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CHAPTER VII— Continued
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Beaujeu, quick to utilize any super-
■titIon that favored Ills growing plum
fo r resisting Braddock's approach,
stood up and sonorously replied:
“ Pontiac, great chief of the Ottawas,
your words make (Jnontlo’s heart warm
and glad. With the mighty Pontiac
to lead our r>ed brothers, the medicine
lodge ghosts w ill tell but one thing—
that an az, half-red and halt-French
w ill split the English bead. Let the
bruve Potawatoml set up the medl
cine lodge where we may see It and
hear Its voices. Let the ghosts of an
cient warriors tell us how to destroy
the English and take for our own use
their long wagons of guns and cloth
and food. Tell your red brothers that
Onontlo w ill send them a keg of bran
dy to make their hearts glad,"
Pontiac turned and stalked from the
room, a dramatic figure. Beaujeu
smiled grimly and. still sturlng through
the open door, he said to us:
"Messieurs, there speaks one who
some day w ill make great trouble for
some one. Whoever holds that man
fast to France does France and our
king a great service. Now while they
are putting up their lodge let us eat
and talk."
1 hud renewed acquaintance with
the three officers before entering the
room and bad been made known to
the fourth man, Sleur de SL Therese,
a pleasant-mannered fellow. Platters
of steaming meat and some good
bread were served.
Outside the window rose the gut
turul voices of the Potawatoml wizards
as they directed the erection of the
mystery lodge. Soon there was added
the fierce notes of a war song as the
brandy began to take effect; and by
the light of several fires we could
gllmptw stark forms dancing madly
around a war-post, each dancer pnus-
Ing to drive his ax Into the wood In
pantomime of braining a foe. For n
bai kground wus the heat-llghtnlng and
the far-off bellowing of (llnunn the
Thunder-god, giving battle to his Im
memorial enemy, the water-serpent.
Beaujeu watched the frenzied war
riors for a moment and sighed:
“ If 1 could hold them to that pitch
when I lead them to battle. But mes
sieurs, now that we hnve satisfied our
appetites, I w ill ask Monsieur Belaud
to tell us about the hostility of the
woman Alluqulppa toward ua. Then
you can decide If her village at the
mouth of the Youghlogeny Is a menace
to France. Lieutenant Beauvais at
ready has told us something, but Mon
sleur Beland wus In the village longer
than Beauvais and bad a most slg
nlficant experience.”
So, for the second time since enter-
lug the fort, I recounted the woman
sachem’s refusal of the French belt
and the killing of Pontiac's belt-car
rler. When I had ceased speaking
Sleur de SL Therese excitedly cried:
“ It Is time that evil nest was de
Stroyed.”
Beaujtu's eyes sparkled.
“ What does Sleur de Carquevtlle
say?” he asked.
De Carquevtlle promptly replied:
“ We are In extremis without Brad
dork finding a resting place should his
line of march take him to the mouth
of the Youghlogeny. The country
abend of his army should be swept
dean of English allies.”
l»e la Parade lifted a glass of wine
and gave:
“ lleath to the English Indians!
Death to Allaqnlppal”
After the toast had been drunk Sleur
de Parleux counseled:
“ It would be best, I believe, to send
the Ottawas, or the OJIbways, to re
move the village."
Beaujeu considered this suggestion
thoughtfully for a few moments, and
thru turned to me and Invited:
"Let us have Monsieur Beland's ad
vice.
I told them:
“ It Is my belief that at the worst
she w ill only succeed In holding her
Indians neutral. Their numbers are
few. When they find there Is but a
small force of Indians with the Eng
lish army, tliey will not dare to Join
It. If you send the northern Indians
against the village you tuuy make our
Shawnee« and Mlngoes uneasy. It
may spoil their fighting spirit. Cer
tainly your Delawares would not rel
ish doing the work, for after all they
are of llie same race."
"K h e l" muttered Beaujeu. tugging
nt Ills long hair and frowning at his
glass. Finally be threw up bis head
and said:
“ Our brother speaks with wisdom
although It sounds like the cold cal
d ilating counsel of an Englishman.
But It Is true, messieurs, that many
of the Indlnns do not care whether
the dog cats the wolf, or the wolf eats
the dog. We cannot risk a split In
our red ranks. If the Shawnee« steal
away to the Muskingum nnd flr«v
creek, then we may expwet to behold j
the lake tribes leaving for the north
without liftin g an ax. I am forced
to believe It w ill be better to leave
Allaqulppa’s town alone.
