Show L Red a Road I A 11 e O addock Dei Det at By Iy Hagh i Illustrations by IrwIn Myers MyersT T- T Copyright by Hugh CHAPTER IX IX 27 27 They are nrc re charging ns us cried the Onondaga And sounding his war- war wl whoop he tired fired nt at the figures now swiftly bounding forward I also fired and stopped slopped a Q savage But nut I I did not bell believe eye the affair would amount to anything more than an nn exchange exchange ex ch change of or shots shots between the scouts until I J recognized Captain Beaujeu atthe atthe at atthe the head bend of a 8 ml raised mixed ed force forc of ot French I and In Indians On the breast breatt ot of hl his fringed shirt hunting w was s a silver sliver gorget I a pleasing target hud hod I 1 not emptied my rifle at nt the sn savage A moment after I fired B Beaujeu halted and waved his hat bat above his ils head and th the he Indians scattered to left and right I would have belle the enemy was retreating bad had not not the Canadians and regulars remained to 10 hold the road rond us While I 1 w was s' s reloading Mr Gordon of ot tl the c engineers came up UI and was the first of the regulars to behold the ene ene- lilY my It seemed to he be a most foolhardy t I thing for two hundred Frenchman to dispute the Duquesne road n against our proud army I be began nn to re realize lIlze we wew w were re In for something more titan a skirmish when a u heavy Y fire opened onUs onus on onus us from ahead and from train both hoth sides Hound Paw Pow and I both hugged bugged the ground oriel and retired retiree to the right rightA A terrific howling and yelling was started h hy the rhe savages su a sinister 0 o chorus tutu that I encompassed sed the rou road II for some slue distance Gages ages troops seemed to In he lie confuted I d by the fiendish clamor I ini time the vIsibility Invisibility of ml the foe fae The mm staggered er 11 under the rhe cruel ruel fire tire then d 11 und and nd h began an emptying their h imi 1 lt I In volleys Hut BUI there wa va was to ru shoot at ot the rhe slim lIm French force IOIe II ahead I ul a d. d Before they could tall full biuk uk from ipiri the time jaws of r the trap St Sm Hairs Hair's working force farce came curne up on tin tilt run to ti pile lle confusion on lIn confusion Gage hige a e fell felt I the he reinforcements reinforCement S behind Iii him in d his men inca to ro elm charge rge sti ahead abend amid eliminate tile the j M l Tile hf head nd of Ills his column VII was speedily wi wiped perl out iut and nul the re ret re-r t i Wc IP sadly staggered cJ h hy the tire fire A 1 gun gui was rushed usla lI up p to u support the pioneers und armi ut nt time the third t of 01 the piece pitre Beaujeu fell feli dead d became u Che he of ul gallantly Iy a as III u t Si Louis Captain Calt I Pumas took his r place all arid and for a u while the time lighting fighting lg was var ma maintained by hv both li shies with neither nellier apparently securing Hn arms any of dl distinct advantage e hut with time the En ting Eng Ush su sustaining heavy punishment General persisted in sending rL heavy S masses masse e of If It men up the time road i whereas he lie should hav have fallen rallen hack until he ennUi have lve cleared clemed the woods woodson on lIot both h of the time road roud this timis portion of the tight ht tb the of onondaga ann and I simi shifted ft about andt and amid cL t Mil t turns filing and taking Inking care rare thai thul au one mile of ot out omit titles should he be loaded amiet at am atall iet all nil titans times On three different occasions occa d we wc were charged by hv small airmaIl r of 01 u nes hut the St second co d unexpected caD behind the sumac same tree rree al til always ret ways spoiled the time attack and ond sent them theft the m ft iwi ed 11 man hack K to In where the killing was var ig easier eu Then m mechanical dl 1 Itt hl began tagan to lu give t ground before Ati time the marksmanship of the lie enemy Ve We itt sealed scaled d our fate fare by uy r remaining Ii die the time ravine lavine m k furious al ul almost most to I tie the point polut of u Incoherent r beY pushed Hurlon forward with time the II van thus making time the cnn congestion e tin tim time the road mail was hut but twelve wide formed his Ills tro troops p under H a ae e 01 galling lire arid und had timid jm just t l I ilie Imi maneuver when Games Game's apt ige Eler tc fell hack back rapidly to tn form Corm be ie store o 11 It'll th the definite shift In our muir Ia Mi Ing W We Ve hud had been sustaining terrible ent the time penalty niro of nl ro I ng i In column but bul we ve hail had oi m I mm of mit numbers t to lU permit heavy V IlIs litres ts But BUI now v the two rc regi 1 1 rame lu-rame badly mixed Dud and of ill about In the time road 4 III Hk There re was smoke smillie every t it ImPre Th The woods wood w were em-e em re choked chola d with will I It I lie rhe was hiom blotted out U ut UI I 15 11 t It Sheets of lit tire ire rippled doug along t the tie tiet t tI very rem edges edge t. t ol at the narrow way wimy The Time Theto in-f in two tuo rl regimental colors were advanced eo eoIn In opposite ill The Tile F t were ere r picked off otT at Him HIJ nl alarming rate nate und the lime ip rf had not been heen ht self mei el dependence II l Some Simmie of