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 A THRILI.I.N(i INlUAiN TALE OF THh! WAR OF 1819! 
 
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 BY MAJOR RICHARDSON, 
 
 MIIICKS III' rilK I'RKSS. 
 ' one III' the iim-l ihrilliim iiicldeiiK iil' tlio Hiir iif 1813. The iwcu- 
 
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 qirfiire. 'I'lin limik now |hii forlli i< lierhHps tht^ most interesting story >if the kind whicli h»» ever 
 
 till' Anieriiiin Press,— J, ilernrij Journnl. ■ . , 
 
 work of intense interest, connected with one of the most thrilling scenes thiit ever occiirr.,d in the 
 
 rliirc of iliis liintiniMit. 'I'lie iiiithor Iius sustBined »nd even exceeded his previoits high repttlstion— 
 
 he lerrilile f.;,eni's of real history with a romantic interest that renders Iheiii fascinating to the last 
 
 feriVillv drawn iiicture of Indian warlHre— its cruelties, its atrocities, and also its strange wild romance. 
 
 Aiterary Oaitltc. 
 
 NEW-YORK: 
 H. 1.0^ G A!VD BROTHER, 
 
 43 ANN-STREET. 
 
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 WAU-NAN-GEE; 
 
 THE MASSACRE AT CHICAGO. 
 
 A llOMANCE OF THE AMERICAN RRVOLUTION. 
 
 ATJTIIOR OF "WACOU 
 
 BY MAJOR lUCIIARDSON, 
 
 STA." "HARDSORAmiLK." 'KCARTE." "JACK BRAO IM SPAIN,' 
 ■TECUMSKH," kc. 
 
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 >'o. 43 ANN STREl?r. 
 
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PREFATORY INSCRIPTION, 
 
 
 My PaVi*..^ a»k of me a couplo of page» of matter o 
 „re-,.do -'.L TA. U » .c».ecly nccc»ary to .tute ll.at tl.o 
 
 " „ . .:. .e.t .rr-!>- » """'^ '» "'""""1 '"'• 
 
 'h.. anV-tWr -.ref«« tl... tha. »luoh admit, the i,.tn,aua,o„ 
 of b„.;o„c ...ctly .ictit^ou, cha^ter-Mariu IIoywood-.» 
 the b„V<, .,;,«t 1^, i.. a gr-at degrte, supet-cvogaWry. Yet 
 2Z avail ■.^•.■r of .hU r>.«i.g opportunity o ma,nlo»t,ng 
 if deep interest . A ,vmpa.,,y .ith whi.h I ave over 
 regarded ,ho,e brave spirit.-heroe. no. le» tl.un l.ercme»- 
 I participated .„ .he .rials of tl.at brief but horr.d epe^h 
 How ,,an 1 l«twr exe.nplify .Id, .l,a„ by m^nbmg to .he 
 dcacendanu of .he venerable founder of .he C^"y °' <^''-80- 
 prominen. aetor ,n the seo,te_.» well » to .he gallan 
 „,ii.ary survivor, of the Ma>«aere, if any yet ex.,., .he 
 frui., of .hat interest and that sympathy. 
 
 Dedications and laseription, ha"o aln,o,t grown ou of 
 fa.,hion-at lea,, .hey are not ,0 general tn .he pre,e„. 
 tnZ a, in the day, of Dryden : bu. where, througn 
 .hem, an opp,.rtnnity for .he expression of esteent and sympa.^^, 
 L, prese„.ed, an Author may gladly ava.l h.n^elf o he 
 «,ea4on to show .hat no eom.non interest n.Ilueneed .he 
 traeins, of hb. pen-no. .he mere desire .o make a boot, 
 but to es.ablish on a high pedestal, and .o eireulate through 
 the most attractive and p..pular medium, the ments of those 
 
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if mwrikcw, 
 
 whose d»H!(l3 atifl sufTctings liiiv« ijj.npijtvl h\m with the 
 gt!tujroufl spirit of ouh)giatio corniiicnt. 
 
 To lltT Mojosty'rt 4lHt UoKiin.Mit, in pfnrri.sop sil Dt-troit 
 shortly ullcr tho ocourremuw lion-iii ilctuilod, my llrst Iinliun 
 Tate, " Wacoi'STA," wiw iiiwTibcd, uml this in moinory of 
 liic long, and by no uwawy. fftitluT-bod Bcrvicp I imd Hocn 
 Willi thiit ^aWmt Corps, in tlio then Wrstcrn wilds of 
 America; it wsus a tribute of llu; soldior to his <H)inpaiii<jnrt 
 in arms. In tlic Banio Hpirit I inscribe " VVah-NAN-oek" to 
 those who were then our enemies, but whose couraj^i! and 
 whose sullerings were well known to all, and claimed our 
 deep sympathy, our respect, and our admiration, — none more 
 than the noblo Mrs. lleald, and Mrs. Helnn', the former 
 ♦kc wife of the Commanding Oflicer, the hittir the, daughter 
 of tho patriarch of Illinois, Mr. Kenzie, Home y lars ainco 
 gathered to his forefathers. 
 
 TnK Author. 
 
 New York, March 30/fc, 1853. 
 
\VAU"NAN-(iEE; 
 
 Tin: MASSACRi: AT CHICAGO. 
 
 ClIAPTKH I. 
 
 •• Ho hw oomc to opo tho purpUi tcitnmont of war."— /fi>Aar«f // 
 
 It was tlic 7ll. of AuKust. 1812. whon Winnebi-«, lU conti.lontiul Indian 
 mu8s»'nuer of Captain 1Uh(11..v, commandinK fort I »..url)orn. sudd.n.y mado 
 l.i. ap,.7.uraiu:.- xutl.in tl.o s[ockmU. Will, iv countrnancc on winch wu^ 
 depi.'t'd tnori! of iIp' sfrioUHness and con.;<rn llian nsually attach to hw race, 
 hn r.MM...st..d 111.) ntli.wT ..f t!,.' «uard, I.i.^ub.nant Klni.l-y. to allow him to 
 paHH to tho apartmont .,f th.- t 'hief. Th.- M.haltorn shook hnnronuly hy 
 tho hand a. an old and familiar acciuaintanco ; and, ha f l;iu-hm;<ly taunl^ 
 in},' him with th.' i,'r.'at Hnl.tnnity ..f his ^n^vl, iunked hnu where ho liud 
 btHin ho Ion..-, un.l what n w- li<^ brou^'ht. ,, n xx. 
 
 " Herrv bad nows," n-pli.'-l th.^ Indian t;ras.lv; " inunt see him Oubbor 
 nor dir.ctlv-dis 1,'ivo him ;" and thruslin- his l.an.l into the boH.,m ..f his 
 dforskin Hhirt, ho drew forth a laryo Hoalod pnckct, evidently an officul 
 
 despatch. 
 
 " From I 'I'troit, Winnobe^' i" 
 
 " Yos, coino in two days— .^nxnit nows— ba.l news ! ^^ 
 
 '• Indood •? You sliall sno th." (^jmuiaudinM; olhoor direotly. ^ 
 
 " Coriioral C.Hins, con.lu.'t Winnebc},' to Captain lloa.UoyV quarters. 
 'Hio noii-oommissiou.'.d utViccr hastened to acquit hnns.;lf ot th.! .hity, and, 
 „« iIr. ann.>untvm.nt of his name, tlu) chi.f was admitted to tl... pres.'nco 
 of the commandant. , ,,,„,^ 
 
 The litter raw at a ^^Jaiiee. from the countenance of the Indian, that theri 
 wiw Homethinjr wroiiL?. Ho shook him warmly by tho hand, bade him bo 
 seated, an.l lii.ii Lustily t.reakiiig the seal of the despatch, with an air ot pre- 
 occuiialion piM-iisod its contents. 
 
 The docum.Mit was from General ilull, and ran nearly a« follows :— 
 " From the diniculty of access to your jtost. cut off as is tho communica- 
 tion bv the numerous bands of hostile Indians whom Tecumseh has raised up 
 in arms against us, I take it for granted that you are yet ignorant that war has 
 
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 hffn «f.'r1ar.'.t U IwoPd Oimt Rtlfatn iihtt tU Unlt.vl Ptntr« Sticli, liow.'ver, 
 IN III." iWl, htcl ifi u iVw .111)' I vx\'*rt n'Vi« If I" 1«' iurtuiiiuh'il l.v u Im>iiI«i «f 
 msng'», wlif'd mv p<i*ttion will imli"i'.l Iumi trvitin.iiu-. tint it« ri;;uril-« m}"«"lr, 
 »)Mi tlu' liutitlMi* of ili'tViu' III" wni'P iiriJi cIt.Ulrcii, wlii-m nmliinu i*"H 
 pri'wrv.' fi..ru th« tonuihawk iitid th ■ miiIhiix kiiif.'. I, in«r<'<»v«r, ftur much 
 for ('-im.l <'n.«, v.lin, ^iih a lio.|y «\' U^» liumtr..i in«ii, U i.t ii »<ln>rt .li-*- 
 tiiiui- from thi", aiKJ will l.« iiif. to I'inc, tli.' iiiHtii.ntan iillmk '\n iiin<l>; u|t<iii 
 mv"'lf. To ft.l«l to tJ!.' uritowariitH'M of t'\.'iitH. I liav.- jii«t ii'c.i\.'.l inl-Hi- 
 jj.'iir.' tlint the Kort of Mackinaw lia« h<vu taken by tl..t Hi ili'<li an-l tluir allien, 
 Mtihat, aliii.^t i-imullaiK'. iwly ttilli tlif r«'i'<'i|.l i,, tin*, voii in all pi-ohaliilitv 
 will Ii. ;ir of tliiir inlvMiifi' ii|ioii youi«>'lf. Th > if.iilt niiixt imI h.' t"'.<l, 
 and foillnviili v'lU «i;i. >/ il Itf i/rl )>riii-l'n,il>li', .•vncuati" »oi;r pomt an.l nlirn 
 iipo.i Kort Wkvih', uftrr'l ^mv^ •'''•'• <rKt.ii.m.'.l nil «li«' pnlil.'' piopciiy :oii- 
 taii.nl in 111.' 'fort aiul factory annm^f tlif fri<m<ll\ iiuliaim ar »utiil you. 
 Thin It ino4 iftiportaiit, for it Ih lUci'Mary that tlu'it<' |i«'oj.|.« nhoiilil \h' con- 
 ciliat.'d. not only will, ii vi.w tr) liic naf.- Wcort of your .i.litchnietit to Kort 
 Wavti'', hut III order to their MihM.Miumt at^iHtallce here. Tlnn! are, I 
 l)eli.'ve, nearly five luindriMl I'ottowatoniii'it fncain] ed aronnd y..ii, and Micfi 
 a niinie-ouH body of Indians would, if left fre,« to act au,ain»>t TiHumseh'K 
 wiuiior". materiallv Uwhcii the .jilticulty of my pOKilion here. Trcrt them 
 nn if you ha«l ih- uttmmt reliance on tlieir tidelity. f'-r any appearance of 
 lti^tru^t mi«ht only iiicr.iiM' the evil we wihli to a\oid. I lely I'pon your 
 jiidi{inti;t and iliicrelion, wh' !» Cotont'l Miller awuret- mc are Kreat. I 
 lia\r oref.rnd wriliii). this . ...ili.lentifd disjiatch with my own hand, ui order 
 thai, iiy ke. pini,' ,our exposed conditi.m a-* fcerPt a« poxMhle, no nniieccg. 
 cary ararm nniy lie excited in Hie inhahitantx of tliin lown hy a knowlfdfjo 
 of the dun^'er that thivaleiis their iriendx." 
 
 All Ihii wart indeed new«, and most painful nn<l prrplexinK tiewf , to Cap- 
 tain I le.idl. V. lb' read ihe dinpatch twice, find win n he Imd com|iletfd the 
 se<(ind pci-ii-al, he rais. d hi.-t eyi s to the ,lii. f. who wax n j^ardint,' him at 
 the moment fiveiHy as with n vii^w to read hi" inteiition". .'imi asked if (kmo- 
 ral I full had at nil" cmmimieated to him the coiitentM of IIk' di-pntch. 
 
 '• Ve!». (lubhoriier," replied (he Indian. "Tell him Winnehcij ti-.kc soger 
 —dell come l).ick to iMioit -what say him, {}iihl»'rner— ;ro to Koi' 
 Waviie'jf" aid he Inokcd e.irne^tly at the conini.indin:,' otlic-r while Im 
 wailed his aii>sver. 
 
 " I do nut know, Winnehei; ; I have not made up my mind. We nuist 
 con-ider what is hest to he done." 
 
 All (liis WiiH evaMve. The oid'T was coneluMVe with fa] lain Ihiidley. 
 !iiid lis road led over a hatteiy hristlin'^r with .•nim"n, one.' ordeivd, i,i; 
 would have made the alteinpl; but, from a motive ot' | rml'iice, th.' cause 
 fia- which h" I'ould not explain to himself, he was unwilling' to rommunicate 
 his final determination to the chief. 
 
 '• !-cav(i me now, Uimieh.jr ; I have mncli t do that inii-t he doiio 
 directly; com..' early to-moiiow, and we will talk the mailer o\er. Mean- 
 while, 'not a word to your youiijf men of the hc^innin.n- of the war. ur the 
 f.dl of Mackinaw. l'»o y./u promise me '? To-morrow i will hold a cuuii- 
 i-il." 
 
 " V«s, Winneheir j)r.,ini-e," he said, taking' the prolFered hand of Captsdn 
 licadley ; " not s[M>ak till to-morrow \ How him tine stiuav;, ch V 
 
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 TUB M*•^'^R^l■ a* ciiicAon. 
 
 '• :'Cl p.Hap--T win ..n ^o« JMnom>.m council," return..! Ca^ 
 
 ' di«npi.rovnl of th. Hchom-, und ^ '';;'?,; J i7,ai,V, «h..„ IhY «lon«. 
 
 ..'nV|.U cun thin ,n.nm. , •"";^^ . ^;' J^" , "„ :, u f ' Hu-lv h. cannot 
 .. Wh..nc. '- -'PP-i'-d". ot -htt «; uk.n by .-. Hriti.l. hm 
 ..ediiut. tn-uchory f f^J' ^un n -n n^y olllcor.. muko . n the .U.U 
 
 Jul— »..nHonHC ! I will «»«•'»" """ , 7 t„„,.r ,-, . . „f i.roc'i'd- 
 
 i„^-my own d..lnnunutH-n " f^^. ^ ^ ,,,;,,,,„,, .,..1 down in front 
 CollinH !•• he culled t :> l»M- o.d.Tlv. WW V. , u i ^^^^j ^j^^^^^^^ ^^ 
 
 of iho d.v,r «M'«nin« "" ^'^" J"'''.r *> ' 
 
 ''^^•i;,:;;:;;:;ur ht;>c ^^^^ the .«„. hcuatm^iy. - ^^ --a .i. 
 
 liiind to liiH ciij). 
 
 truiuil." ,„ 
 
 :: ^::rS^ ^:;i:":;a the l>uctor rodo o«t «oon «fte. dinner. .Ir. 
 
 ■ i„ th. dinjction of »;"[;''*'^';''J.;;l*'" nercd th. cnmandinff officer. "Thw 
 "'•„. direction of tl-e .I'Ml. niultertu »" . t,.Hi,l.s, tliere is somo 
 
 i. the r.ult of mv l- o^cnu., the '-";;; '^'J'f^ ; '^ y>U should I do 
 risk. Hostile Indians ,n:iyb.nUh.ne.hmH^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 without omeers, pressed us we ar.: v w 1- . ■ k « ^ ^^^^..^ 
 
 ••••^"S;r-s;;;:h:":;'::'^-^'^^^ 
 
 "'^X„ next they leave the fort.hey f ."-^Jl^- '^J- -^ 
 
 c^.'^-'i'-'i'7.'''';-;i:^kn;;w th^' iirr:::^ u... with m. 
 
 tl,,, iK.ctof return, let tlnan Know 
 
 Klmsiey. in.mefliately." j touohinj? his oap; " bi'» 
 
 .' Certainly. s,r,' said ( orp.mil mns, u a . Uo„ayne 
 
 ha„, me." lu, n.uttered as he dep- > ^ V" '^\ i.,,,., „ bobbery !" 
 .,11 il. it W liius siiid. Never enter the tort iiifuii . ' ' 
 
 tli.: .olilo,,ui.n., he -n.n,nl his ae...to,nea w, L ^^^^^^^. 
 