“ I f Our Lady's Intercession should
give us a victory over Braddock, the
task of pacifying the English Lent-
Lenape w ill be easier If there be no
bones of their warriors for France to
cover. I f It Is fated that we lose, we
shall have our bands full In with
drawing from this fort without hav
ing to fight a rear guard engagement
against Infuriated neutrals. For I
solemnly assure you, messieurs, that
our own savages w ill be a problem
should we have to retire.
“ Monsieur Beland, I rejoice that
yon are here and have spoken as yon
have. I only wish that Monsieur
Beauvais could Join us and give his
views. He Is a cool thoughtful man,
and, like yourself, would speak w ith
out prejudice."
It required several rounds of wine
to restore us to a proper enthusiasm.
I felt a coolness on the part of my
two neighbors, although none at the
table openly disagreed with Beaujeu's
decision. But de la Parade, who had
drunk extermination to the vlllnge,
was vastly more popular than I. Beau-
“Our Brothsr Speaks With Wisdom,
Although It Sounds Like the Cold
Calculating Counsel of an English
man.
Jeu’s mention of Beauvais made my
back feel chilly, and my gaze wan
dered frequently toward the open
door. And yet when I attempted to
decide Just what I should do, did he
put In an appearance, my mind re
fused to work. It was as if my Intel
ligence were paralyzed. I was keenly
conscious of dreading his arrival hut
was Incapable of planning a defense.
There was a wild wish In my heart
that the Onondaga might discover the
truth and manage In some fashion to
Intercept him. ThlA of course, was
not based on reason. It did set me to
thinking about the Onondaga and the
Dlnwold girl. I wondered If J had
been observed when walking and talk
Ing with her, nnd If. should I he ap
prehended, she would he held to ac
count. My only consolation was that
Beaujeu was a gentleman, nnd that
once she disclosed her sex, he would
not permit her to be harmed.
There remained the dangers of the
retreat to Canada. Pontiac never lost
an opportunity to advance himself I
Once he saw that the French were
whipped. I doubted his loyalty to the
Lilies. Looking back to those hectic
days In July, I am convinced I mis
judged him. The events of the next
few years were to establish his never-
ending hostility to the English.
The dancers had quit the fire and
war-post and were now leaping gro
tesquely by the window, a swift sh ift
ing string of distorted and monstrous
ly painted faces, and a bewildering
flourishing of axes. Some of the axes
were painted red the better to ex
emplify tbe wlelders' sanguinary am
bltions. As tbe savages pressed closer
to tbe building In passing In review,
we saw them only from the Deck np,
and tbe effect was that of detached
beads Boating and bobbing by.
Then there came the sweetest strain
of music I ever heard although It was
produced by the guttural voice of a
most hideously painted creature, who
bad concealed all suggestions of a hu
man countenance by painting his face
with a series of circles In black, red
and white. His song was sweet In
my ears because he sang through the
open window the simple refrain:
“ Ha-hum-weh. Ha-hum-weh."
“ ‘I belong to the Wolf clan. 1 be
long to the W olf clan.’ ”
Surely words were never more wel
come. I felt the tightness In my chest
give way; and I knew that Bound
Paw of tbe Onondagas was on the
scene and ready to stand or fall with
me. Beaujen, too. cangbt the song,
and remarked:
“ That’s not a northern voice, nor
Shawnee, nor Lenl-Lenape. It sounds
like a Mingo, and yet It Is different."
“ I was not giving much heed,” I
said. “ It sounded like an Iroqnols.
singing his W olf song."
Next we had a view of a Potawa
torn! who brandished a war-club of
birch. Tbe club was painted red and
black and was decorated with brass
nails. The arm bolding tbe club
boasted of a badge of skunk-skin to
show the man bad seized a wounded
enemy by the arm and had held him.
