those whom he more look upon our dar ? Did he wish that he, too, had deemed to be Katleen. She is altered, a sister to ing this new'burst of grief, with a tenderness his fors ; yet more merciful than very much so, pity? unusual to his stern nature, and new indeed to Ibritish or tories, slaying none but those whom r she is still more thin, more pale, more sor- Kathleen this time heard wtflthan when we last looked upon her. Thayendanegea: and, with athe wild kind ry wordsof glad- of himself, Dvagetto caught the glance of Nis- he met in arms against him. Tents, provisions, cayuna, and with a look, called him to follow stores of various kinds wise plenty, and also S -ethwr great blue eyeslook largerand brighter ns, she raised her arms, threw horses in the white face, and her expression of settled his brawny f hem around her. Whither they went, or what they paid, to carry them. And this was his choedi neck, an, bursting into tears, hid band sorrow gives her anr almost holy look--I mean her face upon his bosom.'> being to me a mystery, must remain so to the of braves, the veterans of the war, i a reader. "old guard" of the Napoleon of the forest. EE 2 TIIAYENDANEGEA, TIE SCOIJRI:W; OR, rTIIE WAIR-EAGLE OF TU E MOiIA WKS. 73 T nightre had bt just set in, but the camp who, by his unif rm as well as actions, seemed waaormdtheseninds fuly otthe war- to be chief of thec group. then lay it to, my men, whom I can and do which th e-hief had posted, and followed nors mostly suit. at their suppers, and enjoying as " When Thayendanegea knows Walter But,. snati o.". . much comfort in their way-and, I eonfess, in. ler to be his friend, he may give him a we. "We will fight only the soldiers; when they my way, for the forest is a home to nie-as come," id the chief, coldly. are whip)ed we'll collect the spoj, and de- an lordling "4mp !"' XLIV. would in his sumptuous palace. " All who hate the foes of King George and CHAPTER In the centre of the encampment, which was hear his commissions should be friends! Be- "Walter Butler, you are a bad man, and One night more, and another camp. Who t . Laid out in true military style-for Thayenda- sides, when we last parted we were on one corn. tarry a forked tongue. Your heart is made would believe it? the united forces t' Butler aegea had lost nothing, but learned much since mission !" of mud ! But when I took my commission, I and 'TChayendanegea, of which, by his British the commencement for King George-and your commission, the former is in command, are of the war-stood a mar- " Yes, but not one of honor. I left you in swore to fight quse or tent, of the largest size. your company, and chose better for myself.u I father, who is no better than you are, hotds a encamped upon a lofty hill, evergreen covered, within one mile of the village and fort which The largest fire of all blazed before this tent, was led into danger by you, an'd thank-y higher Conission than I do. I would rather apd various persons were engaged here in myself for getting out oi'it !" go with the devil than you, for he is the best they intend to attack. And this, although roasting and But I will go ! I have spoken !" the colonel in command, Alden, has been in- boiling meats, etc. " Danger is a word *hieh I have heard that man. Before the tent, reclining these words with a formed of the intended attack. But, like upon a bear-skin, the Great War-Eagle loves !" said the wily Thayendanegen uttered with his ready rifle as usual by his side, and Butler, hoping to flatter the chief. -careless seor, which no pen could describe, Braddock in the French war, aid. still later, his tomahawk in his belt, 1 my poor friend .Dade, in the Florida war, ho his coronet of eagle "Ie loves honor better, but believes that no pe' ec fully delineate. plumes upon his head, was our hero, Thayen- Walter Butler knows but little of "My tops are beyond your line of senti- held Indin cnning as well as courage at too either !" in conse- danegea. And near him, as he ever had been said the chief, bluntly. nels, resting upon their arms in the darkness light a weight, and was sunk by it since "If you have busi- the battle of the Oriskan , was Nisca- ness with me, let me know it.