 It was w>M, cl.n- cncrn at h.s heart tl a ^'^ " ,^7Ji,sU nee of Oe,>e- 
 t, U. apartment of 1 j, - l;--'';;;;:;; ^^^ J);: 1 1 r mind ^rom tho 
 ,al Hull's dispateh. A f' ''«''' l^^i'"^,,,^ snlVerin^s frum which, only 
 '''•^;-^''"\t^^^lirtS'!UtnXtobeutterlyeKen..t^ Forso.nO 
 an hour belore, :dl 1 ■-. b la . " ^'' . , „ii,^.r, as if to read M' 
 
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^ WAU-NAN-aEE; OR, 
 
 hand of (lie noblo womnn in his own, ho pressed it affectionately as hfl 
 reiiiurkcd — 
 
 " Ellen, you hiivo ever been mv friend and counsellor, as well as the 
 adored wifo with which heaven iiiis 1)1oss(kI inc, even heyond uU I could h'lvo 
 desired on earth. Ti'li mo candidly your opinion. What course ou^ht I to 
 pursue on this occasion? One ))assui^e in the dis]>atch leaves it, ui somn 
 degree, optional to regulate my actions hy circumstances. ' If it he yet 
 practicable,' writes the General. Now, I confess my mind is pretty well 
 made up on thesid)ject, but, nevertheless, I should like to liave your opinion 
 to sustain me. 'I'hus armed, I can enter upon my jilans wiih the ;,aeater 
 contidence of success." 
 
 " Hut, dear Ucadley, tell me what is your opinion, then I will frankly 
 state my own." 
 
 " To retreat, as ordered. I have not the excuse to oiTer if I would, that 
 the order of the (Jeneral is impraiiicablo ; be^ades, to remain here longer 
 would oidy be to insure our subsequent fall. Even if the captors of .Nbicki- 
 naw should fail to carry our weak post, some other force will be sent to suc- 
 ceed them." 
 
 Mrs. Ileadley shook her head, while a faint but melancholy smile passed 
 over her tine features. 
 
 " I grieve to differ with you, Headley," she at length snid ; " but I like 
 not the idea of this abamlonment of the fort, to enter on a retreat fraught 
 with every danger to us all. Hens well provisioned and armed, weak 
 though be your force, you can but fall into the hands of a generous foe. 
 Better that than jierish by the tomahawk in the wilderness." 
 
 " How mean you, ray dear?" returned her husband, slightly annoyed that 
 she differed from him in tb.e decision at which he had already arrived. 
 " What chance of harm is there so great in marching through the woods as 
 in remaining here i Have we not iive liundred Pottowatomie warriors 
 to escort us to Fort W^uyne V" 
 
 " Alas, my too confiding husband, it is from these very people you have 
 named that most I fear the danger." 
 
 "Nonsense !" returned Captain Headley in a tone of gentle rebuke, while 
 he pressed his lips to the expansive brow of his companion ; " tliis is unkind, 
 Ellen. Why distrust these our staunchest friends } I would rely upon 
 Winnebeg as upon myself. Ho is too noble a fellow not to hold treachery 
 in abhorrence." 
 
 " Nay, nay," continued Mrs. Headley ; " think not for a moment that 
 I doubt Winnebeg ; but there is another in the camp of the Pottowatomies 
 who has scarcely less influence with the tribe, and wlio may take ailvan- 
 tage of the present crisis of affairs, and turn them to his own purpose." 
 
 " Wiio do you mean, Elle.i, and what purpose ? Really, it Ls important 
 that 1 should know. What purpose, what motive, can he have V" eagerly 
 questioned Captain Headley. 
 
 • The purpose and motive those which often make the gentle tigers, the 
 timid darmg, the irresolute confirmed of will — Love." 
 
 " Love ! v/hat love ? whose love V and what has that to do with the fidelity 
 of the Potto watomies ?" 
 
 " The love of Wau-nau-gee, the once gentle and modest son of Winnebeg, 
 who, scarce tiiree months since, could not gaze into a white woman's eyea 
 
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 - TUB MAB8ACKB AT ClIICAOO. • 
 
 without moUl.ur fiofln<.ss beaming from hin o>vn, .nd the rich, ripo peach- 
 blush criiiisoiiinj,' bin ilark flufk." . ,, ,, ■ 1 ' 
 '' And wiiiit now?" (Hi'':ilioiic.l Ciii)tain Ib-iidlfy, scriousi). 
 
 "My lo ';' ."sumed Mr.. Hoadle y, placing her bund omi.haUcjdly on h» 
 Hhouller "v«u know I have nev/r conoouled from yon Hnytlm.g hat 
 r^M mil I haw had no secroln from yon ; but th>s .s ono wh.ch 
 2;^ \ nS^n Kxc.,,t tbr th. present aspect ot. afburs, -Ij- y- ;;'-''^ 
 duiv informed of ti at which bears reference to our imnicd ate position, I 
 lS^i:tTu myself bound by every tie of delicaey am h.mor. ,,; a os 
 than of inclination, to hav.- kept cmiined to my own bosom >'='»;^-;'^ 
 t^it'loUeal in the fuilcJt con,id..nce, on the sole undersU^ 
 tin- sli-hU'st allusion shall never be made by you hereat e. to "■'^.^"'J'^^f 
 
 "This becomes mysterious." rejoined the commandant smigbu^ 
 FUen nieasantrv ai.art, 1 promise you most truly-and, shall 1 .uld, on llie 
 t^; P'lroIiVer'and a U^rnl that your Ji^^'--- 1;^.^'^^ 1 
 •'Good' now that I have quieted my own mind by flatting »rom jou 
 wlnt in fact wL not absolutely necessary, 1 will .xplam a. brielly us I can^ 
 So you recolilct the evening of Maria lley wood's marnago with llonayne ? 
 
 " S'v .u remarked the agitation evinced by Wau-nan-geo, during the 
 ceren^nvJ^md particularly at the clo.e, when llonayne, as customary. 
 
 '■ M^IoU 't ul there was some confusion caused by ^^^^^^^ 
 
 amused at the strangeness of t'^^/^'^'^:'!^; ,, ^ ,. ^^^ ^ source of 
 
 "It was even so," returned Mrs. lieadley, giaN..iy,^^ 
 unhappiness i fear it will prove to us all that it was so. 
 
 ::^:;:l; '^'Saftt; of Wmnebeg has never entered the fort 
 nor b^.<^/e" ;t the neighborhood since the night of that marriage ? pur- 
 
 -^V;i:Sbe,ieve ho has been - .ne.^^-J^^Captam I^^^ 
 
 <' I Liow that he has not ; but yet be is ever near, scemin^iy 
 purpose." , ^ . 
 
 maZ; just „,..: .l.i.J. full) salisfios me ot Ihe .mportaace ot what ,o« 
 have to communicate." 
 
 I 
 
1ft 
 
 TTAO-NAN-OEB ," OB, 
 
 CFIAITER II. 
 
 " You knoNf my lovo fonMis. Honfiytie," continued Mrs. Ifcadloy after a 
 pause of ii few mmules. "Ev.-n as ll,„„frl, slie wore my own dau-l.ter 1 
 recrard her, and would do for »u-r all that a fond molh.T Jon Id for htT child 
 Only yoslcrday altcrnoofl, while Ronavne and the Doctor Averc oul with a 
 party fishin.,' on the (jld ground above Ibirdscrahble, she expressed a wish 
 to visit the tomb ot lu'r poor mother, who, dying within a we.-k after lier 
 nianiago, had been buried near the base of the summer-house on the 
 grounds attached to their cottage, and asked mo to accompany her. Of 
 course 1 consented ; and as you were busily engaged, you did not parficu- 
 arly notice my absenc(.>. Wis crossed the river in the .;c.nv, and ascended 
 leisurely to the garden. It .struck me as we walked that the fi.rure of a 
 man seemuigly an Indian, i'.oaled rapidly past within the paling oFthe nir. 
 tle_n, but 1 could not distinctly trace the outline, and therefore assumed that 
 .!\,r . ", ■y'' ' ■'^"'^ ""^ ''''"^ nothing to my companion on the subject 
 We had not been long in the garden wh..m Mrs. J{„i,avm-, leavin.' me 
 to saunter anu.ng and cull from the rich flow;., which grew in wild fuxu- 
 nance around, begged me to wait for her a few minutes while she ascended 
 to the summer house to commune in private with her thoughts, and induhro 
 the feehngs^ which had been called up, at this her first visit since the placo 
 had been abandoned, to the once happy rcsid(>iR-e of her girlhood At her 
 enii-aiice, 1 distinctly heard her giv.; a low shriek, but, taking it for granted 
 that this was in conseipicnco of the effect upon her mind of a sudden recur 
 renc" to old and well remembered scenes with which .,0 much of *he unplea- 
 sant was associated, I paid no great attention to it. After this all was still 
 and nearly an hour had elapsed when, fanes ing that it was imprudent to 
 leave her so long to her own melancholy thoughts, I moved towards the 
 suminer-hou.se my,self, making as much noise with my feet as p,jssible to 
 prepa.-; her for my approach. I had got about half" way up the as<ent 
 when to rny astonishment I beheld issuing fVom the entrance not Mrs' 
 Konayne, but the long-abseut Wau-nan-gee, who. with a flushed cheek and 
 a fiery eye, divested of all its former softness, made several bounds in an 
 opposite mrection. and, without uttering a word, rapidly dLsanpearedamono- 
 the fruit trees which bordered on the I'.'rest. ■> ^ i o 
 
 "Seized with a strong presentiment of ..vil, I entered the summer-house 
 J udgt. my astom^^hment when I found it empty. Heaven ! what could thi.s 
 mean^ 1 had distinctly seen Mr.s. Konayne enter it, and I had scarcely 
 since taken iny eyes of!" the building. In an agony of despair I threw 
 myselt upon the wooden bench, and scarcely consci-ui of what 1 did called 
 frantically on Mnria's name. Suddenly, a sound similar to that of a faint 
 moan seemed to proceed from beneath my feet. 1 rose, removed th(. rude 
 Indian mat with which the centre of the floor is covered, and perceived that 
 
 .' Z^ H'n'?" 'Tf^' '"^ '"^° "" "'''""- ^n^""-^' "CM-ly the size of the mat 
 Itself The whole truth now flashed upon me-it was evident that my 
 friend was beneath : but the great difliculty was to find the means of remov- 
 ing the door, which fitted so closely that it required some sup.a-inducin.' 
 motive even to suspect its existence. There was nothing insi<le the buildinfr 
 which could eflect my purpose. I ran to the door and cast my eyes 
 
 
THK MA88ACRK AT CHICAOO. 
 
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 towiirds the cottage. Around it I saw a number of Indiana stealtliily 
 moviii-r near one of the win<rs to the rear. In a moment 1 suw the necebsitv 
 fi)r promptitude, and hu.'^t.-ned rapidly towards tlie bead) where I bad left 
 the crew of tht; boat, consistin<r oi four men and Corporal Collins, and badtt 
 them come as far as the entrance to tin; garden, where tluy could distmctly 
 see and be seen from the cottage. I remarked that tliere were Indians 
 lurking about the grounds, and that neitiier Mrs. Ronajne n- myself liked 
 being so near them without protection. ' As for you, Corporal Colhns, I 
 added playfully, ' you nmst lend me your bayonet ; an Indian does not like 
 that w.'ap.'.n, and, should any of these people feel inclined to prove unruly, 
 the bare sight of it will be sut<icient. Remain lu.TC at the gate until I return 
 with Mrs. Uonayne, and ke(!p a gouU look out that we are not carried off. _ 
 "IJut, my di-ar." interposed Captain Iliiulley, anxiously, " why all this 
 mystery about the matter ?— all this beating about the bush ?— why did you 
 nclt Uike Collins an.l his party to the summer-house and release Mrs. 
 Konavne, if indeed it was she whose moan you heard ? 
 
 "Nay, lleadlcy, in this 1 but followed your own example. Ihcre were 
 many reasons why this siiould not he. Firstly, for the sake of Maria, whose 
 actual position might be such as to render it injudicious that they be made 
 aequaiiUed with it. Secondly. l)ecause it would unavoidably liave brought 
 the mm in collision with the 'Indians, which would have entailed ruin upon 
 us all. No ; I felt the mere sight (jf them would awe the Indians around 
 the cottai'-e, whom policy would prevent from open outrage, and that, pro- 
 vided witli Coliins's bavonet, I could open the trap door and deliver my 
 friend, without any of the jiarty knowing aught of what had occun-ed. 
 
 "Right prud.'ialy and sagMy did you act, my dear Ellen, returned her 
 husband — "go on : I am all impatience to hear the result." 
 
 " On reganiing the summer-house, I applied the point of the weapon. 
 With .•ioine little exeition the door was raised, and, looking down, 1 saw 
 somethin-v broad and white in the gloom, on which lay a figure mdislmcty 
 mark.'d in outline. Gradually, as my eyes b.canK. accustomed to the dark- 
 ness, I rrmark.d two or three rude .stoiios placed as steps, which 1 placed 
 mv feet, upon and descended until I had gained the bottom ot the aperture 
 aiid upon the white subst.-.nce 1 have just named. It was a large pieces of 
 wiiite calico, eovoring a bed of what appeared to me to be corn-leaves, on 
 whicli sat or rather reeliiUMl Maria. She looked ihe image of disiair— a» 
 one stupitled— and when 1 fiist addressed her, could not speak. Ilcr dress 
 was greatly disordered, her hat off and lying near her, and the comb 
 detachfd from the long hair. ., , . • 
 
 '•'Oh, Maria, my child!' 1 said to he- soothingly, 'what a terrible inci- 
 dent is tills : Who could have believed Wau-nan-geo would luuv committea 
 this ouU">ge?' . 
 
 " Thi" air let in tV. >m above tended greatl j t.j revive he, and soon, with my ■ 
 iussiytance, she was enabled to stand. T^ j at 
 
 '•Ilcr voice and manner proclaimed de.-p agitation. 'Dear, dear Mrs. 
 Ilcadley,' she said impressively, as she threw hersrlf upon my bosom, '.ts 
 YOU love me, not a word to lionayne or to any other human being. Oh, 
 merciful Providence ! it can do no L;ood that aught of this occurrence should 
 be revealed. Promise me then, my more than moth , that what has pitssed 
 since we entered this garden shall be contlned to your own breast.' 
 
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'" I cr)mprfihen(l find approciatii your motive lor this ooncf^nlinpiil, Maria,' 
 I cbscrvinl, soothin<,'iy. 'Tlu^ knowIiHit^n of Waii-imn-gee's wronij; would 
 arouse tin- iinijcr of Koniiyn<) in wucli rr.fiiinnr as to jjive rise to fatal discord 
 between the Indians around and ouiNclves. Depend upon it, hotli for the 
 love I bear you, and the necessity fur silence, the occurrences of this day 
 novor shall he disclosed by ino.' 
 
 " 'Tiianks, thanks,' she nUurned fervently " To-morrow yoa shall know 
 kU — the deep, the terrible secret that weiujhs at my heart shall l»e revealed 
 to you. Yes, prive tne but until then to ])rep;vre myself fm- the full and 
 entire disclosure of the, unhappy truth, and you will not hate nie for all that 
 has taken place.' 
 
 " ' Maria — Mrs. Ronayno !' 1 said with some slii^ht severity of manner. 
 