Three of the feathers In his hair were
notched, evidencing he had killed and
scalped as many foes, and there were
other feathers nnnotched, Indicating
he had scalped warriors slain by his
companions. For after the northern
fashion of counting coup four feath
ers could be worn for the death of
each enemy slain—one by the man
who made the kill, one by the man
who took the scalp, and one by each
of the two men who mlglft assist In
the scalping. This fellow remained
before the window long enough to
chant In a throaty voice:
“ ‘An eagle feather I see; a brave I
have caught A wolf I see; a wolf I
have caught.” i
Beaujeu Interpreted the song for
me. I would have thought nothing
ahont It had not tbe Onondaga soon
passed tbe window again, proving he
had not waited his turn, and pro
claimed himself to be of the Wolf
clan. And directly following blm re
appeared the Potawatoml with his
boast of having caught a w o lt My
nerves began tightening. There was
a sinister significance In the second
appearance of the two men. It was
plain that the Potawatoml was ex
erting himself to keep at the heels of
my friend.
There was no time to worry over
the coincidence, however. I whs con
fident the Potawatoml, even If some
thing had aroused bis suspicions,
would never catch Round Paw off his
guard. The dancing suddenly ceased
and we noted that the framework of
the medicine-lodge was np. and that
the wizards were rapidly covering It
with medicine-robes so as to shut off
all view of the Interior except as the
small flap wns pulled back and re
vealed a small, square opening facing
our window,
Pontiac came through the doorway
nnd spoke to Beaujeu. The coinman
dant nodded, and explained to us:
“ He says one of the Potawatoml,
L ittle Wolf, wishes to entertain ns
with some magic."
We settled back to enjoy the Jug
glery, but my nerves gave a Jump
when In L ittle W olf I recognized the
dancer who had said he had cangbt a
wolf. He halted near the table and
eyed ns all steadily. I Imagined hts
gaze rested a trifle longer on me than
on the others, but set It down to my
being a ranger.
Beaujeu rose and handed him a
glass of wine and spoke first In the
Ottawa tongue and then In French
saying:
“ L ittle Wolf Is a mighty wizard
When the medicine-lodge Is ready he
w ill call the ghosts to talk to ns. They
w ill tell us how to strike an ax Into
the English.”
L ittle W olf refused the wine and
glanced about until he had located
the brandy. He stretched out his hand
for the stronger drink and Beaujeu
threw out the wine and accommo
dated him. Tossing off the brandy
be placed his bow and arrow on a
small side-table and turned his back
on us and made much business of ex
amlntng the contents of tbe bag.
When he faced about, he had a long
knife In his hand. This he proceeded
to swallow np to the hllL So far as
I could observe the blade went down
his thront
(TO U 8 C O N T IN T 'in 1
For Preservation of Fine Colonial Homes
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More than any other city In the
country, tbe atmosphere of the Seven
teentb century Is retained by the city
of Annapolis. It has many landmarks
and Institutions of the pre-Revolution
ary days, Including ancient trees,
structures nnd customs around qhlch
the romance of history has been
woven. There nre several partlcu
larly fine specimens of homes of that
period, hut the touch of modernism
has threatened some of these nnd the
movement to preserve them for all
time has been Inaugurated by the ad
•ulnlstrators of St. Johns college. It
self one of the oldest Institutions ot
higher learning In this country. Three
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pcmlence aided In the formation ot
the college and their homes, still pre
served, are but a short distance from
the college campus. The houses which
the college proposes to preserve are
the Pinckney house, the Brice house,
the Hammond-Harwood house and the
Peggy Steuart house. The latter wns
built by the owner of the vessel which
caused the Peggy Steuart Tea party,
which was a counterpart of the Bos
ton Tea party.
Exactness D em anded
The Joining between marble blocks
In ancient Athenian structures built
of blocks of marble had to he so ex
act that the Joint must not he percept
ible when the finger n il! was drswD
over IL
Long-Forgotten Light
SMITH WELL FITTED
Burned On Steadily
FOR HIGH POSITION How a light
in an unknown room
In a theater at Glasgow, Scotland,
burned unseen fo r 22 years, has Just
been reported. When electrical engi
neers were asked to give quotations
on overhauling the lighting system a
certain line of conduit disappeared In
a wall, and the tra il ended. Nearby
was a locked door, the key to which
had been losL No one from the man
ager to the call hoy could remember
that the door had ever been opened
It was forced. The unknown room
had been used by billposters, and ac
cording to a poster lying there the
place had not been used since 1906. A
10 candle-power carbon lamp was
burning brightly Just as It had evi
dently been left by the last occupant
of the room. The report adds that
when the manager estimated the cost
of the wasted light of 60 watts for 22
years, he fainted.