-if youhave and cold !" continued Butler. , quenee. ynna, looking a trifle older anfirmer than not, you can depart !" Thayednuegea made no reply, but gave an And here, too, guided by the knowledge and when we-saw him last, but quite natural. "'1'hen to the point, captain Thayendane order tor his chiefs, and his own men instantly skill of Thayendanegea, they had been led, in - When the repast of the chief was prepared, gea, for I know that such is your commission dispersed to their dil'erent camp-fires, to seek broad daylight; so that before they hid down only in their blankets for himself and Nisecayuna partook of it, -- here is a letter from my father the repose from which they had been aroused, the night-as they did though many of the Colonel could count the soldiers in sub-chiefs stood around. John Butler, your superior ,, while 'Tbayendanegea cast himself down upon without fires-they 'Thayendanegen was as his bear-skin, and lighting his pipe, went to the garrison, see every house in the 'village, lordly in his style as "Liar!" thundered Thayendaneea"Io a sentinel some of his more civilized regal brothers. The no superior on earth !" ' smoking, as if no one lives but himself. and even notice every spot where - repast "If you have posted. fuiishied, the War-Engle again east him- "I only mean in rank in the armyof no respect for me, you might was self upon his furry couch, and for, a time George !" said Butler, trembling n si Kin have for the gentlemen with me t" said But- That might,-before he made dispositions in seemed lost in thought. himself. ler, now piqued beysmd forbearance. regard to-his own movements in the morning "My brother is sad to-night," said Nisca- " Well, go on with your mission, but talk "I know you, Walter Butler, and I judge (and history proves it), Thiayendanggea, much yuan. "Where do his thoughts wander that carefully with your tongue, or you may lose it!" strangers by the company they keep !" said as he hated Butler, held an interview with him they are gloomy " If .your men are in the in regard to the sparing of fanniies in the ?" "Let the letter speak for itself!" said Bat- Tiayenlanegea. "To the lone and dirk, you had better go and pitch a place -telling him that friends of General dove that waits the coming of lcr, nt. daring to risk more words with one cold her mate," said Thayendanegea. whom he knew it was useless to try to eon- camp for them, if you know how-if yo9 Johnson and his own fattier dwelt there. Niseayuna said no more, for that was a sub- ciliate. don-t, I'll lend you a savage to show you i" But I cannot pause. A painful task is be- jeet upon Butler knew his man too well to trifle with fore me; and the sooner it is over, the better. which he never talked. Thayandanegea read it by But the light of the and he departed with his suite Iaving marked the position of every senti- the silence that now began to reign in fire, then threw himself down upon his him -further, the forest did not remain long unbroken, for skin, and pondered over its contents for a bear-long -or all but one, and he wore no uniform. nel the night before-leaving Dutier tochoose suddenly a warning cry was heart) from the time, leaving his visitors to stand or sit as lie remained standing a moment in the his own point of attack--Thayendmmnegea, at sentinels upon the trail they ha that day they thought proper. At last he rose, ave a shade of thet tent, until Butler and his party or before dawn, while snow-lakes were falling made clear cry, and in an instant, as if by magie, were out of hearing, and then stepped for- thick and fast in the air, moved down the hill In an instant Thayendanegcn was upon his his warriors c me in from the glooaf , and ward.