 " ' Oh, you are surprised at my lanjruau'e and sentiments. When the heart 
 is full, the lip measures not its words, ^'et, oh, my mother! condemn me 
 not Hear first what 1 have to say. ALfain L repeat, ere your eyes are 
 clwsed in sleep to-morrow niifht.. you shall know all. The tale will startle 
 you ; hut now,' she added, '1 feel that I have strength enou-,h to follow.' 
 
 " During this short and sinjyular dialoifue — singular tnougli, you must 
 admit, on the part of Mrs. Konaync^ — I had a:;sisle(l her in restoring her 
 dress, which, as 1 have already said, was very mueh disordered. On turning 
 to ascend by the stone step.s, I remarked with surprise certain articles of food 
 placed on the corner of the calico, wiiich I had lieen too much occupied 
 with Maria's condition to perceive b(>fore. These consisted of a wooden 
 bowl of milk — a brown earthen pitcher of water — a numlier of Hat cakes, 
 soemiiiyly made of corn meal, and a portion of dried venison ham ; a wot)den 
 spoon was in the bowl, a black tin japanned drinkincc cup near the water, 
 wmI a common Indian knife stuck into th" venison. 
 
 '"Bless me, .Maria,' I said, with an attempt at pleasantry, after we had 
 ascended, and closed the door, 'it was well 1 came to you'" rescue; Wau- 
 nan-gee certainly meant to have kept you imprisoned here some time, if we 
 may judge from the quantity of food he had provided.' 
 
 " ' Such, 1 believe, was the original intention,' gravely reiilieil Mrs. 
 Ronayne. 
 
 " She made no other remark, !jut sighed deeply. We now drew near the 
 gate where Collins and his men wcio stationed,, "looking out anxiously for 
 our appearance. I recommended to Maria, in a low tone, not to appear 
 dejected, as the men knew nothing of what had occurred — not even that 
 Wau-nan-gee had been on the grounds— and any appearance of agitation 
 might give rise to suspicion. She followed my s'uggestion and rallied. I 
 returned Collins his bayonet, stating, with a poor attempt at pleasantry, 
 that we had met with no enemy on whom to try it. He then led the way 
 back, with his party, to the boat. 
 
 "The presence of the men acting, in some degree, as a check uiion our 
 conversation, Mr.s. Honayne consequently preserved an unbrokrn silence. 
 She seemed immersed in dee]> and painful thought, and I could see beneath 
 the thin veil she wore the tears coursing slowly down her cheek. Her first 
 inquiry, on landing, was whether the idshing party was returned, and, on 
 being told that it had not, she seemed to be greatly relieved. 1 watched 
 her closely, for I need not say that my own daughter could nut have 
 inspired mo with deeper interest, and in the increased agitation I remarked 
 
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 lips, whicl 
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THE MACSACHE AT C ilCAQO. 
 
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 OS llio linur of her husland's expwtd roturn dr-^w noaror, I hogan to nppre- 
 hnnl a IVitiriil n'sult. Not tliut, even if my suspicions wfii- corr- i, ^lio 
 cuuld well lit' bliiiiH'd, as tin; mcro. \\H\m <>( a violence slie could ■ [)n!- 
 vcnt ; l)iit what I did nol like to perceive, and wluch pained nn; tniich, was 
 her evident i)repussession in favor of l\v impetuous hoy, which induced her 
 lo al.stain hum all indi^manl censure. 'I'hese, however, are merely my own 
 crude and perhaps unfounded inipres!-ion-i. Tliat she has sonu^ terrihlo 
 truth lo reveal to me, there cannot be a (juestion, nor is it likely that it can 
 allect any but herself, 'i'his night, h.iwever, i shall know all from her own 
 lips, which, although seiiled in piud.iice lo her husband, will n<)t hesitate to 
 conlide to me the fullest extent of her painful secret; meai, while. I should 
 recommend that Wau-nan-gee be watched. His long absence from^ the fort, 
 whilt! evidently concealed in the neighborhood, looks not well. Evidently, 
 he has been idng planning the abduction of Maria, and now that he finds 
 himself foiled by her evasion this day, he will avail himself of the present 
 crisis to leave no means unaccomplished to possess her, no matter what 
 blood may be shed in the attainment of his object." 
 
 " Strange, indeed, what you hiive related," said Cantain Ile.adley, gravely, 
 when his wife had c(!;ised. '• 1 confess I scarcely know what to think ()r 
 how to act. I niusl hold council with my officers inmiediately — lu'ar their 
 opinions without divulging aught of what you have related, and act as my 
 own judgment confirms. How unfortunatii ! Ilonayne and his wife, accom- 
 panied by V"on Vollcnberg, have taken it into their heads to ride to Hard- 
 scrabble, and God knows -when lliey will be back. Really, this is most 
 annoying." 
 
 At that moment a terrible shriek, as that of a man in his last fearful 
 agony, was heard without. Struck with sudden dismay, both Captain 
 Heiuilcv and his wile rushed to the door, which they reached even as 
 Ensign'llonavne, pale, without his hat, his hair blowing in the breeze, and 
 his cheek c.'orless as death, was in the act of tailing fro!:i his jaded horse, 
 whose trembling limbs and sides covered with foam, attested the desperate 
 speed with which he had been ridden. 
 
 " Ob, God ! h(! has heard all— he knows all,"' murmured Mrs. Ileadley, 
 as she fell back in the arms of her husband. " Now, then, is the drama of 
 ho>-.'or but commenced." 
 
 Hefore the; unfortunate oflicer could be raised and carried to his apart- 
 ments by the sympathizing soldiers of the garrison, another horseman fol- 
 lowed into the fort. It was Doctor Van \'oltenl)erg, whose flushed face 
 and excit^'d appearance denoted the speed ut which he too had ridden, 
 He flung himself from his horse, and foUowtnl anxiously to the apartment 
 of his friend. 
 
 Hut where was the third of the party T where wa.s Maria, the universally 
 beloved of everv soldier of that garrison? where was Mrs. ftonayne? 
 
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 WAU-NAN-QK i OR, 
 
 CilAlTER III. 
 "A lailor'* wife hud cho»tmiU in her lap, and mouncht." — Macheth 
 
 "Thy abuudttnt goodiiOM nhull uxouse thin deadly blot in thy digrtwiiiL' Hon." 
 
 Rkliard II. 
 
 Lini-ic tnoiv thiin a moiilli had cliipsod since tlic niairin,i,'e of tlio imi^etu- 
 ous mid freiic.ous Kiisifjii Uunavne to tlio woman he adoivd. Absoibfd by 
 the ■mu<ll^<ity lit' their passion, IVmI by thi- solitiido around, each day increased 
 tlicir allachmfiit, and llioir fnil hearts ackno\vifd4-"d tii.if the l(»'e wliicii tlio 
 man beaw to his mistress— tiic atlianivd sliarer ot' liis inmost th .ii!,dits — is 
 passionless compared with that wliich t'oliows the mystic tic, linkinj,' tiien- 
 must secivt beiii;^ in fearlessness of devotion. Tiien, "tl»r the Hrst time, had 
 they felt and acknowledLCod all tlie p'Aver of the beanty of God's holy ordi- 
 nance, which se.'iuiHl to wed not in mere form, but in fict, the deep, st emo- 
 tions of their glowing souls. What was tlie world to them I They hoiked 
 to live antl die ainoiig those wild scenes in which their passion had been erii- 
 died and nurtured, until now it iiad acquired a force almost more than human. 
 Often then, and often even since the short period of their union, had they 
 fallen on their knees in the silence and solitude of the wilderness around, 
 and, clasped to each other's heart, returned fervent thanks to the Deity, not 
 only for havinri; given them hearts to comprtdiend love in all its mysterious 
 and holy sublimity, but in having blesse.l them with the deaivr self in which 
 each other found jileasure and hved a double existence!. Moie calm, more 
 softened, more subdued in f eliiig, after this passion.ate ebullition, a holy and 
 volu[(tuous calm would beam from their eyes; and when they alluded gently 
 and f mdly to the yeais and years of hai)iiinesH that yet awaited them in the 
 health and fulness of tli'ir y.mth, thoughts and look , not weirds, attested the 
 deep thankfulness oi tiieir hearts. 
 
 .\11 this had been up to the evening of the incidents named in uur o|)ening 
 chapter. Then, for the tii-st time, had a change ome over Maria's feeling* 
 and manner. On leaving Mw. Ileadley, she had retired to her apartments, 
 endeavoring to prepare hei-self f >r the momentarily expected arrival of ln'r 
 husband, whom she loiigetl, yet dreaded to miH't. She received him with a 
 restraint which she hail great difficulty in disguising, and wept i;;any bitter 
 teare, as, anxiously remaiking her changed and extraordinary manner, he 
 looked reproachfully and lixediy at her, without, however, saying a word that 
 was jiassing in his mind. 
 
 " Nay, nay, Ronayne ; you think me reserved, altered, to-ilay ; but indeed 
 I am not well. The'cause'vou shall know later, lujt iio\.- — it would be prema- 
 ture. I am a bad dissembler, and cannot look gay when my heart is full of 
 anguish to overwhelming; but, 'ny love, 1 must entreat a very great favor 
 of you, which I know you will not refuse." 
 
 "Is there aught under heaven that I can refuse to my a(loreil one'^" 
 returned Ronayne. tenderly clasping her to his breast ; " no, Maria, you have 
 a boon to a-k, and the boon shall be granted." 
 
 " After all, it is not a very great deal.'' she remaiked, with a sickly smile ; 
 "but I have a strong desire' to ride to llard-crabble to-inornnv. You know 
 it is loiif since I have been there, and I have a particular reason to visit it iu 
 
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TUB MAH8ACRK AT OUIOAGO. 
 
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 the courun of tho afternoon to-morrow." I for voice tiembled, and slio ft>lt ill 
 
 »t t'asc. , . . , • „ \' 1 
 
 Ucr liushiiiul looked griivf. " Nay, Miirm, is tins wiso ? Y oil know, 
 as you liavo just said, that you liavo not visited that seen.) sinco tho 
 dca'th of your father; whorcforo now, and simply to reopoii a fxtt-cl.wing 
 
 wound V" , 1 1 1 • 1 i 
 
 " It is for tiio reason," slio said. " that I have no lonrj negloctsd thw duty 
 
 that I nm tho mor»> anxious to rf'|iair tiic sccuiiiifr n<",'i(cl." 
 
 " Your fii-st visit," remarked Honayii.", lialf roproaclit'iiily, " methinkrt ouj;iit 
 
 to have been t > th.- ^nave of your poor inuther. You have not been over to tha 
 
 coltai^'e since her death.'' 
 
 Had an arrow |ia.ssed throvijjh tho heart of Mrs. Ilonayne, it could not 
 
 have imparted more exquisitely keen sensations than did tliat casual 
 
 remark. 8he turned f.ale, but made no reply ; nay, almost fell famtnig on 
 
 his bosom. ^ , • 
 
 " What, my soul's bdove.l. is the matter? Nay, pardon me for bnn^'ing 
 up again the "memory so suddenly ujK.n your -,'entle tlioufflit ! 1 should have 
 used more caution in renewing tho recollection of the past." 
 
 "S;iy rather of the i.rcscn't," murmured Mi-s. Uonayne, in a tone so low 
 tliat she could not bo distinctly heard by her husband. " Oh, this poor 
 heart!" 
 
 "You spoke, Maria?" 
 
 "Oh, I did but repeat my dreamings to myself. I scarcely know what 1 
 
 said." , , , , f -11 
 
 " Well, love, since you desire to ride to Hardscrabble to-morrow, i will 
 even meet your wishes ; and yet I know not how it is, but something tells 
 me th.it ill will grow out of this." 
 
 " Oh, no, s.iy not so," she suddenly exclaimed, sinking on her knees at ha 
 feet and holdiii"- up her liaiids in an attitude of supplication ; "can that be 
 ill in your eyes which brings happiness to the heart of your loving wife ? 
 Tity rather the existence of those fears which cause her to tremble, lest the 
 cup b.; dashed from her lips ore yet half tasted. Oh ! I dare not speak more 
 ])lainly— not yet— not yet— to-morrow— then shall the restraint be removed 
 from my lips and heart, and, wliat.ncr bo the result, you shall know all. I 
 feel that to you I must appear to speak in parables and mystery ; but oh, 
 since yesterday, I feel tliat I am not myself." 
 
 P!i."- drooped her head upon his shoulder, and wejit profoundly. 
 
 " Calm vourself, dearest; I will liar.uss you with no more converse on this 
 subject to-iiight. Let one remark sufticc. " 1 am afraid that Captain Headley 
 will refuse permission for us to venture as far as Hardscrabble; he thinks it 
 attended by risk to the officei-s on the part of the Indians ; of course, much 
 
 more to you." 
 
 " Nay, Ilonayne, there cannot surely be a greater risk incurred there than 
 in venturing on a fishing excureion, as you have done to-night. Besides, we 
 need not let him know that we are going in that direction." 
 
 "What! vou wicked mutineer," eluded Konayne, playfully, "do you 
 recommend insubordination ? Would you have me to disobey the orders of 
 the commanding officer? Oh, fie!" 
 
 " Not exactly that," she returned, with a slight blush ; " but gratify mo 
 cnly this once, and I will never allow you to break an order again." 
 
 
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 WAU-NAM-on ; OR, 
 
 "Nay, Rweetc«t,Mitl I'Ut jest; were my lil'o tlm penally, I woiill not dony 
 you." 
 
 •' All ! how litlln ilx'H li(> tliiiik that morn thiin lil'.'(l<'[K'ii<l-« upon it," inur- 
 inMrtd Mrs. Uonuyn.' to hersi.lt'. " Or who coulil hiivo HUppoM.l yr^tcnlu^ 
 fhf*.., my loart woulil hnvo Wen opprcnsed by tlio foi-linj^ whi.h a.Hail it 
 ..'? ' \Vau-iian-j^t>( — strarii,"., wildly-lovinjx. t'iwinatinLf, and iin'oinpndion- 
 Hiblei lK)y — with what contidciico do I repoM* on your truth ; with what joy 
 do I ill l.'iijjth fjlyy i" tliat dovotediieM which hi» mudo you ho wiiolly, »0 
 oxclibivcly inino." 
 
 Thcso words wore abstractodly, almost involuntarily, uttorod in a low tono, 
 m Ronaync l.t'i th.' room in wandi i<f Doctur Von Volt.'nl.frtr, who ho wan 
 do«iroiis"sln>ul(l, lor tho Utt.r protcelion of his wilo I'roin accidoiit, aicompaiiy 
 them on their ridi' of to-inorrow. 
 
 Kho lii.'rHclf soon rctirod for tlm iiii;ht, l)Ut not to r<'."st. 
 
 In that wild and simph? j,'arriHon, wlu'ro tho gi'mist nf tln> heart and head 
 nlont' shoiifl forth, M'lliftinjj tlnir I>rilliani-y and h.auly Jnom forcibly from 
 th<! fact of till' s«'ry limitation of their sphere of contact, there was no sacri- 
 ficn to the mere conventionalisms of inane fashion. (.Al^toms there were 
 military customs, duly oliserved, and not less than trciuson ajfain<t the stat»i 
 would il have been considered by Captain Headley, had any oflicor of hi« 
 wdlied I'orlii wiliiout beiuif duly capari«iiied iw a luiinber of tin? ci>r|is to 
 which he beloii;L,fid ; but in all thinjjs else, and where duty was not involved, 
 each wiw free to adopt thu stylo of costume or tho general habits that host 
 suited his own fancy. And, whenever inclined, they were sutiered to leavo 
 the fort, <■ her drcrised in the roui^h, shau'Lry blanket of the Canadian trajtjjcr 
 or voyajfeur, or tho mure fanciful and picturesijue dress of the Indian. This 
 had not always been the case. Captain Headley had once been as sover<i as 
 he now was indulgent, ; nd the uttermost conformity of costume with thu 
 rcgidations of the United States had for a loni; period been exacted; but 
 gradually, on tindiiig, a.< ho conceived, the Indians around him too favorably 
 di»])o^ed to re(|uire tho Ciintinuance of the imposing military p;, ade with 
 which it had Oeen his policy to awe tluin, hu had gradually relaxed in his 
 Kyst^^m of discipline, conceding not more to his oflicers themselves than to hi» 
 noble and amiable wife, who was ever tin- soother of whatever temporary 
 diflerenees sja'ang up between tlnin. many littlo point.s of eti(pietto, to which 
 formerly he had most scrupulo\isly atlhered. 
 
