Show Ii i I Red Road II I 1 I A of o Braddocks Braddock's Defeat Det I By HUGH HUG by Irwin Invin Myers Mers i Cocas bt by Hush CHAPTER VII VII Continued Continued 20 20 i Run Rim fast fasti I 1 be hissed To the gute 1 l voice thundered n a corm com maud maurI The Onondaga muttered The Tire Ottawa chief tells his children to watch the gates and till the stockade and Dud kill anyone trying to get out Once outside the lodge and und we were In darkness Thirty yards away uway and ande we e had bad lost ourselves In a wild crowd of sa n savages s. s But as we pressed on Pontiacs Pontiac's stentorian voice gradually reached an un Intelligence here and there and from frOID different points andin andin and ond in all nil the dialects of the northern and Ohio tribes the word was as pas passed d to guard the stockades and gates Take the man mun Beland alive I lit roared a D voice and I J knew that Beauvias at last lust had connected my Identity up with my French name nome and nd that BeauJeu Beaujeu Beau Beau- Jeu now understood all Why this way 1 asked the Onondaga Onondaga Onon Onon- daga dna as ns we rp reached ranched ched the stockade on the river front Stand on my shoulders white brother and ond go over be he directed T Theres eres ere's the woman witch SL s 's on 00 the other side Shall we Jon her or face about and die dle like chiefs r rI I 1 scrambled to his shoulders and went v to the top of the timbers i J reached down a band hand but scorning all assistance n Round Paw swarmed scanned over the barrier burrier The two of us dropped to the ground within a few feet of the river It was very dark and I was completely com com- completely bewildered This way mister called a low voice The Onondaga dragged me me after him My hand on cm a canoe there 1 I whispered Daughter of witches was the half half- laughing sobbing half reply But please dont don't stop to talk mister It was time 1 I scrambled Into th the canoe canue for a 0 chorus of yells was now raised on the other uther side of the stock stock- tide arte and only a 8 few feet away uway J I tripped over a rifle as the Onondaga a pushed the light craft Into the cur cur- rent I picked It up and found It f familiar to my hands Whose rifle Is this i t whispered whisperer Hush 1 cautioned the girl Then proudly Its yours I 1 was at the thedoor thedoor thedoor door when the trouble began I reached d In and took it when Mr Beauvais Beauvais Beau Beau- enu vais commenced calling you oU a spy Talk will kill us grunted the Onondaga On Onondaga as b be he pushed a 8 paddle Into any my hands hand and Dud began begun working desperately des to reach the tile slack water along aIling the opposite bank hank Ills warning was timely for 1 I could hear heur the tile plop plop of ot heavy y bodies dropping over the stockade There came canoe an un explosion of ot mad rage that made made my heart wince The Onondaga proudly In Informed Informed informed formed us They have found Little Wolf Null In I the he lodge I 1 crept under the wall wull and find shot him with his own arrow He made mude a clinking noise The Wolf thought Mime of those outside would know v the truth There here was Pontiac He talks with ghosts and ancl they tell him secrets It was he who told Littie Lit Littie tie Wolf to kill me we Pontiac saw me meat meat at Dt D Detroit and knew my heart ova Vit was warm for fur the English Little Wolf was us to shoot me nie through the hole In Inthe Inthe inthe the robes when I 1 danced ed If by n my white brother hind had not been In dan danger ger her I 1 should have e shot Pontiac after telling him to mil march by hy with the others They ore over the wall they will alII tak take canoes and follow us I I warned Mister i spoiled all nil the canoes I 1 could find before going to 10 the house where you was eating They cant can't catch atch us with hunts bunts You t have e done well yell little Ie woman j That liat hn t does Round Pu Paw w do now 1 We IVe were at the opposite shore We will go up the river In Instead ot of down oo he Ile answered They will think We went down to to the thc Oho Ohio Ohio If It the Iliad an n hind had not riot come we would have e shown them some same iTe new mn magic lc You knew about Benu I asked Round Paw law The witch n tol told d me She asked m my help She waited outside thin the e house to