- with his men. Butler' with his "1Iaingers "-- feet ; and when - " Creat Mister Var-Eagle, blease for let alias murderous tories-taking t heir route. the cries were repented, one ranged themselves in such military was heard from his lips which brought every fore his tent, their front at a distanceorder of twen- be. poor lion Yost live mit you and your mens- But before they reached the vilinge, a set- warrior to his feet. At another cry, the war- ty paces, as elicited remarks of surprise from I can't live mit such tam sehoundrels as Cap tler, going in on horseback, crossed their path. riors gathered to his side, and all, almost as those who accompanied Butler. tami Putler-I hunt mit you when you was a lIe was fired upon; but, in te darkness and quickly as thought, p - lease let me live nit you !" said this mist of the morning, he escaped. TIhe alarm disappeared in the gloom " Why do you want to go to Cherry Val- m ividual. ; and all was now ex- heyoi the fires ; so that if foes approached, ley ?" asked the chief abruptly was given-gunms tired of Butler. "Yes; you are a rascal, but too good for citement and confusion. Butler anl his han- they could he seen by the Mohawks, while the "I want to fight the enemies of King latter were hidilden in the darkness. George !" said Butler. "There are two hun- his company. There is meat, eat. There is gers, without oven approaching the garrison, Not long in this canopy of gloom did Thay. dred and fifty continetal troops there, with a blanket, take it and sleep !" was the brief, sprung to a work of general desolation and endanegea hay to remain in suspense as to plenty of arms and ammunition r" but to the =poor Dutchman most satisfactory carnage. Thayendanege&s heart, saviage (:') as by whom or what the alarm was caused. "1 ow many men have you ?" reply. it was, thrilled with horror when he found how Ten of his sentinels caine on to his marque, "Two hundred, all told"!" Thayendanegea now spoke a word to Nis- he had been betrayed by the iend Butler. and with them several caynna, who brought him a blanket, which he One of his chiefs lie sent to protect the vener- British officers in uni- "You had better go home! I can take half form, and 'ne pale-face, clad in a hunter's garb. my men and whip them !" wrapped around his form, and scorning the able minister of tme place - others he sent They halted at the tent and uttered a pecu- "These are my-father's orders said- li shelter of a tent, raised more for form than elsewhere ; but he hastened to one family, of 1am'ery. Upon bearing this, Thyendanege ler pleading the only ercuse he dared to oiler necessity, in such weather, lay down to sleep. which he had spoken particubirly to the hated . bidding his chiefs remain with their men in si- 'Thaveydanege; although his real reason was Nisca'r ua, wrapping a blanket aro:md him- tory. lie was too late when he arrived at the knee in their places. witls onyi Niscnyuna by his ven aetoerevenge his recenteapture, sea- self, sat" down by his chieftain and "zther's house of Judge Wells: the family were slain I heal, and there sat quietly watching y him, Ihe hurried in pursuit of Butler, who, mad is side, stepped boldly out of the gloom and tence, amd the in isonmet at A fro - walked back to his tent. which he had esc.opem. until, at lasI his eyes became weany, and with excitement, sword inmhanl, was rushmig a Thayendanegea gives his friends rather a " Your tories are worse than my Indiais; with his rile beneath his head, he went also from house to house, killing and ordering to - okW welcome this chilly night," said the officer they will butcher women and children, and to sheep. - - - kill. lon Yost, after eating as, if he had fasted; lie found him in the act of causing a woma3 for a week, picked a blanket from a pile, to and ehifd to be'slain in bed. 