 Among the varieties of dresses po.>sessed l)y Ensign lluuayne, was a very 
 hand'uiric one which tho mother of Wau-nan-goe, for whom it was made, 
 had dis]iosed of to him ; and this, when prejiaring ibr the ride the inxt day, 
 his wife strongly advis. d him to wear. As he knew liiere could be no 
 objection on the part of Ca|itaiu Headley only to tlie direction in which they 
 rode, anil that only from the possibility ni' encountering a party of hostile 
 Indians, and not to the costume itself, he laughingly remarked that her old 
 flame, Wau-nan-gee, had certainly made a deeper impression on her heart 
 than she was willing to admit, since no dress pleased hi^r half so well as that 
 which had once been worn by the gentle and dark-eyed youth. 
 
 For a moment or two she turned pale, and then suddenly flualiing tho 
 deepest dye, as the sense of her husband's remark came fully upon her 
 apprehension, she said, not without some pain and confusion, mingled with 
 gentle reproach : — 
 
4 
 
 TUB MAUACHI AT CRICAOO. IT 
 
 •*Yoii Mcm to \mv<y foryfotU'i, It>niiv"«», tli.it thiit was the droM yoo 
 worn on fui «Kriwi<ui of (liinj^cr, wlion fifn iiml <i>aLli uml lm|ijiin<'HM hunji 
 vpcii till- ixHiH'. Miutlit I not h.ivc tlio cri-ilit of piizin;,' it on tliut account r^ 
 
 "Niiy, l"'lov.(l otK'," 1 xcluinK'il, UN lio proMcil Ikt fo his lieiirt, " )roii 
 
 know liliil l)Ut j<'i«t. 'I'lirn w.is my wtroiiy; Imn for yourNcll" my prot* aiow 
 juul my shield ; atid if tlmt lovn wfiH'pow.'iful thfn, what irr.s-istihh! itlrcngth 
 lilts it iittftintd now. Marin, I wntilcj fnin (h'^irx to live tor t-ver, if l)Ut to 
 hhow IIk' vnstnt's* iind ondiirinyjm'HH of my lovo for you." 
 
 " Ah ! to what a triul am I to !«• «nhjtcto<l," sho miirmiirrcl, " and yet I 
 would nut Khun it. Why lia^ th.^ calm <l<Mp ciirn'nt of our joy lit'on thus 
 crm-lly int<'rniiilo<l. Roimyno ? Siiould futo or circmnHtHnccH cvor iiit(T|)ow 
 to Hoparatc uh, will \ ou always entftrtiiin f^r nw tho Hamu ardont attection that 
 you do now '.'" 
 
 " ll.nivcns ! why do y(tu ask ; What nicann thiH question ? What i» 
 there to divith' w! nav, even sennratn us for an hourV" 
 
 " Dh I I cannot .'xplain Mi_>»clf," she returntMl. " 1 know I spoak wildly, 
 lnit I only nvan in tin' |»miljl(^ ovitit of anythinjj of tlw kind. I do not 
 Nay that it may or ^^ill liapp<'n ; hut you know it miiclit. None of these 
 thinj,'H ar(^ impossihlc We cannot control our di'ntiny." 
 
 " W.'ll, my lovo," rt'tnarki'd Uonaync, with a Kii,'h, wliilo an cxprfsnion of 
 gravity and sadnosH pervaded his f.aturos, " itcatmot Lod'-niod that you Iirto 
 adopted some stratii;.' fancies this morniuK ; tirstly, a desire to visit llard- 
 i.cnililile, a placi' which you have always hitherto carefully avoided ; secondly, 
 to see mp dressed in a costume which" 1 have not worn since the occasion to 
 which you have just adverted ; and thirdly, to frighten nn; to death hy even 
 hinting at the jiossibility of separation. i5y tho hye," he added, " it is a 
 very lonir time since we have seen Wau-nan-tjee. You know ho disajjpeared 
 the' night of our marriage, an<l lias never heen sen since. 1 wonder what 
 can have become of him. Would you not like onco tnon-, Maria, to s('e liin 
 handsome face i I stiall i. 'Ver forget the eag.'rneas with which he picked 
 lip tho wedding-ring which 1 had U-t fall in the act of putting it on your 
 fiMifer, or the look Of deep disappointment when I rather abruptly — nay, 
 somewhat rudelv— snatched it from him, as lu; treml.lingly proceeded 
 to complete that part of the ceremony himself. It certainly looked very 
 ominous." 
 
 It was a gnat relief to Mi's, lloiiayne when, at the very moment that her 
 hu-ihand ceased speakin'/, a knock was heard at the door, ■■iiid in thcs next 
 moment the tigiire of I »oetor Von Voltonherg crossed th.MhiTshold. H« 
 came tu announce that the hoi-ses were already Paddled, and waiting for 
 them. With a heart full to oppression, she left the room, and regained her 
 chamber. There >\u: threw her.-elf upon her knees at the bedside, and buret 
 into a paroxysm of teaiv. It w:is the first time she had been alone since the 
 occurrence at the summer-house ; the first opportunity she had had of giv- 
 ini; unrestrained indulgence to the ])owerful emotions that^ had for nany 
 h.niis hiiiiij: like an imiuovable weight upon her soul. Hio tii-st outbur. of 
 hithertu-suppresseil feeling o\er, she became more calm. She felt that her .ong 
 absence might excite surprise. A basin of cold water soon r(>nioved all traces 
 of her teai-s, and in less than half an hour she had regained the party, her 
 beautiful form clad ii. a dark green ridinir habit made of cloth of the liglitest 
 texture, and her full <laik hair, surmounted by a straw hat tastily plaited and 
 
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 m WAV-wjoh^n; cm, 
 
 llMoned by hor own hand*, ami tnmmuil willi a Ironil, pair, and riehlj- 
 t^derod rib(>uii. 
 
 Konayne'n cj'i caught hor own m iho PiiternJ. Novpr liml nha 
 •ftpciirod no !(trikinj(ly Ix'a.itit'iil. Uo nhIiI nolliiii;;, hut tlm rich Vir^i- 
 nian bloml moUPU'd to his rhiM-k, whilo h\<* fxj»ri'»«iv« t\t< i'o(iv«'ved, iw 
 
 Elainly m liwiguagc itiMsIf could rouditr it, how ardont and enduring; waa 
 is love. 
 
 That liK}k h( ightnniul tho color on h(!r own (>nchantiiii; faco, but it ww 
 only tor the moiiu-nt, hihI t^vidt-ntly cuiised hy sumo nl^orhiti;,' rccollt'i'tion 
 of an alw*!nt frii'ud. Sim tiiriifil away Imt li.','id to nunci'ul the fi'ar ih'U 
 forifd iti"ll' down Imr chei'U nnd tlu'ii evtirythinu; l*'«g roiidy— lor Uimaynti 
 had availnd hiins<!lC of httr al»«>iicii U an^ntno Tiiii Indian i\rf»s — thn party 
 wont t(» tho harrack tijuarti, and worn nuon in tho sadtllt'. 
 
 "God hl.'ss lii'rl" cjaculattid ('oiiioral Colliii'^, im*, alter rclin'iiii.thing tho 
 bridlo he had hild whilo hur hunhand H.HHUt»'d h- . to nioiinl, tliu graceful 
 form of Mrs. Ronayno ri'Ofdcd from his view, heaving him onco more to 
 re«iim« his monotonous walk in fro;it of tho building. " Ah, theru ']» nobody 
 like that «wwit i.uly !" 
 
 "'riu-re goi's !in ani^ol!" ,',aid Sergeant Nixon in n low\oi<M to his compa- 
 nions of tho guard, all of whom off sentrv hail rinoii, and were now standing 
 all attei\tion, as the little party pasHod towards tho gate. 
 
 •' Isn't she a trump !" said another man of the guard— Wontou. "See 
 bow she hits her hosse — just as if hIh; had hfcn horn to it." 
 
 "S«'rg«'ant Nixon," said Maria, in one of her swe..a<'st toni's, us she moved 
 hor horse towards the noii-commissioni'd ofhoor in pa.ssing. 
 
 Tho Sergeant touched IiIh cap with marked respect. 
 
 " Should anything occir to detain us in our ride, let this pRckot be given 
 to Mrs. Ile.'idiev. Mind, Si.Tg.>ant, certainly not hef.,re midnight." 
 
 "Your command shall \m obeyed, .Mrs. Hoiiayne. Sh-uid you return 
 before midnight, it will ho found with mo ; if not,! sliall at once carry it to 
 Mrs. fleadiey." 
 
 " Just 80. fJood by, Ni.xon !" and as she pjaei'd the j.aeket in his posses- 
 sion, she pressed his hand, as if to signity tiial the jnoper exi ruticn of tho 
 commission wils of some importance. 
 
 "What is it, Maria? what do you wait fori" asked Konayne, reining in 
 his horse to enable her to come up. 
 
 "Nothing. I am merely seiulitii^f a trifling m.ssatre to Mrs. Headlev by 
 Sergeant Nixon," and then putting her horsn into a eanUr, slio joined" htr 
 cavaliers, and pur.sued with them tho road that led along the right bank o{% 
 branch of the Chicago river to the Harbscrabble farm. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Vou see thu chaae is hotly followed. — Iletiry V. 
 
 Thk spot called I fardscrabblo was distant about t.vo miles from Fori 
 Dearborn, and bad been the scene of a recent and bloody tragedy. They 
 
till UA«'«ACUii; A7 CUICAOO. IV 
 
 w'ho nrf fumWmr wUli tho ovcnt* that iw-oiirml iltirlnj? A el!ff«rent «n(! ewlfir 
 
 t>liH>t^ .il' llii>« I ill' «rn awHii! tlmt, nut, Cuiir iiioiitli'* (ir.'viuU'^l) , iln' Cinli.-r of 
 ilrn. It.iiiiyni! hiul, m well iw ii fmlhliil elomcHlio, \»<i't\ •riii'llv munlertK! 
 ltuT«', iluriiiK il iit'riml oC |iri»f'.uml pi'iuf, >ty it |mrly .if Wi.iiu'lHiKiH'H, Mid 
 tliHt, on ihi- rtmiivtil of \m Ix^dy to th.- ifioiiiiiU of tlits eoltiiyn, twttr lh« fort, 
 ill wfiiih Iii4 wifii iiml d.'ii >ht.r r<t.i(lt'(|, the liotm.< liiul iM'.n li<'rm.<lio»llT 
 cKwfil, The oiilriij^w upon Mr. Hcwv.iod hud tiiki'ii plnc« oiirly in April. 
 It wa« flow, iiH htut almidy hu.-n miuI, ib'' 7lh of Ain(iiitt, and wiiniu that 
 n«>riod MiM. HoniyiK' had d iink di-ffily of th»' cup of ii'ciprocalfd wedded 
 bli-'t, »\\f had also" kn.iwii th- im^iiishof lh<! m'v.'.ancc of rvcry >mtu>-nl tift. 
 Hotli hiT paiiMilH wcio huri. (I n.-ar ihf suniint i-iioiiHi', nnd. had it not 1»*«B 
 for lh« fuivunt iovf of \m husband'— a love that daily iiicr<'iutt'd in purity 
 and intt-nsity— <'V(n the urotit i»tien;^th of mind for which who wiw i-iniirk- 
 uhlc would havf ill fiiahifd h.'r to endun' th** twfifold HJiock. Hut, oven 
 with .ill liin love, till! natural mi'lancholy of hi-r cliaract.'r hc.-unif tinged 
 with ail additional hhadi- of ftt^riousiicss, which, far fion'i.lifint,' di«pliMiHin){, or 
 dftractinii; from thf KwootncsH of her most exprt'n-.ivi! and fuulili-si faoe, 
 iie(>med to invtiHt it with ii newer and a lidinr < hiirm. 'Iho pcifiction of 
 her cliisHic! «tyhi of beauty j^iven as Maria lloywood, tnny wfll justify a 
 rfipclititai lu'ri'. 
 
 ,\bovi' lilt) middle sizi', h>r li^niro wivh at oiico jjiaccfully anil .ichlT 
 fonufd, Hor face, uf u cliisclU-d oval, wiw of i\ dditato oiivo lint, wliioh 
 wi'll harmonized witli cyen of a lu^troUH hiuiul, and hair of glossy, rarea 
 black, of raro amplitude and h'liijtii. A mouth claHMcally «mall, bordered 
 by lips of coral fuln.-<.s, di«i(;lovd, wli.-n she smil>il, tfi-tli wliit.- and even ; 
 while a fuivhcad, high and drnotiiif,' stroni,' intellect, combined with a nose 
 iiomewliat moro aiiuilitu* than (hvrian, to ^ivc dij^nitv to u countenance that 
 miifhl oihcrwisc have exhibited too much of a cliaructcr of voluptuous 
 beauty. Yet. allhou^li her feature-i. when ligiit.-d u|) by vivacity or emo- 
 tion, were radiaiil with intelligence, their expri'ssiou wiien in repine wiw of 
 a pensive cuHt, that, contrasted with her general a|)pearance, gave to it a 
 charm, i.ddressed at onco to sense and sentiment, ot which it is iinposmble 
 l)y d. scription to give an adeijuate idi-a. A (linij)!" d I'heek — un arm, hand, 
 and fool, that niiglil have serveil the statuary '^•^ !i model, coin |)l.>ted ii 
 person (vhich, without oxuggcration, might bedeeav d almo.st, if not wnolly, 
 iaultless. 
 
 For Fotnc minutes, m the party rode along the road bordering on the 
 serpentine br.inch of liie ( liicago' leading to llardscrabble. Mrs. Konayne, 
 .■ip|ir<'hensive that her husband migiit attribute any appearance of d<;pre88ion 
 of spirits to physical illncis, and in.si-.t oil iio,stponing her ride to w>me future 
 occasion, fell, as most pcopK^ do who are fien.sihle that for the first time in 
 their lives th ^y are acting wiili in:>incerity, into the very opposite cxtrenao. 
 With a consciousness of wrong at her heart — with a toul distracted with 
 uncertainlv and h.':.itaii'.y as lo the result of the course she was pursuing — who 
 indulged in a gaiety that, in her, was wholly unnatural. 8he rattled, talked. 
 "auglK'd with ill-timed volubility— ottered to make wagers with the surgoon 
 ■ind K(»iiayne that she would take her horse over the liighcst fallen log, or, 
 >.( liiey preferred it, swim with eillier of them a'iross the river, and liustly 
 proposed that they should start together and t^ec who woidd first reach tho 
 farm-house. All this time the deejiest scarlet was on her cheek, her manner 
 

 It WA««AVKtnc; m, 
 
 bntmvi'd th<< miitt fev«>rii)i etcitrini'tit, uiiJ then) wm nnwonti'<l britlliMf 
 in Imt i')p. 
 
 lUHmyiX' kxtketl nt ht-r ttaniMtly. Hudiiwiily a flianije i-iim« ovi-r h* r, for 
 oho iiiiil ri'initrki>ii, nti<i t'l'lt nonfuHt'd iciiIit thu pciu'tmtihu ^l.ince which 
 iM'i'ni. tl to It'll her ilmt »th« tliil not ti-.-l that huhliu!M . f hr.trt wit.i ih" "K-m- 
 blinii.'t' »( vf\mh «h<' wiw wt'liiii'' In ilnc rvu liim. Kur lht< lir^l litiH' Kiru't) 
 hU nmrriiivc' — (my, Uir llus hi>t limn niin'e hi« iic(|iiuint:tnci' wilh hir — ami 
 thii* hid l<«»«'n of iiior«» ihnn two, j Mim' dat«~li« full puin—piiiii inlliriitd 
 hy Arc, 'I III ri> wum •■viihnitly M>>m«! xnert't lliuti^ht ul Iti'r hi-iirt wiiieh ^ha 
 V'itlihcid ; hikI hIii' win* Imd wwr hi'l'urK uonceaiitd it |ih<<i>iiii( cinct'.iott uf 
 Imt *oiiI, wuh imw wr:i|i|i»Hl m|i in iiii uiiiircouiitiihht iiiyMtcry. 
 