Beauvais stop from see see- lag ng you It was the woman witch who I said we would leave by water She Was to be outside the stockade by I the he Water gan She has a 8 very stron strong medicine So So It was you ou who saved me little I said sad to her ner I Lots Lors LOTS LOT'S suite sale J 7 Dont Don't believe nothing I C that Injun toju n tells you He saved you ou not me IDe e- e And now I cant can't g go o to CanD Cnn Can ada be Walt Wait until after th the e war It will D a short snort war war 1 i told her ber little real 1101 7 g my ability ns as a n prophet We must leave the river r before the light Poa spoke up the Onondaga list wIll lend lead th the chase H He is 15 a to very great man He knows we took water Ue lie will WIM send end sign alon nth both th K t men raen av s shores to fin find where our trail ail the river ne pe will win throw 1 toen h many between s ass and Braddock If It f the Ike i w Ran oman lJ tunes taKes to Ul the air and nl flies e h a 8 P brother b broth ther bird then Houna Paw and hI his t the i t C can n w calk walk lk slowly and laugh langli nr nt 0 Wild milt Ue Ile l U IIi n I 1 Dt tI d wilen I told lud him the girl could not fl fly y like a bird and that any plans we made must include in in- I clude elude her ber I told him of ot m my y efforts to shield village from attack at nt tack and expressed my fear that Beauvais Beau Beau- vats vais would now do the thing I had convinced him he should not do rin This furnished hed the Onondaga with a double errand to the Delaware village he must roust warn the woman Oman sachem and tell to carry my warning to the army that the Turtle Creek route though rough would be free from rom successful suc successful ambuscades You will take the same talk but separate from the I added The woman and I l will leave you at the mouth of Turtle cree creek and follow It up for a n bit and seek seek the army In In that direction on Surely one one of the three of ot us men will take the talk through to Braddock CHAPTER VIII Our Are Strong Half BaIt a mile below the mouth of ot Turtle creek the the Monongahela grew grew very shallow with scarcely more than thana a ripple of water In places The three of ot us ns held a brief conference a f A D DI Db b v l lr I r f fa fl l r a t r c Y 1 Set Me Down Set Me Down and decided that Round Paw should take the canoe anoe to the western estern hunts hanl and make town afoot The flue girl and I waded ded to the eastern shore share We Ve left the river In the first gray light of morning and ran swiftly the girls girl's thin face revealing her determination deter deter- not to hinder my progress by an any display of weakness and as we ran she spied rJ out the country ahead while I kept watch over our back Every EvelY time I glanced be behind behind hind hind me I fully expected to behold a n flitting form of a savage age We IVe arrived at nt Turtle creek a short dl distance e above Its Us mouth without hearing the Indians Indians' cry of discovery We IVe for forded ed the creek and paused for a minute for her to rest Our r breathing spell was rafts terminated by a faint halloo The voice came from far ofT olT and as It was not repeated repented we did not agree as to the direction The girl irl Insisted It was north of us while my nay ears placed It It as ns coming from the northwest at nt about abou the point on the Monongahela l where we had aban nhan the thc canoe canne Thankful it was not I ahead of us we resumed our m light flight ht We had not proceeded more than fifty rods before the girl who was In the lead gave cave a n little cry and ann c came me to tel a halt Where I 1 whispered glaring alarmed her r. about to tied what had bramble bushes she Among the faintly replied pointing her tier short rifle rille toward a n thicket and pressing a hand to her side I saw It and directed Go ahead a n hit bit and und wait for me no sight even for Cor a 8 border border- Jt It t was bred woman to behold unless s grim necessity compelled After she had passed on m I examined the dead man the body He lie bad bl been n shot through and scalped He was a Frenchman for he wore the white uniform with black facings that distinguished the e II I. I marines from the troops of ot the line whose facings were were blue As the blIzzards buzzards bus buz bad not commenced to gather