iii the time enemy's guns gurl wc eie e ees es HiruM the rime foliage lilt Into till tile verb verv faces of ut tIme tile I victims There were vee S' S soldiers In lu that battle who mild did I I ltd ee an Indian Down the time line 1111 I Ihl hey thi W WI veme MP le dell delivering their lr tin lire tinui a ui iii two twit hundred etl d yards thereby throwing IIII ii tiled II WilY With Willi the Itie ancient forest closely ted In r the ime road marl Ith no nn foe rop vl vis visHie t. t Ih Hie Ildi the ami U trus as us 1 Helpless a u u hi 11 inin he le tt l It fun Uti-n charged erI ft uvin that thaI he lie had Hunk L vr cr ers out on oil time tilt tI a 1 n l of lit July ninth Such statements are lire Till Till- i nun untrue ue U had i nul u a linn 11 Ct d yim ihs III or mure noire on omi hoth ii shies ot mit t the fill im fill army lint hilI ue t e did clId nul scout tin flU in to ul h h a heul of at I rh the h mm army ii wu tin mi I ii el r I 1 Ii Once rHe tl tiati E I i l Hie 11 I I ii i i tT wt-r wt sim IIII h h f iii tin tin- II 11 71 vi VIII liP tt Ie tI n uI I HIM ini iun 1 t U III rs I v 1111 inin A An Hn Mint fin In 0 Kit 1 i litH I l. will mm HI 1 HI it- it 1 KImI II ut bum lit IIII 1111 Ilmi ip ui III D count counted d for only a 0 portion of our dead and wounded As Round Law luw and I fell buck back through the time woods on time tile right of ot the road and rl risked death at every evely step from the time tire fire of our own men inca I caught a glimpse of General Braddock LIEs LUs horse was down and he ime was striking a 8 aman man with the time flat limit of his sword to to drive him from the thc shelter of a 0 tree where e the time fe fellow uw had very sensibly taken refuge An aide supplied the commander with a u fresh mount Just just- justus us as young Washington headed bareheaded his lila hise e eyes blazing reined In III hit his frantic I horse and Iud loudly urged Get Jet th them m out of ot this slaughter pen 1 I Into nto the the- woods 1 I IBy Hy By G G-d G d Im I'm commander here sir I fhe They'll 11 tight here I We- We e must advance ad ull ud- ud vance I roared th the general his lila heavy y face suffused ed with anger You Vou d d-d d d sl sheep lep close up I Close lose up there IThe I IThe The lust last to a squad of meL met who were tr trying to tree themselves And nd imd he was kiwi down to get gem hack back Into the time road rond to be tie slaughtered ed like sheep Halket who with wilh four hundred hun hun- dred dm men was war guarding the baggage e train came come through the thick smoke and anil yelled a If request that lint the men be he ordered to 10 find tind shelter D Damnation l' l thundered the gen eral Did Iid I lead his majesty's regulars reg rg- ulars out oum h here re to hide from a II parcel of naked red beggars Advance I We must advance nd I Then he was raging 5 c With Wit the Ancient F Forest Closely Closel Hemming In the Road With No Foe Visible the Army Was as Helpless as a Blind Man down on those delinquents whose ye yenma rs of training were being swept fIlde by hy the time Instinct of self n lion tion Curse urse ur e you yuu I Get Gel buck back there re I And the flat of his imis sword beat them over head and shoulders Washington wheeled hl his horse humping Into Sir Peters Peter's mount and either to that gentleman or In apos apostrophe apostrophe apostrophe to the whole terrible situation lie he IB cried By G G-d G d I 1 My Virginians shant shan't 0 nt tm l I ered t I With Vi t b that thu t he lie Wr was wms plunging through the time i to the time edge emige ol the growth ru where Hound und I L. L and arid some riflemen were vere treeing ourselves He tie shouted Wag Waggoner ag goner tree yourself I Clear this flits sid of the road Captain Waggoner ral raised ed his hand and penetrated Into lutu lime growth glowth ii Highly men a all ull I I ex I en m ri ritie tIe shots huts after Unel him The rime t mon I daga und and I kept kepi ansi ala U ol iii tIme tile tap I lain lie tie lid did not H l to ro make lilt hit voice heard above e time tile infernal din hut hUI pointed to I the tie rising iny ground on time the brow ot lit it which h extended a 11 lullen tm-ce tm that runt must 1 ha e measured ut it the lime least iasI live thE feet In diameter hid er Once n-e n no me hind that t tout stoat i de 1 I knew ug Wag miners miner's rs then men would soon SOC clear dear that film side of o. the time toad road a and t then imen could cli elide around t the lJ head ol oj the rhe 1113 mind arid drive c the savages from frum the tt ravine Now r we were In lii the time trap General BIn locks Broth jod s 's solution 11 was time the only one CIne The army III must liSt advance al We lo lost host t three nit men lI by the lime h Raining gaIning rh the rime hill hili and then rhen the crazy moh In ID the flie road mud poured n a volley Into our nul rear that thaI killed men I IA IA A few remained m on CID I he lie hut hill for ur or tYs tY's sale sake The lime rest leSI took nook their I Ilu lu lurk k below in time the woods striving to 11 liC p on time the outskirts rs ol time tile enemy's enemy The Onondaga mid I fell cli hn hark hack k lighting from tree in Iu tree and striving lo In reach time tile train The Time noon was wei wem Ing away awny ann and from froID from the time triumphant howls