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[ s yF Reader, go to impartial history for a recital "I must send a messenger to the White to the night after the fight at Oriskany ?" of the horrors of November 10th, 1778, in Dove-will asked Niscayuna. my brother go to her ?" continued " CHAPTER XLVI. at Cherry Vailey-where yet the name of Btr. ri: "I lose my eyes, and it flies back swiftly !" Tluayendatiegea. Before the new and elegant wigwam which is used to Lighten wicked children into si- 'fThe frame of Niscayuna replied lhayemdanegen. shook as shakes the Thayendanegea had caused to be built for lence aspen leaf, when the winds are breathing "Then itsees the hour when the Great War- before Kathleen, before he last went upon the wvar- quickly ; but lie made no reply. Eagle bade Niscayuna call him brother had all the Nations l" continued INiseayuna. p)ath, were gathered the Indians whom he CIIAPTER XLV. "The White Dove is in a net! She calls left to guard her with their hives. Upo their Sill another camp-fire, and one more mel- upon the Eagle to save her !" continued Thay. "it looks upon that hour, and the eye is not dim which sees it," said Thayendanegea. faces, both grief and surprise vere visible; for ancholy than any yet ; it is at a half-day's endanegen. And his strong frame shook with queen, as they had lea ined to re- marehfrom "Has that memory an ear, as well as an their young Ciecry Valley, toward Niagara, an agitation which it had never known be- gtrd her, was nowhere to be found. Sihe had whither Thayenlanegea, eye ?" continued Niseayuna. with some imlporLanit fore. and love, by dressing Y won upon their respect _4 prisoners-'eeded to effect "exchanges'-is siMy brother only dreams a bad dream !" " Only one ear : so that which goes in at the

J ; ana her new bound.lMelancholy, one, has no other to flee out of." as the Indian mnaidetns dressed because these poor pri- said \iscayuna, at last, in a low and tremulous hopes had so improved her looks, that r. her oners have been suddenly wrenched from their voice. But yet he did not raise his eyes from "Then it hears Thayendanegea swear by the 4 Great Spirit, that 1iscayuna shall nevcr be new garb she was wondrously >eae f.d, and K desolated * homes ; some have left living rela- the ground. C_ seemed more to them like an aigel f '"m the y 4 tives behind ; others have left those It is no driven from his side !" cried the young war- yR whom they dream, for I cannot sleep !" said rior ; and a look of triumph sat upon .his spirit-Lmnd than a being of niortal me ord. Iet best loved on earth, dead and stark upon the Thayendanegea. "Ther low voice moans in my :oplislied, ground. features. eye expressing but a wish, it was ace ear all the time-the Dove calls 1or her Eagle, he choicest game from the forest, the finest The "it hears the oath, and Thayendanegea will 'l camp is in a beautiful and romantic and says: Come to me, or I lerish !" fish fr-om the waters, the swctst b irds that " Mv brother's not break it !" said the warrior; but there was spot-it is in a dense ravine, where a broad ears are filled with the sounds beat the air with feathery iiion-all were glale of autumn-dried grass spreads he heard this a deep sadness in his tone. - out a soft .morning-pf the doves which her. She wished to make a gala carpet for the fort. then lie spoke no more ; but sat all the night laid before Through its centre, winds were cruelly sent to the spirit-land !" con- suit of clothing for Thayendategea, to show a rippling stream, on its *n tinued Niscavuna. long by the fire, evidently revolving some to the Susque- him on his return that site could do as hIdian hanna. Upon either ; for the great veims is is hn , seemingly all " No-my heart bled for them; there is only lplas in Isis mind maidens did. They taught her how, and around, rise muountains,. temples were failing and rising, as if fhse crowned with ever- one voice now in my heart-it is the voice of brought her the materials; for Dyagetto, who green, so steep that they almost seem to topple the Lily.' of the Pale-faces-of the Dove of my thoughts were coming and going from the over heart-to the'brain. remained spitefully in her old wigwan, would the iama below. bosom! " show lies-nothing. Here in this dul, hitherto so lone and still, " Let my brother, the Great War-Eagle be a Mute atid sorrow-stricken, they stood before where few human feet have man, and ever trod, liut