 In jii«»j»<iiiii)ii with hif huHhand'o iiu'h'iixiiiiJt Kruviiy, Mr«. Hun.iyne'* »pi« 
 ritN b't'itmo (i('pr«<Mi«»>d, until in reality «'nl'»ublud by hvv ntror.j^ provtnua 
 ••xi'iti'iiiMitt, xhii l<:iil(itd pnh) ua dnuth ilH«*lf, uud I'xprcitNtjJ u 'Jotiro fur a 
 '/inn^ o|' wiUiT. 
 
 l)i><*ply titiK'lii'd iu)d rtiikitncd hy the Huddcii rhuiii(« whi'li hii>l tiikon 
 ii|iici> in hi* wifc'H ikp[ii>Hriuicri und niHiiixtr, Hi)tiiivtu- threw hinivll' tVoni hiit 
 lioinc, find, h«'iiv^ providid with h kiImt drinkini( cup, Ih-w to tliH river to 
 fill it. In iMiltT In nht.iin tlm liijuid pure and coul, h'«wi'v -r, it wan nt*<Mm- 
 Mii'v to turn a )<inull and ainttit puiiit of uiidi-rwooti, a liltli* to the li^ht, 
 whi're n f«w iido i»ton« sli'pH |.d to n xort of natural wi-ll, ♦', lusri', •Men in 
 the hottt'** u.iy of HUinmiT, the Ix^vcrnfff c;mu' frcsih um from a coral foun- 
 tain. It wuH 'I Kpol wi'll known to ••vfry fifijui-ntor of that road, and few 
 |ia!«Hi'rM-hv ''vi ((rank from any othor hoiirci'. 
 
 Tin voun;' oili.'i-r wa.s in tlu' m w of dippinj? bin cup into thu Htrcam, 
 whmi tliiPt! (''otH worn dintinctly heard in the n«'iKhhorho.)d of liardiicrab- 
 lih', tln-n iiliout half a mile di-stant, and at'lrr iho intorv.il of a few Hecund!*, 
 till! rapid i;allo|iiny; of horni's" houfs hehind him. With an incoiit-eivahle 
 dread of 111- knew not whalai, hi-« hemt. he Hpnmi,' round the point of wood 
 tojjaiii the road whero lie had left his wife and Von Voltenfier^;. To hiti 
 aHtoniwIinient both wcro gonn. They wi'te the hoofs of their horses ho bad 
 heard — his own wasiied to a tiei', iis In' had left him, ami makint( endea- 
 vors to tree hiinseir, that he mifj^hl follow his eoni[)anions. 
 
 We will not attempt to de^cril".' the f. i-linifs uf Uonayne. Tho mere di-,- 
 nppeiirance of the party nii;,'lit have been aecoi.nted for, had it not been fir 
 till! shuts which preceded. Hut the nxsociiuion was terrilile. it bewil- 
 dered him — almost deprived him of tliouu'ht and ju'!;^ment. Kvideiitly, 
 (liere was all emuny in the neii^fhlmrhooil ; hut, even if so, why the obvious 
 advaneo into the very heart of d.iiger; for. from the direction of the souiid, 
 he could have no doubt that one hoi"-. :U h ist, had tii'.' n the direction of 
 llanlsciabbh', :ind that, from t!ie |,ft uliar is. id r. id footlall of the animal, 
 he fell a>*ured wi's his wife's. 
 
 What could this mean? MrM. Ronnyne's he knew to he iv very spirited 
 youu'.; horse, anil the only manner in which he could explain lur ahsenco 
 ^vas hy inferrin'f that, startled by t!ie report of the firearms, he had .sud- 
 denly run away with r, and that Von Voltenbers; had followed as speedily 
 as he eould to check tiini. 
 
 111.' d;i>hed the euji of water to the earth, mounted, and du'.^ his apurs in 
 the thinks of his horse, when the latter, bouniini,' hirward with ajrony under 
 tlio exquisite scn'^e of pain, seemed rather to leap than run over the u;round. 
 
 I4 
 
fill M*«< ki'Ni AT OWCAUO. 
 
 til" K 
 
 li.. rturtwl. «»mrtMni? plnAislf white on 
 
 hill) <u»ntimiinj< hm ii|nim|, iluii Uoriiiyn*', "^<'''!l''"t I" •••""••'" "^ 
 
 fit' WM, 
 
 hull i^ri'iU ilitficultv in |M«M'rviii|;( 
 i)[a.tin<>(l iif th« <»hj«>i't, h« nt onr • ■ 
 
 liK villt Ul»|»i<l Ht Wll-* til" .!.''»"HS« 
 
 I tt fur the hatut tolliir of hiit 
 
 will'. UtK 
 
 I thiri'fiMit nil uniH'rtninlv »!it nt nn 
 
 md It* (i) thi* Uri'ciiiMi ht>r 
 
 horM. hixl tak.ii. IIU Iwkrt »ii» full, l>vil lu' Ii'mI mMn-.ly powrr «<• IhUi*. 
 A tliDU-mid mci.h'tilH und ftfir-. wi-rmd In crowd uik.ii Itw l.niin m fhi« «iim« 
 dnu'. mid in micI. p..nf.i4.m that Iih fi-lt u» tli..u«l. I.i« v.-ry r.H-<.n w^re 
 d. MTtiiiK liitri. Tlifl r.'colU'cfi.m ..f tli- ntttmn pw'«.-niim«'iitof «vil whkh htf 
 had .unriH-iid in r-Kiird U. this riil.' vmw wilh t. nfuld foioR nn hi« miiMl, 
 mid !*.:ure.' kft u h..|H' t.. w.'i.'h a^'uin^t tit.' f.arH that ov( rwh.'imi'd l.im. 
 
 Htill li« diuhi'd on, i.lriiinin« hin I'V.'s iw ihmi^h h.' w.aild hav.- |. Mfd 
 Ui.' I'xU'iil iif hlH \wm. I.NikioK ^.•ur^hiii«Iy int.t ovt-ry .)|..!tiinf^ into ii e 
 WmimI, iiikI .•nd.:i\..in.j,' to di. Htiu'i'i-»li. amid iIk' rapid i»oim.U prodiir.'d j/ 
 lii^ own lioiM-'^ h..otH, tho>.. of his-'onipaiiion^. ltH.-om.'dHn ag.i wl.ilu ho 
 pa««.'.l over tin- ground thai k-, I him from tlf fatal farm hoii.e. Al L-iikUi 
 th« or.-hard ultuchid to it came in mu, mul th.^n ih.- Kard.n. an.l o., ih« 
 hroa.l Ian.' whifh n-paraU-d iM.th. tlii- larg.' walnut tri-e Ihf hrancii.'s 01 
 whi. !i tw . fnontlis ia-for.. .ov.rod with Miowy Mos^wurt. were now lK«nl 
 l.,w hy III" « 'ik'lit <'f tl'"'"- "«"» fniitfuhvHS. 1. unoth.-r inHtiint. h.- v.um m 
 iiu .•••ntro of I'u' opi-n ^pao'. I'n.'.irtuin v' at courm- to l..iluw now. Iio 
 r.h«ck.-d liiH ai'imnm stiu-d ko su(hl-nly and Hcrcily an to th ..w hiiii upon 
 hinhaun..!.--. Kvervthin^i wa. still. IJ..yo.id the l.rnatliinK ot hi. own horno. 
 th.ro wa. not a hound to i.i.li.Mlu tl... ■xistcnce (,f animal lil«. I ho I'uiiaiw 
 had .-vLlcntl ,' .h'strovcd all t!i<^ «toc< cm tlu- farm ni.k- Um al.niulotinv n^ 
 atid in.'lan.hnlv apiH-ai..d lu-re to hav. .•siabU«li.;d xrv.wr^ni doimmon. 
 TUiH HUH,.«.„s,. wan tortun— tho Mlt-nc horrtble. II.' would rath.r have 
 h,u,.l Ih' Indian ..-alp-n-y- h-'ard the d.'ath■Hhrit.k-ar.ytll.n|^ provui.'d il 
 wo,.l.l -«.d.. lum to III.' f. -m ..f h.T In- lov.i. li.-yoad tins oiohI ihcra 
 wns noihin,^ that o.mid ho .alh'd a r.md. A f.w narrow lootpatlm .lmT«..d 
 fr<Hii it int.; th" fort-Hl. ' uttho.>o won* m.'ldy Hullici.-n.t y broad tor the pa». 
 ,a-.' l.N Indian HI.-, .-x.ti'pt on tlic immediatn vcryo of the nvor. whor.' liorHO 
 mul ri.ler uii-ht harolv escape .•oUiM.m with th- hranchen. Ih" bank, over 
 which this apoloKV f..r a hi^hwav ran, was .•omposed of a mmdy soil, io 
 that soimd w.« not ab.olut.-lv iien s.ary to th.- assurnneo that hors-mcir 
 wer." on that road. From il« absence. h<.wever, in every other .piarter. I .o 
 distract..! ullicer was naturallv led t.. infer that they wh.ai. he s.j unxiou.ly 
 H-u-'ht lia.i tak.n that .lir.vtion, an.l ihiiher 1". d.-termuied t., tollow. (Jut 
 a sc" ..nd tl,..u,,rht induc.al him to turn the an-lr of the house. iKh.r.. leaving, 
 thut he mi-ht not have to reproach hims.'lf lat-r with havne^ hMl anything 
 un^-xamined behind. To his jrivut surpri.se he found the door, w'.'Hi he 
 had hims.-if Inana^lically dosed manv w.ek.s before, Aide ope.-. U.s ust 
 purpose, after sweepin- his eye rapi.lly but ke.-nly around the halt-t.o.h . n 
 Jorntield in the rear, was to ent.r This, in oid.a- not t.. h.se time, an.l the 
 rude aperture bein« sutKciently luri;.', he did wilhi.ut disummitm-. 
 
 As his horse sprang <n- 1"' thouirht he could dislmguish a moccaHined f.)ot 
 iustatthe m.an'nt of its hurri, d .lisapp.-arun.o into the loll above, but 
 cverythinir was so still that he l.^lt sali>li.d his distempe.el .mai,nnati..n anl 
 excited lWrm<r, runninj,' on one ull-absorbing subject, had dc-Jcived him. 
 
[# 
 
 WXn-NAN-GKK ; OR, 
 
 He looked around. Two dark objects nttrnctcd his attentiwn, in the far- 
 thest orncr from him, of fht- room, th<; shutters of which hcing dosed, 
 yielded iiut an indistinct light to one coming suddenly from tlie open air 
 Ho moved his horse, stooping low iiiniself as lie advanced to that end of 
 the rude apartment, and belield to his surpri-^e, t.vo small trimks of hlack 
 leather, on one of whieli was painted in ratiier largo letters " Maria lley- 
 wood.' Tlie other had no name upon it, but ho could have pledged Jiis 
 existence that, not one week previously, he had seen it in his own apart- 
 ment, and that it was his. That, however, might be a mistake, for it was 
 difficult to distinguish with certainty ; but in regard to the proprietorship 
 of the other there ♦lould be no question, and the only reasonahle manner 
 in which he could account for their being there at that moment, was, that 
 the :.;inks had been in use by Mr. Ileywood at the; period of his murder, 
 and that, having been oveilooked by the Indiana, they iiad been locked up, 
 on closing the farm-house iiltogether. 
 
 It must not be supposed that the young officer took as much time to 
 uomprehcnd and draw inferences from' what he saw, as we have taken in 
 the desciipliun. A few rapid glances only were thrown around, when, 
 fiatisfied that there was no more to aid him in his search, he turned his 
 horse's head to gain the broader pathway which, it has alreadv been said, 
 bordered on the river. Again he sallied from the house, but his emotions 
 of alarm and surprise may be conceived — not springing from any personal 
 consideration, but from lUc certainty he now entertained of the probable 
 fate of his wife— when, on gaining the exterior, he perceived, not fifty yards 
 from him, a party of Indians, about twenty in number, some scattered along 
 the edge of the wood, and others peering cauticnisly around the corners of 
 the outbuildings. Although his heart sank within him at the sight, and 
 the image of his Maria was at the moment ujipermost in his thoughts— 
 Hvood palpably before liim as she looked at the very moment wlu-n she 
 stood first, equipped for this most unfortunate ride— his keen and collected 
 eye could distiuL-ish the very color of the war paint, for they were in full 
 costume, and the peculiar decorations that told tiiem to be of their old and 
 inveterate enemies tlu; Winnebagoes. 
 
 There are e|ioclis in life when the thoughts of years crowd upon the 
 mmd in little more than nion,ents. All the past then seems to flash full 
 upon Lhe ree.jllection, and in such rapid yet distinct succession, that the 
 <mly surprise is how the brain can sustain the torturing and confoundincr 
 weight. No(,ne incident of the sliL^htest interest had ever occurred to his wile 
 and himself that Uonayne did not recal vividly, keenly, even while "azino- 
 on those men of blood ; and iio suffered anguish of heart, physical a°s weU 
 as mental, which none can understand who have not experieiKM'd that rend- 
 mg asunder of the soul which follows the loss of that in which tlu; soul 
 ■■done h\(s. Pr..s..ntly, as his ,(iuick eye glanced rapidiv along the wood, 
 he saw, to his iiuTcasing oismay, V'on Voltenberg brought forv d to its 
 edge by two other Indians leading the horse by the bridle, lie was, evi- 
 dently, a prisoner. ( )h, how he strained his pyes with painful, with a.roniz- 
 mg earnestness, to bohold her whcmi he exjiected to behold next, and how 
 rapidly rose the feeling of h.ipe and exultation when he found no second 
 prisoner appear. He now felt assured that his last chance of recovering 
 tL« lost one lay m his pursuing the course he had at first selected. The 
 
TUB MAStlAORB AT CHICAGO. 
 
 28 
 
 prospect of eluding his enemies and (ra.r.iris that road was poor for there 
 C b,.t one way opeu to him-ahn.st in llu,ir very teeth-yet tins he was 
 TolvKi to try. Death was before him if ho hesitated; aithou^'h, had he 
 belu.1.1 his wife a prisoner, he would rather have shared a similar late than 
 abandoned her in her extremity, now that a hope hud sprung up m h.9 
 heart-his energies were aroused, and renewed activity brneed his limbs. 
 
 CIIAPTEll V. 
 