of the French In Indiana I diana we knew the army was practIcally practically surrounded Time The Onondaga glistening with sweat and ferocious for closer fighting yelled In my ear They say we shall dI die like brave men J JI I J did not desire to be slaughtered as the uselessly heroic never neer appealed to me tint nut the girl was cooped up Inside the devilish circle ant and there are certain things a m man n must alwa always s 's do She Sue was of army my race and I J was especially bound hound to find her With the On Onondaga the case was wn different lie Je had hall a a fair chance of winning Inning nning clear ear of the terrible mistake arid and I urged him to do so He lb asked me If It I 1 would keep with him n I t answered vered that I must find the Hie witch witch- woman he lie whooped hoarsely and ond took the lead in a line that ran parallel to the soaked blood road rondo We heard the time drums sound the ule retreat retreat retreat re re- treat and knew that Braddock was dead or had lost his haughty pride We Ve heard the firing down the line ilie a athe as the- the en enemy my attacked Halket's men mn n at att atthe atthe t the c train baggage and from frolD th the le leg ies 3 volume of the time return fire we knew our losses tosses must he he tremendous s. s or else se the time a at ammunition was wa failing falln At the time time Braddock k ordered the retreat to he be sounded only a 8 third of the time army was left We e learned tOM much h afterward Th Time The smoke made it t Impossible to see clearly and the iamB 1 combats between rangers and ond savages a served to confuse further our sel sense s of direction I 1 remember tie he Onondaga nonda f giving a 8 mighty grunt as ashe ashe he clash crashed eJ his a ax through the head henrJ of ot a u Huron who bumped Into us I recall recall mechanically staving In another red skull s with the We butt of my loaded rifle And then to my nay surprise both I the tIme Indian and I w were re In the rondo road surrounded by the time dead and d dying ln and those who fired blindly and more often killed a n friend than than they wounded wound ed eda a foe These m men n are fools crl cried d the Onondaga ga dodging a blow from froma a 0 musket swung by a madman The woods I 1 The woods I But now we were in the road it It was most roost difficult to leave It without beIn being belog be be- In log ing shot In the back yet et to remain In Inthe Inthe the time frenzied crowd meant death without with with- out 1111 a chance to strike e hack We were only a short distance above the time hll hug bag train gage and toward It we he began making our way Guns were spurting flame from the bushes b at our feet The guards were pointing their muskets urns mus high and firing thin volleys Into the time foliage e Once Once- the retreat was waR pounded a n panic had seized upon the time hors Iu and In a stumbling ng Ins ne rush rURh those who could walk made a 8 alast alast last lust attempt to reach the river The Time howling of the Indians Increased In creased In volume volum as as they rl realized the time extent of their unexpected d triumph A few tew hours fluur hack back the time f fort rl Indians had flatly refused to follow uw Beaujeu and und no now they were lusting like demons to kill 1 kill until not not an I Englishman was left alive The Time sav savages av ages observing the mIld mad fear now jos pos ios possessing the army grew grev holder and and began to 10 appear from h behind the time great trees tree from under dader Jh Time the grape and vines pea arid and h the time tall tail grass rass Gory hands darted out to seize some dead or dying man muon and drag dlUg him the time cover The best eq equipped arid and proudest army England had ever er s sent nt to North Am America eri a was a 8 rabble of crazy men Captain Orme of the regulars and Captain Stewart art of or the time Virginia riflemen rifle rIfle- men mien aided by another American of fleer licer I did not nOI know came cume through h the time mass amass bearing a It heavy tl figure ure It was WIlS General Braddock he was pulling for breath and ond was wounded the chesL chest killed d I Braddock's Braddocks killed I was sas the cr rv raised ns as the commander was carried to 10 the time rear Rally the time fools at lit the ford la cI time the commander Braddocks killed I howled a It drill ser sergeant allt although be he must have heard Iward hl his general speak And AmI he lie danced up lip II and UllI down until red hands slim shot hor out omit from fromi the tIme hu hushes he mind and cam luu caught hl him by hy time tile un ankles le jerked hIm him from frum our ur sight Colonel Washington now hn l all ull rh the rime riflemen C 1 NI lI lighting In the lie Indian fashion and only his maneuver su Mixed td time the army from lining annihilated A AIt As Asit As AsIt it was four hundred and fifty and n were dead slain omi I hl t. t ml and t nta nearly ny as many ny more wounded v. v ii Out ut of ot el nine eighty commissioned of of- leers three sixty three were wele killed or Clr wounded t and not lIot a Ii er nad escaped unhurt un I LeI Lean eim II a Vl from behind trees were shouting en toll to tim one inc another and calling call call- iris ing for the regulars to fall back halk out mi of the mime way and amid cro cross s the |