where not weak, like a woman. Let him It wus morning. The war-party was afoot the wigwam ; for this was the second . day since the red leer has rejoiced to feel and sleep, and rest will drive away play, rest bad thoughts !" while yet the gray dawn hung upon the she had been missed, and far and wide had they all of Thavendanaegen 's band-for " I will listen to the he has not words of nv brother-I track of departing night. The morning sought for her, arqd found no sign. Whe' they lost a man--and their prisoners. will try !" said 'i'hayendanegea. Al lie drew lis food was cooked and eaten; the prisoners pre- had asked Dya retto about her, she b ghed Butler, with his tory iugers,.and blanket around a few mer- him, and covering his head, pared for the days journey ; and all was ready scornfally, and id : cenary Indians, with whom l'hayendanegea s tried to sleep. or departure. band have no connection, " I suppose you slept upon your goril, and' have taken another And iscayuna, upon'whose face an hun- Then Thayendanegea called his sub-chiefs to she stole away from you. The pal Bees are route. dred thoughts seemed to be painting them- him, and upon a piece of white'bark he treacherous, and do not like the re n!" Bold in his conscious strength and fearless selves, as it below, iii his heart, many passions dis- marked out for them their course, and the But- these warriors knew hio diSheloved nature, the W\ar-Eagle has caused his camp- vre at war, looked at the form of 1 the reclining .ance they must make upon each day's jour- Thayendanegea, and how she tre. ad in them; ' - tires to be lighted warrior ; but he as usual ; for he knows that did not try to sleep. And at Icy. This done, he told them to go on, and he for she never would move fl-rA the wigwam no force beh.id wil be titans strong enough to follow low murmurs would rise to his lips-the ;vould overtake them upon the route. IIe had except when they went to g i 'her. Some him and if thieydid, he would almost, thought of his or quit:., heart trymg to get out Iromn another work to do, and must go and do it. suggested thit she had b ec Efted up to the rejoice at the ebaice of a fair ight--so sickened their prison.- The bird with its sorrowing train moved spirit-land; but all shook te, heads, an mur- and hisgusted was he at the butchery of the " l)agetto,-has kept her pledge !" he mur- on, and hut three remained : Thayendanegea, mured - morning, so dissonant with his own character. nired. "The War-Eagle never shall be wed- Nisca vuna, and IIon Yost. " ?" It was What wi.'l Thaijendanete' say after nil tie canip was still, and suh ed'to a cursed pale-face!" "Why do you not go with them ?" asked While thus standing, a distant and a cheer- o. the lr:soners as would eat had been fed, "Who spoke tiat ?" cried Thayendanegea ; and Thaayenlanegea, sternly, of lion Yost ; and he ful cry was heard. Oh, boa well they knew Tlaveninuiea went to his own camp-fire, he half arose from the ground. pointed to the departing party. that shout i It was the "return call" of Thay- , -- where n Yost lay sleeping, "Ihe wi+d ll and Niscayuna was groaning imeong the caverns endan"ge" . sat on witeh of the hills I" said iscayuna. "All else is still, The name Susquehanna, in the Indian language, Mans thmeCrooed &rssr.- They stood still, looked one at time other, U _ ,

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6 ' i ' rWhine is my White-Dove? Where is the noble Ogahtee had suffered. l'ushmg aside he would have succeeded, had not i tice or think of that. Once upon the firm the struggle Lily of V heart ? Does she hide from Thay- the small stone in the mouth of the cave, he the warriors from above, who had ut- 1 Thayendanegen released his precious some of said : shore, endang":i, that she maytense him ?" burden from his arms ; and putting her down, tered the warning-cry, reached them just as itY No rpv ws made but by looks. lie saw "Call to your Var-Eagle. drew gird, I dinks stood and'}looked at her, in her beautiful both were on the water's brink, and #!