 On- the ri^'ht of the farrn-houso called ilardscr-ibble, as it faced tho 
 wat-r, there was a kitchen garden, the fence of which was quite hve ee 
 hitrh. and scattered about within this were standing, now almost shrivelled 
 m. om age, many clusters of peas and beans pending lazilv and languid y 
 romtheirVles- To f.. roe his way across this fence, and then diagonal y 
 through the garden in order to gain the opposite covu.v and cross into the 
 road beyond, was now the sole object of the y <,ung othcer ; but before put- 
 ■inl it in pra tice, he called out in a loud and distinct voice to Von VoUen- 
 ben. to know what had become of his wife, and whether she too was apn- 
 soner Hut there was no answer. The Doctor had evidently been enjouied 
 not to repHs for, immediately after he had put us ..uest.on, Honayne saw 
 an India, hdd up his tomahawk menacingly to the prisoner, and heard h.m 
 "ter some words^as if to enjoin silence Seem.nglv d-.'---^-'-;!-; ',; 
 all risk to satisfy his friend. Von Voltcnberg suddenlj' raised his hand, . d 
 s i^med to poini significantly over his shoulder tn an oblique direction to the 
 rear This^onvinced Ronayne. that he had been conec m his c'o-.l'-' "«. 
 or he direction was the road he intended t.ik.ng. (hithenng h.mselt up 
 nh saddle, he slowly walked his horse about twenty paces to.v.ards tho 
 "li of the forest. This was done both for the purp..se ol P'-'^;;-;" 'll^ "f 
 suspicion of an attempt at llight, a.id of giving sulhc.ent run for his leap 
 'S^^^denly wheeling r.u.^. he put the ammal to his ^1-^ - -;^v-^ 
 the loud shouts of th.' ln<lians, who rushed forward from eveij po ml to 
 •ort'ke, him. accomplished the desperate leap, the tips of his horse s hoo s 
 ust r'^ n.^ '^ 1^'' P^'^^'^'l- ^^"'^"'"t.ered with their arnis as they were, it 
 ^1 ea:h^cUan. ItLever active, at h.st a second to « - J^ ^^^g];!;^ 
 this rmve the young officer cnsiderable advantage ot distanio . but what 
 i rnnsed m was That not a shot was tired. It seemed as though his ptu- 
 Z a^uX H b eath their dignity to tire at a single neemg •";'". whom 
 h- V wer "certain of laMng. nnd matter of rivalry with all to be the hrst o 
 rAchand ecu". Or.v,a?d thev pressed now without uttermg a sound ; 
 hti the att r. of their war ornaments, with the crackling of the decayed 
 ;"!c!,^i n n^ath their feet, told Ronayne that they were too "-■; folium 
 oliope for escape, unless his horse should clear the opposite corne. of tho 
 5 1 and ot- this' he almost despaired, jaded as the nmmal was by previo,^ 
 oxertin through the heavy g.'ound he was now traversing -o.tunaely 
 b^oZl tint there was a perceptible declivity lushe approached the w.ter. 
 and not m rd^ but tlat onV, of the rails of the zigzag fence had been 
 
 Setached Desperate as his position was. this gave Imn renewed conhdence 
 a^d e even ycLred to turn and examine the number and position ol hia 
 
 JjARK,, 
 
St 
 
 WAU-WAN-ORE ; OB, 
 
 Oiiemi.;s. J hoy were some twenty in number, all p^dnt.'J perfectly black 
 Hild dispersed iit Ion;' intervals ihrougjiuut the Held. In f.onl »( all ^-isa 
 very youn- wiirrior, ivho seemed the ni.xsl emi.loi., of the party to secure 
 the honor „t tlie capture, for ",., leaps he took were prodijrious, and it was 
 evid.'nt that nothmg but the doarinrr of the f-nce could save the elnselv- 
 pm-sued oHicer Irom capt.iro. A-ain his horse took the leap, and this time 
 casiiv enough; and .'ven while in th». vry act. he thou;rI,t, 1,,. fancied he 
 icard a voice beliin,! him softly pronounce his name. In the confusion of 
 n< mind, ho,v„y,.r, he could not jud-e distinctly of anythin^r. It mi.rht 
 have been tho Mg\m<j^ of the wind among tlu- dried leav.^s and tendrils that 
 tloated from tho bean-poles at his side, and he re^'arded it not. His mind 
 was too much intent on. too much absorbed on wei^jhtier matters to heed 
 Ihv. occurrence, Tlie air frot.) the water revived, reinvi.rorated both himself 
 and bus hoi-K.. Again at full speed, he dashed on along its mar.rjn until 
 suddenly after having gone over nearly a mile of ground, the cmviction 
 ai-ose to hmi that he must have b.^en wrong in his .omprchen.sio!, of Von 
 Volicnbergs ..ign, ,and that the beloved of his soul-she for the uncertainty 
 ot wiiose iate his heart suffered an anguish the mojt horrible, was not before 
 liim, but a prisoner with her companion. That thought, (rrowinrr ranidlv 
 into a.ssurance, was sufTicient to destroy all energy. lie checked his horse 
 and brought h.m to a full stand. As a soldier, whose s.u'vices belon-ed to 
 us country, he felt that he had no right t,> throw himself int.) -, ..osition 
 till t would render those .services useless, but at least he voMiJ tike no 
 unnecessary trouble to avoid it. Tie turned to listen to the sounds of his 
 pursuers, now fully resolved to make n,. further attempt at -escape Ho 
 heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves and the gurirli,,,. of the'water 
 over the shallow and p,.bbly portions of its bed. lie Retraced his way at a 
 M-.ilk. I hat was his direct course to the fort, and he was determined lei- 
 ■sure.y to pursue it, taking the chapter of accid.'nts as it r,:ighl be open.Hl to 
 .«m. hoon 4ie came to the point where he had first leai.ed the ..arden 
 l>>i:c" Ir. looked withn. There was not an Indian to be .s,hmi. That tliev 
 were lurking somewhere around him, he felt perfectly .*-«„,,.,]. and .at e.ach 
 moinent he expected to s^.o then, start up and seize his hor.,^ I,v th^ bridle 
 l.u although he now r,,,-!,. slowly, carel,.s's|y, his eye w,uh ev-rywheiv. The 
 patliwav he followed 1...! along a strip som. twenty'feet in wi,!:',. between the 
 fiaul..,. tence and t - river. to the bottom of the clea.-ing or lawn that ran to 
 he e, go of the latter. Keenly he glanced towards the skirt of the f.rest on 
 m lot where he had ftrst beh.dd the savages with their prisoner, but not ,. 
 sign of one of then, was to b. seen. .VII this wa.s certainly most e.xtraor.li- 
 lary and unaccountable, but Uon.ayne kn.w the character of' Indian strata-a^m 
 too w,-li not to teel assured that the v-ry next moment succeedin-r tl.,! of 
 tins serpeiit-hko .piietude, might be replete with oxciteoient, and he'w.s nre- 
 
 he should not b. seen. Every step forward ii, saf.tv iicreased the .listanco 
 winch separated him from the idol of his .soul, ind the puivst air .,f h,."',! 
 bad nosweetM,..ss for him that vvas „ot breathed ^,■it!, her. His head drooped 
 upon his breast-he could h,.ar the b-ating ^ ,' his ow„ h,,,,. M,, p,,, -ed 
 .nwardly, secretly, fer^..^t!y to God to restore to bin. Ins wif- as bv ■, nliracle 
 and s;ive hi,n tr.,m th- madness of despair. Whc,. he again rai.^l his he.ad' 
 he was startled but. not surprised to see his furth,.r pn.gress interrupted by 
 
 4 
 
 j-«^ 
 
TUE MAS8ACKE AT ClIICAaO, 
 
 2t 
 
 bowels of thfi earth, 
 
 , ^^ T-.iIans sprinirinc' up a« it wore from the vrry -- , . , , . „ . 
 
 Lno .ho 1.H..M H similar .!is,>l.y. He was .-vuk-ntly h.m.n.e.l .... H.-^ fur- 
 ther aava.ice or iTdiOHt was com|,l.'tely intccei.ted moment 
 ' Tr..lv ha. it, Leon sai.l, we are the e.-eat.,res of -c""^; ^^;,^ ^.— ^'^'^ 
 
 #.,otor,.;a...l while .'.....■e was no enen.y v.s.ble, ^o-.a e telt l^^^^^;^;^ 
 
 i,„lifr..n...ee i., .v.ara to a fatethe ..tter„es. o -' >^ ^^ J ;,;J ■ ", .; " ." 
 b....n Hw..etene.l by the fiu-t of h.s be...^ ..ear to <' J^^ ^^f ^ 'J rt,,,„, 
 
 ..nil mich was the ( evo C( iiess oi luve ot the man, m. i. i •„ r, 
 
 tZ'Z. the s,en,er ^"tv of the offi.., hj^w.ul.^ha.. ,. -^ 
 
 ter,t a.Kl bonds of the savage for "'%7;^'\^;:,'"^, f^ ,X be ,o- in whom 
 of his own hon.o, when the i>rese..oe ot^ the '' ^f "^/; ' f ,,,te, " I'.ut now 
 alone he lived .hould no l.>..ger t,nve hte ^'f ^"^'l^'^l^. ^^,. .vhich 
 a sud.len change in his plans was resolved upo.fo ^'^^^ . ^,,^, j;^. 
 l,,l fallen on the warriur. in h.s f.-ont, »'-\7;'i''"^^ "^, ,, k^r^-'s of those 
 t,„,,, th.t V..„ Volt...,ber.. p.^ohtjug F' J ; ^ ^Y t^^ X ovn«^ld and th. 
 left i.. charge, was movn.g st.-aitlnlv and alo e b'-lj^v'^^' ':^;, •„,, ,,„„i ^f 
 l.ulldin., behi...l which he soo.. <i^f^^- ,,. ^'^n t' r"ht: a,.d then a 
 hoofs inmuMliately snccoedmg '** ^^^'f^l^'^^^." j;; '1 ;inatrvo mind of the 
 nvpid association of ideas ^ro.^l^^l^^J^!^^^:^ ^.r.^ 
 voun- ol«c.-r the conviction that '"^^^''^ ''*'Y,f''l !>vhat the obiect was i.i 
 Ihat Von Voltcber, would r^jX^;^^- ^^.J'j^aSns iuJd evidently 
 endeavoring to secure In.ns.-lf he could not tu ,yU,,,.eforc their great 
 
 some mo,v^hnn ordina.-y n.ot.vc .n h.s '^'l''; '.^^^^ ; 're-m.^d to the 
 anxiety to take him u.,hu.1, and the.r -'3|. f "/^^ , " .i'^i.t be two 
 other ..-isoners, who had I.e.. lett a ...ost ^"^"j f;.^^,,. ^,,^ ,,,j^ therefo.-e 
 reasons for this. Firstly, they ....ght be < . ^ '^ ^^ ^^^^ . ^^ ,„,,,ivos. on a 
 Height not tu.d it either c--">-;^-'^;T;t^j;:^;:J',, Doctor t.; be a 
 march, with a woman : a.id, seco.idl}, >''^Y 1 1 Mve fiilrd to a.-p.-i.e the..l 
 " medicine ,na.r-a tact of which h won d not ha c bu ■ to a p ^^^^^^ 
 —thev mi>dit not feel th."ms,lves per.mtted bv tl... ^ ai , ' j^ 
 
 h.,... and tJ.erefore, without absolutely releasing, gave h.m the oppotunity 
 
 for escape. , ,, f i.-.i ., momentnrv actio.i 
 
 Of eou.-se. all these reflections were the ';^" V*.^,^',[ .^ '^ J character, 
 .f the brain. Ronayne. with »">^'\ -■''••"^ \^^' J^;."^^,^l'7i ^Uva.itages o^ 
 was of quick and .ou.id aiTn'l|;"^>>'<\:'- ^^ ^^^^;,!^^,^^^ ,,, 1,,, J,eady 
 disadvantages of an ext.'em- position. ^ '' '^f^^'^J^l^^,,^ the warrioi'S 
 been n.ma,.ked. wa. injpossible. for K>tJ .n ^onU^nd -J-;;,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,, 
 loaning ca.-eles>ly on tli-ir g„„. as /''^> ,'^P;,^. ,';;.^.,. j,-,, devious musings, 
 w.idd come up and sur.vndor Inn.selt. » ', ^^ f (.;,' f ,.,^„ i^..;,,, the i.ite.i- 
 l,alf nursed inio the determmatiun, such -^^ "^ ^ 'j .J, '^ i,;, rm.in object 
 tio.i.of the Viighiian. ^'-■^^-'/^'f.^'VSJ vs o' i t his action. In 
 WivH to p.-event the:- closing with ^^'""/^.^'^X^, , , p,lU>d h.s pocket 
 .rdertopreve.il nea.vr ''''^•''"^'^.''P'^ '"'"•, '\\i.,i\Vuved it over his 
 handkerchief fro.n the bosom o h.s '»"'" ^^' \iXL.i broke from 
 
 
 head in token of submission. 
 
 Guttural sounds uf approbation broke horn 
 
 '.. 
 
WAU-NA«J-OEE ; OR, 
 
 the w.irrinrs. .iinici wliioli ho tliouirlit lio could hoar 'ho voice of his wife 
 •ariiestly (.'alliiii,' ii|io;i his name, in tiie di-Um.v. IIn i.ioki'd, but saw 
 notiiiiij,'. Tiii! idwi tliat shu hud b .mi sulilTcd to iniil<'' \u-r (;scii|») }.,ow 
 ■tron-vr. II,. tV-lt iLssiircd, for tUo. sounds of hors.-s' hoofs hud ci-mcd, that 
 Hho was lin^vrin^ (nv him to join ii.'r ; tiial siu- hiid .s.'Hi him wave tiio 
 hundktMriiii f, and liiat, I'oariui,' he was nhiuit to dehver hiinseit' into th.* hands 
 of his iMirnncs, slio had uttered that cry to imhcat.' h.'r position. A|i|>:ir.'iitly 
 in thi' (vrtaiiity of their prisoner, tli>' Indians both alpove and Im'Iow had thrown 
 themselves ;it tiie side- of the l,ni(! under the fence, some even connneuiini,' to till 
 and smoke their pipe tomahawks. This an:ain was tiie •lonient of action. 
 To leap tiic fence at tliis time was out of all question, bm tlie river was 
 untisn illy deep imme.lintely on his ri,t,'ht. R;ipid!v lie wheeled his horse, 
 and, b.'arnn,' him up with a stronj; arm, as he r.'a'eh.d tlie l.ank, wiiih; ho 
 forced the rowels of his sjairs into liis Hanks, caused him to hound over 
 nearly one third of the narrow stream. Almost before the Indians had 
 time to recover from their surprise and dash in after him, he was nearly 
 
 across. As he .-useended the opposite I)a! ' , and ;^rai 1 the road above, 
 
 another cry from th. sani" voice ran<r upon his ears, lie l,»iked and beheld 
 at one of the winih)ws of the farmdwuse a form ovidentlv that of a woman, 
 the outline and dress of which he could not, however, (li'-,tinf,niish. reeiininj? 
 neifliirently, almost motionless, on Uk; bosom of the vounijes!, varrior, who 
 had evinced such earnestness in his d-sire to eapturehim.' Alternately, ;is 
 Ronayne continued iijs course to the fort, uloni,' that bank of the Chicago, 
 the youth pealed forth the peculiar war-wh.jop of his tribe, and waved, seeTn- 
 mo;ly,'the very pocket handkerchief which the uidiapp" officer had a few 
 moments before thrown down as an earnest of his submission. Was this 
 meant as a reproach or a threat? Ho could not tell ; but certaiidv he felt 
 that he deserved the former -i their eyes, who had shown him so much 
 mercy, in, less than ten mii ites he had passed over the intermediate 
 frronnd, his ear achiuLrly on th. Wretch to catch the sounds of horses' hoofs 
 on the opposite bank— that ba, . which, not two hours previouslv, he had 
 trav .i-sed with a biie'ht hope, if not with a heart whollv free from un.vietv— 
 but in vain. Furiously, wildly, he rode into the fort. He was ha^f<rartl. pale, 
 and dripping from the immersion he had so recently undergone?^ His first 
 inqun-y at tli.' gate, on enterintr, was if Mrs. Ronavne hail nuurned, H, .ng 
 answered in the neoativc. life itself seemed to be annihilated ; and, over 
 come by the ove.'uheltning agony he had endured for the hist two i.ours, 
 he gave a frightful shiiek of despair, and, on gaining the centre of the 
 parade. Mi fainting from his horse to the ground, as wo have already seen 
 at the close of our opening chapter. 
 
 Vf 
 
 CHAPIKR VI. 
 