It was plain he lie must have met death twelve hours bours back or In the evening An n ax was tightly gripped In the right hand and there was n a gash In Inthe Inthe Inthe the handle where another blade had struck In the darkness he and his assailant had fought blindly j I overtook the girl who was standIng standIng stand stand- Ing lag before a thick tangle of vines pea I and tr trailers i ers When I would have I taken the lead lend In striking this harrier harrier har har- rier riel she motioned me to wait walt Time was vas t too o precious to wait walt but before 1 could say as much I heard a ral faint t cry I 1 knew I heard It she site muttered But t is only the howl how of n a wolf Indian lungs are behind that howl I told her herlIts Its lIts up the creek You think a Injun made It It mister mister mis mis- ter The howl bowl was repeated and sounded clearer Im m positive 1 I said As If It to guarantee e the certainty of my words the signal was answered on our left and again from the direction of ot the river They are close after us 1 J whispered whispered whis whis- calling to each other to meet on this creek They'll find our trail Theres There's but one way open we tre must double back by the FrazIer cabin and if It sighted before we enter the forest below it we can take shelter shelter shel shel- ter tel there and try to stand them off oft till night If we can find the cabin we can make malte a n good fight figh she stoutly de de- Glared John Johan Frazier trader and blacksmith blacksmith blacksmith black black- smith was a n stanch supporter of the English He had served the colonies more than once as an interpreter and before c coming to the mouth of Turtle creek had hail lived lI for twelve years at Venango or until driven out by the French In 1753 3 Be He had been of a as assistance to Colonel Washington In 1754 and was commissioned a 8 lIeuten ant In Trents Trent's command when It wa was Instructed to fortify the forks of the theo o Ohio h I III II I 1 can ran hind find the cabin easy enough I 1 assured her and we swung out from the creek and doubled hack bod As w wran we C ran run we could hear the wolves woJ howlIng howl howl- Ing ink from three points of the compass compa s their signals sounding clearer each minute and proving that severn several I hands would soon On come together at nt atthe the tho creek creel I began Iwan to doubt douht the wisdom wis wis- wisdom I dom of proceeding farther toward the cabin I feu feared red we would he cut rut off ofT and surrounded To turn our hacks hack to the creek and ond plunge e thru through h the dense forest and trust our lives to our legs appealed d as liS being the best plan Are rc you able ahle to keep going all nil day through ruu h t the he forest I asked her I am nun amery very ery tired she confessed confess Its so Ion long since I had bad a n good sleep mIster There was last night night night- I 1 know 1 I broke In In for time was all nil to short You couldn't do it It ft A g glance ance nt at her pinched face fare told me she hp wa was fairly exhausted And In our haste t to make good time we ta tad l in spots left signs the savages could easily follow at ut a 3 run The cabin It must be I said and tr trying ln to speak cheerfully Frazier will have plenty of powder and bul bul- lets Perhaps some spare trade trude guns I You c could uld make e It alone through the woods to the army she said her ber words coming In in Jerks I 1 can make It no faster than thun Von yon can Im thinking youre you're telling n a lie she he rebuked but mister gravely resumed resumed resumed re re- running A quavering cry up the creek made my sl skin ln prickle lInn hung on to your rifle I ordered as I seized seized her and threw her over O my DIY shoulder holding her with one arm and und carrying my own gun In m rn left hand With a n fine tIne spurt of speed I covered co several hundred yards She he began hegan kicking and squirming and demanded de de- rJ demanded Set me down n I 1 Set me down I You'll Youl git us both buth kilt I II I did as she requested not because I was too ton weary wenry to carry her farther but because her rifle rlUe was swinging wildly and striking the bushes anti and leaving g a u trail n an ox eol could liI follow TO BE CONTINUED U L. 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