s you find her that s: thn was wrong, and his face here !" forest garb, and in the renewed loveliness them back. changed like the sun when a cloud sweeps " I this care ?" asked Thavendanegea. which love and hope had given her, with the And now the garments, rent from the boson lie needed no other call. acro it. his voice had same intense admiration which some soul- of Niscavuna, disclosed the fact that a woman " e is the heen heard ; for a clear, sweet cry came up Lily ?" he thundered. enwrapped artist bestows upon a work just stood before them ! ; from the gloom below : ex- The wariirs trenibled but not one of them finished - which, for him, has been the toil, Thayendanegea, faint from exertion and dared die " 'Fitnycndancgea-'linAYEmDNEr.A I Ihbnew be irat to speak. But Dyagetto, in the study, the sole ideal for years upon citement, gazed one moment, and uttered the a sarca-t a,: tome, sai: you would come -" years. name : It was Kathleen! "A hi:-d told me, that while your warriors Amid then, all heedless-of the presence of his "IONA!" With a cry of mixed anger and delight, slept, ie stole away, to find a pale-faced warriors, he caught her up to his breast, and With beaded head, and blushes darkening lover." 'Ia vendhanegen would have tried to force his again and again, until, in a whisper, her face, she drew the rent galrments over her way through kissed her "Wionim, you lie! The bird that threat- the narrow aperture; but Ilon him that they were not alone, bosom, and threw herself weeiiig and terra Yost restrained him, and only said she reminded ened to tear myc dove to pieces is the only bird she blushed a treble beauty at the fled at his feet ; for in his look she read that h " Come mit me-comeinut while you k now ! Where is my dove? SRpeak !'' roe. Var-Eagle!" thought. had in a moment divined her agency in this thumlernl Tlhiyenlanegea ; and with every Ie then leaped around the ngmle of the rock' for putting on male at- t "True, my own one !" he said, gently. matter, and her motive to a spo whre only two could stand. From vein swclbrn- as if it would burst, his form Then, turning to his warriors, he bade them tire, and following him every where ! distemino as if he was about spring upon a ledge overheard, placed where no one would and grew calm, to go up to the wi wam and prepare a feast, while With folded arms, he stood see it liut one who knew it was there, her, he awaited her answer. he drew he and the Whnte-Dove walked by the water- fearfully calm; for there is a cairn of determine "Ask th r-von left n stout lever of wood. lie insertel this be- by her with them !" she side and talked. action which is fearful! Iis warriors stood hind, or in ihe crevice of what nppeiared said, and 1 ojitel to the guard. to be All obedient, and now doubly swift for the in silence. They looked upon him, and did an imninensie For an mitiat, mastering lis passion with a rock. With but very little effort,' which they felt, they hurried to do not dare to speak ! The scene was too full of it yielded to the leverage ; and opening, happiness ,I m:ghty eurt, the chief turned to them, and so, while Thayendanegea, as he became more suspense--it was maddening ! asked ini expilin:tion of the manner of her dis- showed that it was. but a door to the cavern, clasping the hand of his loved Kathleen,' At last she rose and looked at him--oh! s. but si constructed that it could not be opened calm, jparnie. walked up along the brink of the foaming tor- h art-brokenly ! - 'Ilie on whom lie haid placed as captain over from the inside. rent, and sought to so still his emotions that "Go seek her you have torn from my bo. "Call your all tihe r inowtold 'lhavemanegen all about pird, Var-Engle .' sid lion ask her how she was placed in the som I" he said, sternly. Yost, proudly he could it: how tIe .liiloved and reverenced -her- ; for he had now won a victory feared his own anger, and Wtished One look at him-one heavy sigh which told to him greater than that at Fort Sehuiyler. cave-for he how she ha i waited the return of the War- he could. - that her heart had burst-and she obeyed ! The No need, even now, to master it while Eaighl-:d p o'el to her work to show what had Thmny-ulnmegea to a spot just above the cataract, dark waters closed over her, the white waters call her; for Kathleen hailseen the light-had .Reachinu had been lie r hionghts and employment in his first he nad landed with her, he received her, and her spirit fld after those rcotgnired his form ; and now, with a delirious that where absetee. 