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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1927)
t lu ARTHUR AUTHOR, of WHO tfUvlCI CHAPTER XI Continued , 22 We spent two days with these peo ple, recuperating la preparation fur the item task ahead of us. After parting with them we continued lu leisurely fashion eastward, keeping well to the north of the Great Trail of the Long House and avoiding as much a possible contact with the Ouoo dagaa, Oneltlaa aud Mohawks whose countries we traversed. Some ten days after leaving Oswego we found ourselves on the verge of that uu tracked domain which was roamed by the Keepers of the Doom TralL In order to assure that our depar ture would be free from the observa tion of spies we left our last camp after dark and In two parties, Ta-wan-ne-ars and myself going In one direc tion and Peter In another. Our meeting place was a grove on the bank of a creek, one of the tribu taries of the Mohawk. We reached It without observation, and lay In con cealment most of the day, starting gain In the late afternoon and moving warily through the forest, following Do particular course, but addressing ourselves rather to the effaceuient of all evidence of our passage. We discovered nothing, and the next day and many others went by with no better luck. Our provisions were ex hausted, and we were compelled to live iroin hand to mouth upon such game as Ta-wan-ne-ars could snare or kill with his tomahawk and certes he was wondrous proficient In both arts. But we kept on. bearing always east ward and quartering the country In very direction. In- the very midst of this deserted wilderness we came upon what we ought We had abandoned the head waters of the Mohawk and were fol lowing one of lu middle branches, a ahallow stream with pebbly, shelving banks, wading close Inshore so as not to disturb the close-growing hrubbery. We all saw It simultaneously a tat tered, weather-stained fragment of canvas, caught on a snag In the cur rent I fished It out with my musket barrel "A pack-cofer," declared Peter Im mediately. "And safely Identified," I added, put ting my finger oo an unmistakable thistle In green paint with three-quarters of a letter "M" above 1t A mile farther on Ta-wan-ne-ari ex claimed and pointed upward to the trunk of a tall elm. Partly sbsded by the foliage of the lower boughs a deep blase was revealed la the bark. We waded sshore and Investigated. The underbrush was as thick aa else where, but presently Peter gave a heave with his bull-like shoulders and it whole section of growths, which had been laced together with vines on a backing of boughs, lifted gate-fashion. Beyond stretched a narrow alley, whose carpet of grass showed It to be seldom traveled, "If this be not the Doom Trail 'tis worth a look none the less," I whis pered. Peter nodded, and slipped through the opening. 1 followed him, and Ta-wan-ne-ars brought up the rear. Here In this hidden path the forest noises became remote. Even the birds ceased to twitter overhead, and the lightest stlning of the treetops made Cs drop to earth In expectancy of at tack. Vet when the attack came we were taken completely by surprise. We were all of us alert, but the first warning that we were under observa tion was a green-feathered arrow which sang between Peter and me and buried Its bead In the ground. "Don'dt fire, wbntefer you do," mut tered Peter as be threw himself be hind the nearest trunk. Ta-wan-ne-ars and I copied his ex ample. I found myself on the rlnht of the three. The others had selected landing trunks. I bad chosen, per force, a fallen giant which some forest wind bad overthrown. I crawled along the trunk Into the tangle of roots, and from there gained a clump of bushes .growing about the hole from which It ' bad been torn. ' The . green-feathered arrow had ceased quivering and I Idly followed the angle of Its Inclination. My eyes traveled forward and focused cpoo a " hideous pulnted face' which peered from a screen of sumac. . The watcher motioned behind him, and. a second paluted visage glided to his side. Ta-wan-ne-ars, . aeekitig to. draw their fire, thrust out the end of bis scalp-lock, and the first watcher in stantly drew bow and sent an arrow thai grazed the trunk, , Nothing happened tot a while. The Keepers waited,., and Ta-wao-oe-ars and Peter remained under ewer,. I surveyed the situation. From the hole In which I lay. a dwessloq of the ground rsn eastward past 'the lafr f the Cahnuagas la the sumac clump, ,. I started to crawl up it, dragging my oinsket after ma, but before 1 bad tooa. g. doin feet I was obliged to D. HOWDEN SMITH PORTO BEL 10 GOLD ETC COevR-IOMT