Show the red R d road W ELM A romance of braddicks braddocks Bad Brad docEs docks defeat THE STORY webster brond Is serving as a scout and spy for or the army under general braddock preparing tor for the advance on fort du que queine ne no he has just returned to alexan alexandria d ris from a visit to th tb tort fort where posing as s a fre frenchman n ch he has secured valuable information braddock bred to european warfare falls to realize the importance of the newts new brond Is sent back to fort duquesne also bearing a message to george croghan Cro ehan english emissary among the indians indian brond joins his big friend and fe fellow a scout out round paw indian chief and they set out on the way they tall fall in with a typical back backwoodsman woodsman balgar cromet crofit who joins join them the party encounters coun t era a group 0 of f set settlers ter threatening a young girl elsie donwold digwo d vl whom horn they accuse of w witchcraft I 1 craft brond saves her from them the girl disappears webster delivers bis big message to croghan young col george georg washington rescues brond from froan bullying english soldiers he korsts a bully in a tight fight and kinds elsie diewold Din wold brond Is sent bent on a scouting expedition to fort duquesne Dug esne and finds a french scouting party besieging an old c cabin a bin in which elsie has taken refuge e in the ongoing ensuing fight she escapes brood brond takes bis bin way to duquesne CHAPTER V continued 12 this sudden attack rent cent us halt half a mile back from the river we made a wide circuit and I 1 was still disgruntled at nay my poor shooting when the onondaga picked up cp a poultice of chewed sassafras leaves such as indian and white man used tor for gunshot wounds to in an emergency my spirits rebounded for we no now w knew my small ball had bad peered we saw nothing of the fellow however nor cor did we believe he could be badly wounded we camped early that night above stewarts crossing taking great care to tilde our trail the onondaga killed a turkey with his bis ax and this we heated rather than cooked over a tiny liny tire fire and ate it halt half raw still keeping back from the river we crossed great swamp creek the next nest day und and suffered much from tiny black hies flies that were as voracious as wolves in ID february barely pausing to eat a handful of parched corn and what was left lefi of the turkey we left the als agreeable nyree able area and pushed on to salt lick or jacobs creek As captain jacobs town was eight or nine miles back from the mouth of this creek we ventured to swing in close to the so as to give the place plenty of clearance hardy had said the village was abandoned but savages ravages have a way of being where you least expect them and jacobs never had bad left his town because of fear we covered thirty miles that day and were very weary villen we made camp and brol broiled ledsome some small game over a sheltered ore fire the journey to sewickley creek was uneventful no indians indiana so tar far as aa we could observe had passed up our side of the river this was not as we bad wished however tor for if the scouting party which had dogged us while we were under hardys protection should keep to the other side of the geny it would necessitate its crossing crossl nc the river at or near town therefore we were much relieved III al though instantly put on our guard when we discovered the remains of a recent calip a short distance helow belo the mouth of the sewickley the cumber of fires built bince the rainstorm indicated the of nt at least fifty warriors the trail td north toward turtle creek and nor a there were no signs of scouts being thrown out on tile flanks it was wu plain the hand feared no danger bud and were ov avoiding town und and were making a swift march to duquesne we followed the trail for two miles to make sure no schuls were cover coveri lui kip the backtrack back hack track then cut cui bulk im it to tile ui sewickley wickley Sf arid and trampled trai trae pled led mp i creain 1121 n tar far as Thic ketly run chani Chan iaia our roune course again we e made due west so RV as to approach town as it if corning coming from duquesne Ou quesne it was late afternoon kind growald dark to in the woods nhan hen round hound paw informed toe they can hear a gun now flow after more walking hulking tie lie the can alitar two whoops now fait lut we did not make our elmp etith he be sold said they rhey can hour hear otie one whoop itaw so we halted baited in halling hailing dist utice ot of the town not caring to enter lite hie all it lage inge until none mine tit of the alie scout coming party had swung bak to 0 o pay it 0 9 visit we turned in for the night we were awake to in good gnik season dui bui took out our time lime it in breaking camp callip paw luw used hift hi and arrows to good advantage und and we dined excellently on small game gaine I 1 hurled buried the lie tire and waited while the indian scouted to the edge ol of the woods and reconnoiterer reconnoitered ed the village tillage after soini thue oliue lie stole back to we me and said no french Ind indiana laris were viere there nod and hut but very few of the Dela delawarek wares I 1 told him to announce out arrival end and lie threw back his bis head to give a loud halloo demanded by indian etl ell queue quette so that thai residents could come froal the die village bud and lead the stranger stran gei in I 1 clapped a hand band over his mouth arid and he lowered hla his head and listened it was very faint tt til fire then own becam cuore ilu dible the thudding ut of swift by hugh by irwin myers by ruh ruch agn service flying feet coming down the duquesne path the runner was making no DO attempt at secrecy we moved closer to the trail and waited soon the file runner came into eight a tall man aniio with his hair broached like a huron he was naked caked except for his breechclout and carried oo no arms bur bill he did carry that which was ot of boig past nant interest to me a heavy festoon estoos of wampum about his neck round hound paw whispered A carrier of hells belts he comes unarmed they ray be brings french belts to 11 colonel warning iha I 1 must intercept