 "My particular <,'rief is of so floodgate and overbearin!' n.ituro, tliat it eneluts and 
 ■wallows oih.ir sorrows." — Olhello. 
 
 mor*^ cheerlessly on the hearts of men, than that 
 e occurrences detailed in our 'lapter. Yea, it wa.s 
 
 Nkviiu ('id ilay close 
 
 Wl'ieh succeeded to the ,.,..,.. w.uw.e,. ■„ ui 
 
 ft terrible blow which had been inflicted upon all 
 
 sun of the existence 
 
' i* 
 
 THK MAHHACKB AT CIUCVOO. ** 
 
 of eaoh from the commanding ..nicm- to tbn yourv^-.-t •l'""\"";':-''';>;;, J';^'! 
 
 S ;;..; of a,, now ..u,^i '{--i^^r^it^^/t;:;: 'nr'^^ ^li ^-d 
 =:.;;" .ili'ir 'i t; thr^a c.:^:.. ...y t,. favoHt. b. 
 
 thU mJ,...; ung..;i. When taken up 'Vom'^.. .mun,l to wW . ho h^ 
 -Mllr.n an.l b,.nio to bis room, bo was in a high teve. and , .'Inu.us tr.m 
 eS;n' -unconscious of ..vrytlnng aroun.l. I« d.d "«\ "j'^^^J \ 
 sense of th. naUn^. and cxt.nt of bi. ^n.i ''X -:-';^'"f "^ :;» , Xl 'b 
 referonce to tl>o past,, but lay bk. one slu,.,t.ed. b,s '^ -•"^^ ^'^f \ .,f ,;^ 
 oves fi.x..l and uoturnod, bis bands daspod across bis che.t '^^ "^^^ - 
 
 sJ'v^oly audihl... and H..,.min.ly wilbonl tbo power of combination ot ll.ougbt. 
 
 or tbo exorcise of memory. f.,ii.,,v.Hl b.^ at once smw that 
 
 Wben Von Voltenherg soon aitcrwai Is follow d, h «Y""' _. , ^ 
 
 .on...stion of the brain was rapidly forming and '">">';»'f > ,1^;^ ' 7,,'J 
 ble.;d bin,. Tbo room, wbicb, first tilled with som.wing ., d and^ t^^^ 
 ^vivos, not ordy excluded the n.H'ess.ary air. but ''^M'; J'- ;^'-' ' ;^;^ J^J_ 
 
 urKontlv rcniested to b,M:loaro.l. ai'd none remamcl ''f/}* ,^- " ' ^-T'.';"; 
 SLleiUlr llonavne's servant (^illeM-ine. and ( orpondColbn., wb^ ha^^^^^^^ 
 
 £ r.ii;vM iVom'bis duty as order^, bad ^^^^^;^f]'^^^V:!^Z'S^ 
 him to render what service migbt be re.,uiro, j!"''"!^ tbo J^' "^^ 'J, 
 illnes-s There was n.) fastidious or mwplacod debciuy beie. Mis. ^^''f^ 
 had e;er felt Ju mother towards the Virginian, '^ '•-.^^^'"'rl'^y ."^ " V I 
 
 ;;;t^nogdedsuUes Of apartments at tb. r ---"^' ^e K >w 
 
 ou do S barrack rooms for tlu. married men and on.. ^"^'^^i^^.^Z 
 
 'v oe cau.d,t his eve, now a glove, a but, a M.pper, her ^l'«- "f ^^ ; ^^^^ 
 
 ;^.e Uny tlmnble . if b which sbe had .M^^ '^ E^ t r 1;:^^ 
 
 wroi.gbt upon that be was abnost trantic. 
 
 
SB 
 
 WAU-nan-okk; ok, 
 
 "Tfiko (lio»(> (lilriff* aw«y !" lie cri.'d, slMrtirij,' u]) find pointinij to thorn; 
 •T Cfiiitiot cndiiiv tlin M^'lit. 'I'hry will l<ill uy — ;t_v. wnr-f llian kill -tear 
 my li(i,irt-..triiij.iH witli nIow ivritny. Ah ! ilt'iir Mi-h. "IKmiH.a'— Mrv KImsley 
 — liolh of you, who loved M.tria so well— cm you not uinli'istiiiul llu' ynu^i 
 I sutfi'i'! N'oHtrrdiiy I doultl have .hH.il the w'oild in the vain |iii(l' ..t' my 
 hapiiin'SH ami Ntr('ii<i;tli ; to-.luy I f'l'l that I iitn umrc wivtdi.'il than iho 
 ttlav.' that tui;-* at his chain -0il.ic f .hi.' than a child. Would i,. luMv.ri 
 that I could (lie within thi« hour I ( >h, < iod ! oh, God ! oh, Grxl ! how shall 
 1 endures this !" 
 
 He turned on his sidi-, Imiicd hi< tacft in the pillow, and sohh. d and u^pt, 
 until <'vcry oiu- around had naught the d. t-p infection of his laotound snU'er- 
 ing. Tim lijis of Corjionil Collins, u< he stood stitf in his military attitude, 
 were closely compressed, and his hiow was contracted. A syinpaihy, triico- 
 nhh- (.n each (piiverinj; muscle, was evidently stniL",'Iinuf f"\- ina-tefy" and ho 
 turned ahruptiy round. Had others taken lime from their own sorrow to 
 watch his next movement, they miu'ht have somi him raise ins hand to his 
 lips and drain^ deeply from u tlask he had taken from the hosom of his uni- 
 form. Mrs. Elnisley, with her face buried in her hands, leaned a:,faiiist one 
 of the foot posts of the bed; and Mrs. Headley—th.' majestic Mrs. Headley, 
 with more complex feelings at her heart than" actuated the ollier.> — knel' at 
 the head of the bed, laid her hand upon the sliouhl.'r of the patient, and 
 conjured him, in tones tlnit marked her own deep sorrow, to be.ir the trial 
 like a man, and not destroy himself by unavailing grit^f. Vet, even as sho 
 spoke, the tears fell copiim^ly upon the bed. 
 
 "Mrs. Headley," s.iid \'on Volteid)i'rg, who afterwards admitted that, in 
 the whole '.ourse of hi.s practice, ho had never been similarly touched, " do 
 not check him, Let him give full vent to this emotion, for painful as it now 
 is, both to I'.imself and to us who witness it, this (uitburst one- exhausted, 
 the crisis (,nce past, th.ro will be less fear of a return. See, already the 
 paroxysm is weaker — he is more calm — both mind and body are worii out, 
 and if he can but sleep for a tew hours, althouiTh ho may perhaps awaken 
 Ij more acute sorrow, no danger to his life need be apprehended." 
 
 Notwithstanding this remark wa^ made in little more than a wliis|K'r, 
 it w.is distinctly heard by the snll'erer. Suddenly starting up again in 
 his be<l, he turned (piicldy rouinl to the surgeon, and sai'J, in a tone, of 
 reproach — '% 
 
 '• And is this all the consolatioa yon h.ave to off.'r me ? What ' tell me 
 th:it I shall awaken to keener p.-in tJirm that which now racks my b-ing, and 
 drag on a miseiabl.^ life! Of what \ahi.' that life to me'f' But .stay, my 
 miiul is not yet itself, or how is it that I have not yet que.stioiied vou ubou't 
 my wife ! Dear Von Voltenborg !" and he threw the hand of thJ iveenlly- 
 puiietured arm upon the .shoulder of "e surgeon, "what news have you of 
 Maria ■.' Tell me of her safety ; say that yon hwv rescued her .aiid'that I 
 .shall .«.-(■ h.T ag.-iin, an 1 1 will tV.r ever bless tin; voice that save.s .. o froui 
 despi.ir. Oh, Von \'oltenberg ! speak, speak I .surely you could never have 
 had the baseness to desert her. How were vou 'taken ? how have vou 
 escaped ? and why alone {" 
 
 '• Poor Roiiaynel would to God that 1 could give vou consol.ition; but, 
 alas ! I cannot. She fell into the hands of the Indians before I did, and I 
 saw her borne nipidly to the rear of the farm-house; me tli-v tonk to the 
 
 ^1 
 
»i^ 
 
 MA88A0KK AT CHIOAdO. " 
 
 ■n .1 . ... ....,,» I ncvpf oner ^lif'*! ^"""< "*** 
 
 road whrr.. you «aw mo. Fmm tha ..... nu.t n ver on ^^^^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ _ 
 
 ,e„ss,.r.^V"u,solt^ all m.v yea bo jy.. u^^^^ 
 
 more t J.ni|j:ht. _ You must ^l-M'; " .v ' ; ;, J, .,,• tl,..i,- .>,.cau.,..ncnt, 
 cil..- upou .xetion t.,.morrow. "^ '7' ,;„",' ,'!,,,ui „..■. I li.ive r.-Mson to 
 nut t...,.,y puces ,u rear «,>;;', ^'^.rdj; and .hat Mrs. K.n.ayno 
 think ll.at it I'-l-'-rf.'^ :' ;',^'^^^^^ not exc..'. tiv..-....d. 
 
 niiiv yet bo r(!sci..d, t... tl... pan\ " "" j. bijjnkcts or 
 
 twent^V men. What tl.ey want .s, doubtle.., u.^n, 
 
 y"'"*-'' .1 f .. .l.-i* I" .•ontinuo^.o Virciniaii, ea^jferly ; 
 
 "01.! say you «o; bless you for that ! 'f'"i'"»""7 ,„,,,.,^,,„ . i ^.11 s..« 
 
 man, 1«« th. Y-f r' ""i 'T ,;; , S " iTlo m Lr.l> uf n,y mk. 
 „t.i«o nu., «nd I, nioiio and willi.mt 1' ' "■™" "' ^ , J,„ „,„, 
 
 K.iul fi«,l lliiil I W!» to relom now Willi.. I HM . W" » 1 
 
 ,:;!•;■• ,.'.1 .s- '.' >."f ;»•!• °»f ,'",tv;SV' .stw»rf. 
 
 (■„q.oral Collins lon.iluKl .is «..p »7,;''; ;'''"„,•' L.e you, honor left the 
 
 Ijoitso!" w ..„11.>v Hternlv to him, as she arose from 
 
 » Corporal Collins," said M.s. H;='''''{ ^y" [J.? ' i,ave held your peace 
 her l:..e 'ling posture, "you would 1^-^,^°"^^ .^^^^ .^^ M.". Runay.e has 
 .,„ a malttn- Nvhi.h you say you -o. ^^^-^.r to him an observation of 
 .„.ovanoe -f --^^-iS"; J';;C£;i;|%i: -de in any oU.er 
 his commanding oheei, ^^\wM. " ' „o„vpv'' 
 
 ^^•'?l:':;;;iS mS:.c;=i; xsr:.j.ithdrew mto the condor, 
 
 excited foelhigs. 1 w.U ^l-'^t^^^.^'tiitLr will even acknowledge the 
 1 ca.inot hold out to you any hope tb; 'j^ ^^"'' ^ f^^^j .^..^^ed that, 
 uectssitv, much V'ss take tl... -'^'\y^,;J, ,S \„ both that it would 
 ,vhen you have h.;i..'d b.s ^^^^^^ ^Z;^"^ k.nd for the recovery of 
 e';X:;: ::^i'i;i:r^d'i;i;;::;'o,.emorebitterly thanmyser' 
 
 il t\ 
 
w WAtr-VAN-aM ; oh, 
 
 "Mrs. TT?adli>y, yon mirprisp mo ; F o;in «f(irr('ly Wif-vn thiit-I iiiulcrstnnd 
 yoi iif,'liily. I Imd akiiyn tli..u;(lit your (wWuu-^ lowiirds Marin wfio t\\,m 
 of n mothi-r for licr child '?" 
 
 " Kvori NO. llonaync. You ju<l,^vd tliom rij,'litlv, As n mothrr I Im.c loved, 
 and love lier ntill ; l)iit we will talk ol' all llii/ to-nioirow mi mjn^r, and I 
 loavp you now to llic (|ui.'t. if r(-st is not to be l.opd Cor. that you mo much 
 roquirp; tor lleadley n.-eds di Im oIH.mm-h in important council to-morrow, 
 prior to hoiduiuf a second iriiffv-diatdy aflor with oin' Indian allies. Nay," 
 HPcing that all pr.'scnt looked surprised, imd a desire to know wlierct'orp, "it 
 were idle to enter upon the suhjeci now ; sudicient he it to know that it U 
 one ot the deepest importance, and that, oven Mhould vou he carried there 
 in a htter, Konayne — but God forbid the necesmty !— you must ho i.re- 
 icnt." J J I 
 
 " At what hour do^hat council assemble, Mra. lleadley Y" asked the 
 ensign. ^ 
 
 " \t mid(hiy, I believe. Winnebe^r hiw been dedred to brin|ir the chief* 
 to the f,dacis, between the, tlagstaff and the nouthern blockdioust), at two 
 o clock precisely. 
 
 "What! Winnebeg returned ?" exclaimed Itnnayne, iw he impotuonsly 
 rose m his l)e(l. "Ah. then there is li.jpe. He will aid m.- in my enter- 
 Drise. And whai of VVau-nan gee ? Is he, too, here, Mis. He.idley } Vcs, 
 ho must be. Oh, this is indeed providential! I sliall rise with the ddwn 
 and seek them both. Kverything can be accomplished, if at all, before the 
 hour of our own council arrives. 
 
 Mrs. II<!adley cast a look of profound sadness on him, as, takin -• his hot 
 hand in hers, she said — '' 
 
 " Wau-nan-gee did not come with Winnebeg, Honayne ; but there is rea- 
 son to believe that lie is not far from the camp of the PoU.jwatomies, for 
 ho was seen yesterday. Yet he will not aid you in your proposed enter- 
 prise. ' '^ ' 
 
 " Oh ! Mrs. Headley, ycu do him wronw— indeed you do. Wau-nan-gee 
 loves Maria too well not to risk his life L>r her. You littK- know the 
 strengtii of Ins generous attachment, if you doubt his interest in her pre- 
 servation. ' ' 
 
 "I know that his love for her is greaL— perhaps ton much so " ^ho 
 replied, emphatically, after a moment's pause, while bending over lo adjust, 
 his pillow, and m a voice so subdued as to be inaudible lo all but himself 
 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Ronayne's palo cheek became suddenly scarlet. He perceived from the 
 tone and look that accompanied tlie words that suspicion of some kind, 
 whence derived he knew not, had entererl into the mind of Mrs. lleadley, 
 and that she saw in the regard of the young Indian for his \%iie, evidence of 
 a prepossession which might prove dangerous to his peace. But this, to a 
 mind generous and impetuous as that of the highly-gifted officer, brought no 
 ala™. Conscious of the entire possession of the heart and confidence of 
 hi5 vnfe, It was a source of speculative pride, rather than of concern to him. 
 
THE MAMACHl AT OIIIOAOO. W 
 
 thHt (ho war.„l..^ftrte(l and inartifioia! I.uJi"n. at onc« brave, bay 'ikf. .nd 
 ,a >1 n^ Hl.oul.1. with a ch.-.k gluw.ng. and a„ .y. l-um.nK vv.cl. ove^ 
 iS„i, K . ofln«Hi. f-l und b..tr«y all lh« |Hnv.r of h.r l,.«auly «l-" - H««d 
 
 ud uft-M bv.u th. to,,ic of tbeir convmuliu..; and nuu.y a Hm.l... half 
 l^mso t( - > " blush, l.ad Ilonayno calWl np to th., brow o».,s young 
 u.mHoi 11^? ' ; .,i„,, ,„ , „. ,.,,„al ri^'ht to invent hor with th.^ mar- 
 
 lo i. di i 1. .»t rmm any imwor.l.y j«d»u.y of ih. »cl la- l»d «ukI. 
 