tr BRtNTANOS abandon the gun In order to Insure that my progress should be silent When I was parallel with the sumac clump I sought shelter under a patch of wild blackberry bushes. Cautiously parting my screen which was ex ceedingly thorny and painful I wus able to view the Keepers from the rear. They went ensconced In what was evidently a permanent sentry post. Hey on d the sumacs was a low bark hut masked with boughs. At their feet were muskets. The bows they held were employed for the pur pose ot adding mystery to their at tack. I worked myself a little more in the rear of their position, then rose quiet ly and drew knife and tomahawk. I Was an amateur at casting the ax, but this was no time for hesitation. I flung It with all my might, and yelled the nearest approach I could compuss lo the war-whoop. The tomahawk struck one of the Keepers with the lint of Its blade, fell big him. The other savage turned a,ulckly and loosed his arrow at me, aiming wide In his confusion. He stooped for his musket but I was on him with my knife and he was forced to leup back aud meet me on even terms. Ta-wnn-ne-ars and Peter came running between the trees, whooping encouragement They arrived In the nick of time, for the Cahnunga I had tried to toma hawk was on his feet, ready to shoot me as I dodged the knlfehlade of his mate. The Seneca brained this man wtth the butt of his gun, and Peter methodically tripped my adversary and helped me pinion him. Ta-wan-ne-ars paused long enough to remove what was left of the scalp of his victim, then crossed to as and set his bloody knife to the throut of the survivor. "Is It to be torture or a quirk death, Cahnuaga dog!" he demanded. The red eyes of the Keeper glared at him. "Death," the man spat and strove to gnaw at the hands which held him. "Then speak truly. Who travels Doom Trail today V "Nobody. We watch always." Ta-wan-ne-ars pricked him slightly. '"You watch always," assented the Seneca, "Yes. And who comes?" A shout echoed through the forest aisles. The red eyes of the Cahnuuga Bared exultantly. Ills mouth opeued. "Yaaa-aaaa-eaa-ah " ,; Ta-wan-ne-ars drove bis point borne, and the scream ended In an awful bulibllng gasp. The shout was repented. The crashing of brunches sounded aa some heavy body ran. along the Doom Trail. ' "Did you bear that screech V shouted a rough voice, "Yaas, lied, me hear him. He bery much like fuller feel somet'lng he not like." , . "Fat, Fair and Forty" ' An' American woman, visiting Tur key with her three daughters, en gaged an old Turk In conversation. It developed that the Turk was a broker In wives, and the woman, wish ing to have some fun wjth him, asked, "At what value would you place my eldest daughter, supposing that she were for sale?"'' The Turk mentioned a sum that was flatteringly high. "And my second daughter?" the mother next Inquired. A still higher price was was fixed', age of course, being the standard. The highest price of all was set for the youngest daughter, little flapper, "And now," ialiWne mother, "what price tor nisT The Turk was no diplomat He promptly Peter nudged me, and Ta-wan-ne-ars seised the bow and quiver of one of the dead Keepers. We crouched be aide the bodies behind the 'imimi' screen. My gun was still where I had left It In the gully by which I had up proached the lair of the watchers. ' lu Its stead I selected the musket ot the man the Seneca had Just knifed. A third voice waa raised In the Cahnuaga dlulect, which was a corrup tion of the Iroquois speech and per fectly uuderstunduble to my comrades. "(Juu, O Keepers who watch," shouted the third speaker, "We ac quaint you that we approach. We have with us the Hed One and the Muck One." We remained quiet, but' Peter pi aessed himself of the gun ot the sec ond Cahnuaga and placed It where he could reach It as soon as his owu piece was discharged. They were approaching over the trail which forked Into the one we had followed from the stream with the pebbly bunks. And at this point apparently they came to the Junction of(the two branches. The Indian who bud shouted before repeated his hall, "Them Keepers done gone away, Red," declared Tout. "Mehle some Muquas (hostile term for Mohawks) come dls way. The Keepers chase 'em out o' hyuh." " I I'm agoln' to find out" re turned Polling. He trotted out of the mouth of the trail Into the open space ou the biiuk of the muskrat swamp. "Nobody here," he railed back after a casual look around, "tiuess the Keepers got after somebody or else the lazy dogs have turned In for a sleep. I'll find out later for sure. Now you rustle them packs up, and I'll get the dugout ready." - He drugged a canoe