any bloody or war belts was fresh iq ID my mind and I 1 loosened my ax at tile the onondaga Unon daga grunted a disapproval and grasped my I 1 5 01 it wab wa akin to murder to drop the fellow arm to me tor for the office of a belt carrier was almost sacred and whether his proffer of war belts was accepted or rejected he be was rup nip posed to have an open road in arriving and departing I 1 forced myself to think only one thought the french mens desire to win over 4 warriors and turn their hatchets against the col colonies onles ue he must not take the belts to the village I 1 whispered to kill a currier of belts will make your oranda weak and sick muttered round paw it if coming to us yes but he goes to the woman the runner was now close to out oui position ue he ran rapidly and showed slin weil no sign of fatigue although I 1 sus a pecked be had kept up the pace bauve leaving the french fort it was skin akin to murder to drop the fellow out nut there was much mure more than say my per bonal feelings at stake the delivery delivers of bloody hells must be preen presented teo of at all costs cost round paw understood my determination and whispered lo in my wall wait hv he will puss pass this hush bush without his bis belts he fie nill be laughed at lie shall not see u us ue he gently pushed sue me buck and moved to the side of the trail slid and pulled polled out his ax at I 1 let him have his way glad to avoid tile the grew some soine duty hui but kept kepi my iny rifle ready to stop the fellia should my red make a mes me s of it it along cattle came the runner tint and when opposite us amsl to tao fuel feel tit ot us lie leaped hekli kind opened his couth to in the lie guest full call at the same liniment rite hie slipped into the heliend blia wid cil loped d hlin him with wath the lie flat it nl his ut ax over ilip HIP hend heild before he emild could i a SI sound the man diun like tile one dead und and bethire he tir I 1 could to give it a hulid the lie had yanked lite lie free brei und arid was pulling rite me deeper into the hie forest the lust glimpse I 1 hud bud of the belt carrier re vented him sprawled out on his fave fu his head twisted nod and lili his mouth still open we retreated from the t trail rail and ran north and crossed it and turned buck back toward the village while we halted to learn if the scene had bad been witnessed by some early hunter or it if the moo man bud bad regained his senses genres we took time to examine the wampum the strings string consisted isted ot of white bends beads alternated with red the bell was a more pretentious affair being composed ol of black and red beads wita a hatchet worked with white bends beads to lo the middle a trench french war belt and handsomely fashioned and one a neutral tribe would feel honored to in haying baying presented even though it could not be accepted As no alarm was sounded we ad to the clearing surrounding the cabins and the onondaga hid fild the wampum at the foot of a basswood tree then lifting his voice be sounded the call and when he be finished I 1 shouted in ID french after a few minutes two men of middle age sa s1 slowly come came to meet us ue and one of then them greeted it if you are tired from long walking your mats are waiting for you there to Is meat in the kettle our legs were tired but now they feel strong after we have looked at the face of our brother r I 1 answered in the leril lenape tongue abes the made no response to this but turned and led the way to the village I 1 1 I counted twenty cabins made of email trees low and roofed with bark barb had I 1 been a frenchman I 1 would have felt discouraged over our reception the absence of warriors was partly explained by those we saw through cabin doors sleeping off the effects of a debauch what was disturbing was the glimpse I 1 caught of a white man dressed as an indian and wearing a tiny silver hatchet on a neck chain I 1 bad met him before and his hie presence in ID the village made it impossible tor for me to claim a recent departure from duquesne he was earnestly talking to an aged delaware the indian clutched a bottle of brandy in his bis hand while he be listened after passing this cabin our conductors halted baited before an empty but and informed us it would be our quarters while in the village they seemed to be in haste to leave us but when outside the door one baited and said the woman sachem will ak ash where you came from teh TA her a frenchman and a iroquois have come com from a scout to castlemann Cast lemans river and rest before going on to duquesne the pa path th between village and duquesne Is beaten down very hard by french feet the benl lenares Le napes moccasins slip in traveling over it our sachem says the path Is old and worn out he be replied 1 I see a french brother Is here ahead ot us I 1 said ignoring his veiled hint that too many frenchmen were coming to the village to suit ile he sullenly replied ue he brings much brandy brani jy which Is bail bad lie he brings a belt which Is very bad so our coup on tile the red carrier ul of belts hod had not stopped the war talk of the enemy from reaching the village however the delaware Dela wares s open of us spoke well tor for the loyalty of the woman to the english requesting round raw paw to remain near ait ar the but I 1 departed to look up tile the owner of 0 the silver ux six and by u bold course di disarm surria suspicion when I 1 halted baited in the doorway ol of his cubin cabin he glanced glin ced up with an ugly scowl then was slightly blight ly perplexed for fol a before I 1 could announce anno unc myself he coming coining forward ts tc grel i reet 4 ine file M Brin brindid lid who was u al s sf our F furl fort in ID the my aly heart eins to behold you again ai aln I 1 have been in this plate two days jo 10 get e ft an n with that old oil Wel comie a thim sund thries ali and let irl u drink if I 1 can brid a bottie these filthy ones have not nallie tit joyl 1 I on am rejoiced to lo see monsieur Ions leur falese ln lesl once more I 1 clied we ve und lie waved tile me to it iel und and that I 1 take ray ins ease edif u his indian companion rose mill clutching the hie half li if emptied bottle and TO BE CONTINUED |