Campaign Has Shown Can
didate's Qualities.
No man In America Is better fitted
Io he President than Gov. Alfred E.
Smith, according to the Baltimore
Sun. Contrasting the characters of
the Democratic and Republican can
didates, the Sun declares It w ill sup
port Smith, and gives the following
reasons for doing so:
“ The campaign has gone on long
enough to make the issues clear. It
has revealed the mettle of the candi
dates and the Ideas for which they
stand. The Sun believes that, In the
face of the facts now plain to every
one, Governor Smith is the better
man. und should be elected.
"Mr. Hoover’s virtues, both as a
private citizen and as a public offi
cial, are not to be gainsaid. But all
of the good qualities that he shows
are in Governor Smith, too. and In
addition Governor Smith has many
that he lucks.
"One of them Is frankness. Smith
Is the frankest man heurd of in
American public life since Grover
Cleveland. He seems to be Incapable
of evasion, of dissembling, of begging
questions. When he comes to u con
clusion he states it in plain words and
welcomes candid criticism of It.
"He meets opponents openly nnd
fairly and wins their respecL W ith
this frankness goes courage. When
he thinks he Is right he sticks bravely
to his guns nnd no lure of political
advantage can move him.
“ Mr. Hoover, since he took to party
polities, has shown no such candor
and resolution. ^No one knew what he
thought about any mujor Issue until
the nomination was safely In hit
hands. His campaign was a campaign
of policy, of compromise, of tricks
and evasions. He had nothing to say
about prohibition, though the country
talked of little else. He wns silent
about the gross corruption that sur
rounded him. For seven long years
In Washington he served supinely as
an unprotesting associate of scoun
drels In high places, nnd when he be
gan his struggle for nomination he
turned for aid to even worse scoun
drels. Today, It appears, he is on
both sides of nil the principal ques
tions before the people.”
Slur on Marchers in
Farm Protest Parade
E le c tric ity Corrodes
Corrosion of pipe lines that carry
oil has perplexed scientists for some
time, but bureau of standards Investi
gators, after a number of tests, hnve
announced that they are of the opin
ion the action Is due to electricity.
Running through soils where the
ground Is of different chemical com
position and of varying moisture con
( tent, the pipe Is subjected to the re
sults of a discharge nnd a collect
j ing of electrical current at different
points. The earth, In other words, be
j
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The representatives of the farm
ers who went to Kansas City last
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mlttee of the Corn Belt Federation of
Farm Organizations, nnd for many
years a leader in the fight for the
McNary-Haugen hill.
He shows a clipping from the Long
Bench (Calif.) Press-Telegram, In
which Mrs. Charles F. Van de Water,
n member of the California delega-
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lice records."
The expression “ he knows his
A. W. Kicker, secretary of the Corn onions,” like a lot of other modern
Belt federation, calls Mrs. Van de things, really Is very old. It has been
Water's attention to the fact that twisted a bit in getting to young Amer
there were 3,000 farmers, Including ica but the phrase has an ancient an
himself instead of 50, and that It J cestor In France.
was Senator Nye who started them ! "Those are not his onions,” Is a
marching through the streets chant phrase, slang but fa irly well sanc
ing, “ We won't vote for Hoover.”
tioned by age, that means “ that’s not
his business.” The “ onions." serving
W o rkers A re fo r Smith
the same purpose ns In American
MaJ. George L. Berry of Tennessee, slang, have been enlivening the pop
president of the Printing Pressmen ular vocabulary for generations.
and Assistants' Union of North Amer
ica and chairmnn of the labor bureau
C ouldn’t T ry I t
of the Democratic national committee,
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poll the largest Industrial vote ever
“ I asked fo r wilted lettuce at the
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“ There Is n very general appreciation Louisville Courier-Journal.
of the fact that the Democratic nom
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R eal N u llific atio n
President Wilson vetoed the Vol
stead act. Senator Robinson says, and
Ills Integrity and purpose were never
questioned. " C u l l It be,” he Inquires,
•'that because Governor Smith be
lieves that, w ithout returning to the
old evils of the sah-on, tem perance
and respect for law can be prom oted
through changes In the existing sys-
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my of the C onstitution? Such arg u
m ents Impeach the Intelligence of
ihelr authors." Nullification, he points
out. lies In the refusal o r- willful fail
ure to enforce.—Chicago Journul.
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