hollowed from a tree trunk from Ita hiding pluce In a bed of reeds, and pqtluvi two pad dlee from the' prostrate trunk ot a hollow tree. Hut we paid scant at tention to him. Our eyes were fast ened upon the odd procession which emerged from the trail lu obedience to his summons. First walked the negro Tom, a hug pack bowing his enormous shoulders. After the' negro, lu single file, came eight Calinuugm, each with a larg pack braced ou a gane-ko-na-ah, or burden frame. They carried thvii muskets In their hands. "We've got to hurry If we're goln' to get everything ferried over the swamp tonight," grumbled llolllng. "Waall, whuts bltln' your This question was addressed to a Cnhuuaga who, in uusiluglng his bur den frame, bad chanced to see the ar row In the ground which the Keepers bad shot In. their first attempt to bul( us. The Cuhnuaga pointed silently to the green-feathered shaft. "l)y 1" swore llolllng with a start "D'ye see that Tom I Something's happened here." llolllng glanced about blm nneaslly. "The Keepers have gone, that's sure," he announced. "What most likely hupiHMied was some party broke In here, and the Keepers chased 'em." He chuckled wickedly. "Ain't no blood nor nothln' around, so It 'pears likely the Keepers got the Jump on 'em." Ta-wan-ue-ars, who had been oc cupied In extracting arrows from a quiver and setting them In a row be fore blm with points lightly thrust Into the ground, now notched a shaft "Shall we begin, brothers T" be whis pered. "Hold your fire until I run out of arrows." "Ja." agreed Peter. "Budt do not shoot Hed Jack or der nigger. We will safe them If we can." . "You can takV on the negro," I spoke up. "Leave Polling to me." Peter looked doubtful. "He Is a goodt knife fighter," be commenced to argue; but Ta-wan-ne-ars chose that moment to open bis bombardment and the Dutchmuu'a re monstrance went for naught A green arrow atreaked across the grove and buried Its barbed bone bead Ui the chest of one of the Cahnuagas. The man shrieked aud tore at the shaft with his hands. Ills companions scattered right and left Put Ta-wan-ne-ars gave them no respite. His shafts filled the air. The green ar rows drove Into the packs, quivered In tree trunks, pierced another unfor tunate. The Cahnuagas let off a ragged vol ley which whistled over our heads. Ta-wun-ne-ars discharged the last of his arrows and reached for his musket We saw two of the Indians collapse. Peter caught up Ms second musket and he end Ta-wan-ue-ars shot again. Twas Impossible to miss. Ilcsldes Polling and Tom, ouly two of the enemy were left " ' "Knife and .hatchet for the rest," said Ta-wan-ne-ars grimly. "Are uij brother ready ' ' (TO BE CONTINUED.) Not Much in Demand mentioned a price that was equivalent to $1.50 In American money. Ths mother, wn, furious. Never, she said, had she been so Insulted. After be rating the Turk, she walked haughtily away, leaving the marrluge broker speechless, and probably wondering what on earth he bad done to annoy ber. . ' Bla$t From Kantat New York city people are the most conceited and most 'Ignorant people in the world. They think they know ev erything because they know the en trance Globe. I i to the ; Wbwsys. AteuUoe u'-J.b'.K... -yr- On the Jti$L Funny Side Mil 4 ; A MAN'S JOB They sat silently for long time) Ihen ho spoke a little nervously. "What are you thinking about T" he asked. He anew he bud to say some thing. She blushed and moved uneasily In her chair, "Never mind," she answered sharp ly. "It's your business to propose, not mine I" Tlt-Hlts, HARD TO BELIEVE f ' Nephew Tp among the snows am glaciers of Alaska, Aunt Sully, 1 hunted bear. Old Aunt I can't believe It, John you'd have gotten pneumonia am died. Brutalt Take now the bride of lot Mnnieatm Her work la far from roars. Sha drained poor hub of alt his "balm, Than askrd for a dlvorcal Powerful Stuff "Is your stuff any good for rheu ma ties?" usked nn old lady of a miu selling embrocation. ".Madam, It would take the wrlnkln nut ot cumulated iron," was the con lldcut answer. Horn and Hon Judge It seems very strange to mi that you could keep on robbing the' enormous corporation for so long wltb out being caught Prisoner Well, the corporation wai pretty busy Itself. Life. A Phate of Lift A schoolteacher who was fond of s little girl's prattle remarked one day "Hut I seldom hear you speak of yotii father. iKm't you love your father?' "Of course. Hut he cun only ace m when wltb his lawyer." One-Man Shop Stephens My uncle Is one of thow men who believe In sluglug at 'hli work. Durham Whot'a bis work? Stephens He's an opera singer. 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