'l'iev thn said, that on the eight sat down upon a log close by the fringe of which had gone before ! before, she hatnd shrwik of - went sininYg into her wigwam. pleasure of joy unutteraile by at the foot of the clill, and directly The Mohawk braves trembled and breathed wrds-she sprunmg from the gloom bushes as was Ii, r wont-tIat the guard was placed 1 unto lue beneath that lofty look-out, where she had quick breaths ; but Thnayendanegea, without a outstretched arms. as usual ;ibt a &nrange drowsiness came over stood so many patient hours watching for him, quiver on his lip, like a moving statue of thiem-thi sie pt without the power to avoid A nd then the warrior, to whom Death was 1 placed her by his side. bronze, turned and said, in a tone lioarse and but a plavmalte-whose heart was and at; an.d when morning came, she was gone. supposed to Now more calm, he asked hr the questions deep, but strong : Calnn to a; pe:rance, Thayeudamteg' a heard be ha rdhen, a thousand t.mes, than the linit in y, which he wished. And she told him a long "BACK To TS WAB-PATH 1" all this ; -bit wh ihe warrior had finished, it his gun-knelt down ; and while he kissed hey .ouid be seen that the most fearful storm of again and again, wept like a very child-wept : STELLAS DELORME;

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CHAPTER L their head chief, sprang from hi - 1 with The great cahim) of the Comanches was his pennoned lance in his hand aJ,(lance p itched in a wild and picturesque gorge of the whereon were more scalp-notch 't", taan Sierras Ciharrate, where the waters of the Rio could be counted on the weapon o t e oldest - pecos bounded, all glittering, from their rocky brave in the tribe. source. The ornamented lodges of tanned lie was tall,, formed like an Apollo, with bu.falo skin rose thick--like the houses of a noble features, and eyes wherein shone the fire large vili-ge--in a small basin esrpeted with of a true warrior. 'the war-eagle feathers grass and il-wers, which had bien hollowed were twined in his scalp-loe, and more than out by Nature's hand between t1e lofty mouna- one sear upon his broad breast told that he tains i;an-ithe smoke of the dtch-fires rose had not passed unscathed through the storm like mist pillaors in the still air. The moon of battle. But there were zlo scars on his was at it fall; and thoughthe hour Of sunrise back. was not yet coue, all around seemed clear as "What is the matter? rWhy has Lagona laylight-- trainsparent wap the atmosphere, sounded the war-whoop?" asked Nemahaha, so elou less the sky. -his father, as he stood fythe side of his son, To an I fro, in front of the narrow entrance whose whole frame was quivering with excite- to the gorge, whe re their eves could sean the ment. va-t ext-:t of prairie to the east, rode the "The Great Spirit has spoken to me in a sentinels of the camp; arind within, picketed so dream !" said the youngbrave, growing more a- to be ready for instant use, in ease of alarm, calm. "Let the warriors go back to their were the will steeds of the Indian braves. lodges ! I will t11 my father- that which I It would have been a steady for a painter, dreamed, and Iwill tike counsel of him, for that camp! High on either hand rose the there is wisdom n his heart!" great d irk eliss, with vines and shrubs cling- The wonder' g warriors obeyed, for the will ing here and there to their precipitous sides; -of Lagona wa law to Lhem. By his deeds of down timn ru-lied silvery cascades-sometimes daring lie h d wqn .their love and respect, leaping oT into a cloud of-spray, again trick- And again was quiet in the camp. ling in light Lom-draps down into the mossy "'What d the Great Spirit show to Lagona beds below. 'Then that picturesque amphi- in the l d of dreams ?" asked Nemahaha, theatre at the foot of the rocks, now tented when t two were aqne. over for a foreground, would complete the "A maiden of the, pale-faces, more beauti- picture. ful than all the flowers of the earth, about to It wi l yet the hour of dawn, when a be sacrificed by thj Liphns. And the Great wield, shm-i!t vell was heard from the large con- Spirit told Lagonag to mount and rescue the traillle of the camp. It was the war-whoop, maiden, and take her to his own bosom !" and searce had its fearful echoes rung from The old warriorphook his head and seemed eliff to eliff of the pass. when full two hundred annoyed, when hid-son uttered these words. warriors bondnIei out into the open air, armed " The dream is not good!" said he. ' The with genet lances, bows, shields, and war- Chief of the Cowanche must never defile his chutb. bloo1 by mixing it with the mud of tire pale- n.\ndkwit h the shrill war-cry still quivering faces. The eves of my son were-in a fog--he b"' oe his lips, young Lagona, the brave son of did not see right!' f*f- ' t T tt :U