 ""If ii.";;&!;lr;::!.Ttw «t «.. re»,«,k of m,.. ii...u.y, •,. «« «». 
 , J' s y..„ u.a. i s-d |». ;;»i^, » ,; ;-„t ir r: ,1' II 
 
 know ho is nsturned, led iissiiifil Iti.n n'!^ hiroii„ ^^ i. p • , ,, .. „,,^„ t 
 
 Wni^nr: W 'tS":o; Le^^i" llr. uway; and, U,.>g bdore the 
 l;;:.il ^"ile., ... .UaU n,ain, 1 am cuntident bo re-u.uted. Ah, what 
 
 ^ •^^n^^fJiirli tUc?t^:l;:d'i^ gravCy and ahnul. ''I 
 
 know iuvt t « i'test oilers were issued immediately alter Vjur rdun., to 
 allow noluier officer nor man to leave the fort, unless passed by lleadley 
 
 '"™ of i shall never return. I suppose," muttered the Virginian bitterly: 
 " we 1 we shall see;" and he ground his teeth together hercely 
 To " .nil M,-u Hoadlev' "spare vour bitterness. You will Know 
 
 mmmmmmi^»^ 
 
WAUMAIi-Oli; OR, 
 
 U.'iuU.y not to opp<*e you. But, ntny! on connldpnitbti, it will b* b«tt«r 
 tliiU what I hnvt) to iii-((c i«li(itil<| Ih> »n\>\ nt «tic«. 'I'hii Ik im titix' or ttccik 
 »iitii lor mcr- t'oriiH i»r ct'ii'iiMinii'x. Tl>cr« U tod t.uii-li at Htak«'. t nhttll 
 l.iiv- vt,u now, ami rfiiirti, ulun.-, in littl<> more tituii an hour. You will 
 dininixH CuliiriH for tlio nim'hl, di'xirinp; him to clofO tho door— fiot fa»ttc>t» it, 
 »o that I may make n<t iumm' — litid no difHitilty in ftiti'rinj^. Hitter thiit 
 you ffivo M-nt to \our i'iplirij,m hvro, \u thn jirivHcy of V'Ur own ro<mi, than 
 ri'vcai hy vour cxciti-riicnt to mher* that which uhoufd be known ..nly to 
 «^lr^:'lv('H." 
 
 '•Good heaven! what can nil thin nieun ? what lan it portend?" ex- 
 einimed ihn stariled olUecr. 
 
 '• I'ripaie youisi-lf for no pleasant romiiiu»iic«lion, Konayne," continued 
 Mr*, ll.adlcy. widlj ; " I nmxt wuinid, y<t I trust l.ut to hiat ; one point I 
 would liiivo you i|Uc.Hi' in Von Volu-nln'r); on before I go— tho manner in 
 whieh Maria' f.'ll into the i...,id«i of th»^ Indians." 
 
 Durin;,' thi-* sliuif and low eonvermUion, Mim. Klninlfy nn<l Von Volten. 
 ber;j had Immmi taikinif a-ide i-n the mm<' Kuiiji'ct. tin- former eontimiinjj to 
 wei'ji (juleily l)Ul bitterly for the io^s <>f her frienil. Uotwiviie now ([uev 
 tioiied tlie .surgeon in regard to the eaune of the wuddunness of their depaituro 
 from the uoint wiiere he had dismounted to j)roc'ure water. 
 
 Vun Vultenber;^ replied iliat lie searcely knew liinmelf, but his own 
 impresHioii was that .Mrs. Ronayiie had sitatted ulf her liurst- tin- moment tho 
 Hhuts wer- fired — he supposed in tho very o.xagjjerated spirit of wantonneHH 
 whieh hud mhrked her notions ever sinceleaving the fort. Ele had meolia- 
 nically followed in eourtesy.and the result was*a« has been Heen — her Mid.lcn 
 captivity by the war f)urty. who had hurried \vv oil', .ilmost uiiresi.,tiM'.dv, he 
 knew not whither, wiiile he himself was takeu iu the direction in wliiih 
 Itonayne had seen him. 
 
 " Did she f^cream — did she e.xpress alfirm when taken V asked Mrs. 
 Headley. 
 
 "No; I cannot sity tli.it she did," returned the Doctor, somewhat isur-. 
 pri.sed, and 'lot cuiiipivhendiiie; the motive for the ipiestion ; " but you know 
 Mi.s. Ronayn'! is u woman of great nerve and presence of mind. Moreover, 
 as the thiiiif whs done in a moment, she must liavi; been to,, greatlv asto- 
 ni^heil to undfMstaiid lier danu'er, for she came abruptly on the Indians on 
 turning the sharp uiiu'le of the road Iciding up to the house." 
 
 Mrs. Headley 's eye> met those of itonayne with grave meaning, lie 
 seemed to understand her, and when, with Mrs. Klmsjey, she had de'^iarfed, 
 he threw hiniscdf back upon his pillow, and, clo.sing his "eves, mused deeply. 
 To 'he imjuiry of Vmi Vokenberg, he replied that, feeling dis; )sed to rest 
 a litil-^. he would not trouble him to sit up longer, but begged him to retire 
 and to send Collins to his barrack-room, lejiving hi:, door on the latch, in 
 case he should be summoned by the commanding oflieer for any purpose 
 before moininijf. 
 
 As Mrs. Headley separated for the night from Mis. Klntsley, and ap- 
 jiroaclicd her own door, a man in unifbrra came up, ((inched his cap respect- 
 fully, and presented a packet. 
 
 " This parcel, Uvi\. Headley, I received from Mrs. Ruiiaytie on leaving the 
 fort this afterniion. witii the direction that I should hand it to you if sliT- did 
 not retui-u by midnighi. Alas! ma'am, we have every rciison to fear the 
 
 *J 
 
Till UAMkCn* AT CHICiOO. 
 
 dcnr ludy w.ll never raluri. ; twelve o'cbck Um ]»«' -truck. «nd I • 
 
 t<i Mlil "ly I""'" . . „. ,. „„„ .„, I t,«r there i« lillln b";* "^ 
 
 ...|.,,.„,k ,„„, H.,)«nl '^','"7;. 'J;in; ' llibly ll"o. .om., IwM 
 Mr.. Il.»i»yn" rtluming; but tbi. I»ick««« '""J I ' 
 
 '"'.;'Sb"'ri4 '':" " y""b;- -".uia i.. mv«mj .h. eo.w «. .- 1.»»»» 
 
 wUh to Hf.. (ui.luin lU'..ai«y < , j^.,, ^i„, iu„w>uc 
 
 "Nu, mu'uin, I only cum« to .Iflivr t ■ jxtcK.^ 
 ,eeii.«>i s . »n!.i.,.H you .hould «••; ;;';;!^ ;^;,„, n .. roi«rn.-l Mr.. Hoi..ll«y. 
 
 e„;2S; :r •;:; :l::Jtf -r"^ :S ;:; .... .ue h«a 
 
 «" !fX;.' " ':;.S--n.ea the;.r,^.t •• I w..M willingly l.e .y leU 
 
 "y.,« u.« u noble f.-llow !" ■•».! ...|' ^^"l^^'' ,,y'' " 1 .^ ,.re.Hea my hand 
 
 «ft...-^l»- l.aa placed .Im P''^^''^'': . '/"^^l ^j ! ' 1 "'"^ l>.--"«— «- 
 direrti.,.,. should be ,,un,.tually ol.e d ^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^ u> (ioJ, ^ » 
 
 Hide of her .u.sban.1, wl.,,, -^'-l; -;;;;' I^^'Ki^Ld. 
 inimi.erH.u.ulwUl.ll.ed..patel,olUcna,i u^^^^ ^ j^^ ^^,^^ ,,„ 
 
 ''Well, my dear, Jwve you «eeu Inni— an^ 
 
 "'ll'''^'""'" . • f f. ,« n,v inmost soul-pity lii'nf'"- «•'»'''*•' 
 
 findure !" 1 1 v • v" 
 
 '• You Imvonot yet, t.ien, t.,ia bnn . j^^j^j ^.^.g„ ^jjo 
 
 "No! Mrs. Kln.sKv a.>d Von ^^'^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 form.r must not know ll,e socn-.t ^^^^^f " ^7,, •,„„, t- ' ve that^lio 
 
 ever, but not t.>rou,^l. hrr own btull ^^ f ^^'^ 7 .,, i.uthful to 
 
 has been violently lorn tron. «s. not that .he I 
 
 her husband, ungrateful toJier trir^as ^^^^.^^^ Ronayno in 
 
 .h:^r.i;;;-rT'^As';:;;; r :onpt^tL su.^eet to hin.. . . not too 
 
 at bis heart be heal,-.!. ^ ':«"'If^tm^^^';, 'feovS tl>e shoe., of her Ion. 
 Such i. hi. love for Maruv. that ''«■",:/,"" J^orn him. Uo wi.lpne 
 while he believe, her to I'^^^e^ been u n 1 m^ly o. ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^,j ^^^ 
 
 until he Bickens and d.es, 'J"; ';^;'^,;'Jri« search uf her ; indeed he ha. 
 
VAe-«AI(*OII I Olt, 
 
 C 
 
 with Imt ]|ttti> {ihpmftfon to rrtnm without h*f. TCnw, T knAir tfiAt (f tib 
 |i>vi« h< ytfiit, lih priili' Hn<l |iri>|) r m'Ii i'ii«.i.tn ur<' not li-., «.), iimiI fi>i»l 
 UMiin-il tli-it li.nr.'v«»r lu-iit • liii tlr»t u^ony, li.' will ilry ii|) llit« frimduii of 
 blM Hfii'f, iV'tni ihi* ni>»iit(<nt tluu h(« li>!trn» (Itui htr lovi> fur hinnMill Iuim lii>i>n 
 trniwfum'cl to nnothfr; timt, uitrrifii uwhv I>v n *tr..n(;)< Htul K«'<|iM'»ivn fnifi, 
 mtion, nh<* hiiH nhiindimfd him (or nn nn ' I ^H)y. llw |irii|i', «»vr'n if 
 
 It do not iiiili" hirn t'oru;i t hi'r, will xo It . ili Ihn h, hv utn«'>nitt»'f| utli't- 
 
 tlun, Hi to rrinM" liiir to ln-itr hiiii"! If up, miiil limn nli.ill li)»v«» roltlnil tltu 
 wound of nil iiN l(itf.'rm<«H, Mnd nnsbiri^ r«'niiiiti but tli<i nciir. You «ill, 
 mofiiovor, Imvo nn ffyHjieiit olMi-fr prem'rvi'd to yoti, and ort« whom* w-rvict"* 
 mtv Ix' mil' li fijuiii'd iti thi> or*-*' nl eiiMn wlnmx vnii-c in tim rouncil will 
 not Ih' witli'iiii itH w«i;.'lil, aiid wlio-j< nrm mul oxnuiplt' will lirlp to iiutil 
 i'<jnfid«'ii<'i' iti tin* m> n, wifli nil of whom hi! i« n mnrkml fnvorlta.' 
 
 " Vou are rii^ht, Kll''n, if nil tltnt vou Mupp.mo Ut tun- ; h.'ttt'r thnt th.» 
 
 wound nhould Im .'iilarKml to iimuro itn wp licr curt', than th:it thf Inirm- 
 
 tion, tlinin^^h lcf« nciit", nIiouM lie .untimiid. lint in it not niccxsiiry to l>o 
 well nstund of thit ? Should you not hnv«» Htronf^iT f(rou»>d than wli.it you 
 witnoHnod yt"«t(Mday to ju^ttify thf Iwliff llmt this pxi-urxion wiw pl;iiiiu«il to 
 in»iiirr> thi- rcHult that htxn fullowi'd /" 
 
 " D.'iHMid iiiMiii it, llcitdify, I will not do w, for vou know \ am not din- 
 poH-d to 'iui,r[it fXiMiual*) or tuit^Ut Hvt down in ni.tlict',' hi't I h^ivi' nlniuiv 
 ifppan'd H' iiiynn, indirfWiy, to vxyvci ^mw ciii'rular ri'liition in whiili 
 klariii w cor icrnt'd. I wantt'd him to form some idfii if thi' imturc -.f the 
 mvi'lalion \ had t.> ninkf, in onh'r that tin' shoi'k ini^jht not lie ho t;reat, 
 wh.'ti I \'n\..' .<nlfr<^d upon ihi> nuhj.'. t I had at tirst int.'ii.ld that ho 
 should innii- to in.' in tho niurnin^f, hut, nn r.'tWtion, I thoni,'hl it hcttt-r 
 that Dvcrythini; Khould b« told to him to iii|rht wh«'rn hv iii, jintl thcrcfur » 
 ^t(U«•d, oi< i».Hvinj;, that I would iftiirn within an hour. Wiu I rij,'ht, my 
 love /" and ^hi» took and pr»'»H. d hi.s hniid to lu'r lijH. 
 
 ' Ahv.iys ri:,'ht, d<'ar Klli-n — always cimsidciatf. and prud'Ut. Yi-s, piM.r 
 
 uw. it win-enit'l to let him Hinmhi'r in hope, howcvor faint, only to waku 
 to contiimcd d''spair in i\w morniiK^ Hoidi.M th»'rf may h', mo«t prohablv 
 will 1).'. a wild onlbifak of liin pasiiunatf (jrii'f, and that, niani' 'kI hcr'j 
 whfre tho ncfvantt I'.'iniiMl fail to hoar him, may induci- sii?*' .•i>)iis of tint 
 true caii.sc that must lu/v.'r h.» .■nicitaincd. N..", whativ.T \r\- know, how. 
 ev»'f wo may d.'[.lort> tlm wi'aktipss— the infatuation of tln'f once iioblo ;,'irl, 
 within our own lusarls must rctnain h^r unfoitunato r^fcrct.'" 
 
 " (tcncroiixly, iiohly juaid, my hiisl.'iiid. Wert- I not iM-rtain that it would 
 fl»'*tp>y. withir lip the v.Ty soul of Honiiyne to kfcp him in uncrliiintv and 
 i;;iioratii'i', I juld not rend th.- Vfil iVuiii ln;for»' his .y.is ; hut it mii't be 
 80, ON f- 1 his own futuro pciu-*'. Bcxidos mo, 'heti forti, for In- will nut 
 know th.it I have entrusted \ou with tlu! faet. nmu' in the garrison will be 
 aware of lin- triitii, and Konayii- will ;it least not have to W-rl tie- mortitica- 
 tion — the bitliiness aiisin;,' fiuni the eoiivieii..n that his wife is mourn.d by 
 his eonii-vles, with aiij;ht of diminution of that respect they had ever Ijorn'' 
 to her" ^ •' 
 
 " How aiinoyin;,' in this oceurrenco at this parlieular moment,' ob.erv.'d 
 Captain Ile.i.ll.v, mimiii<rly piosint;' his hand to his brow. " ;iiid Ik'W unfor- 
 tunate, lla.l Wiiinebeir bn)U!,'lit, (Jeneral lIuH's despatch one day so" er, 
 all this would nut have, happened, fur ihey i.. -.er could liave obtained por- 
 
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 "•■^I^WP^u .JtKil 
 
Till MAUAOII At fNICAOO. Vl 
 
 mUkiun lo I«'**« tlwi fort, much !«« U. vUil; no dongt-ruu* a vicinity a* HarA^ 
 iwrnhM*'. Our rimreh tmm ihU would ltuv« cljaim«d lliu whoU tiitmAiuf 
 
 -Kvni no." ri'lurnml Mr*. H<«utll..y ; "but l>.r»« m u |.u. k»'t. l-n wifli H«f« 
 
 Ji»iinl Nixon, vUu-U U«' liiw iu»ti bt»ii'ii<'il t'» nm, mid »»lii<l» may iltruw »unM 
 ulil on tl .ul>j«ct. I will «r»t kIhim e of or it mpM" 
 
 Shi- ».r«»k« rhv i.i«Hl--lmrri.dly r««ml it— and thi-n pawed it to \wr hut* 
 l)nii(l. wlioM. uttf-r diKinay. m h« exclian^^i d itx.lt-. of d.'fp and p.iiiiful 
 iiitclligeii''« with her, »U.'r |wru4iiij{ th« Ifller, »u* «ittri«'ly utlerwr to 
 herctwn, 
 
 "Thi» IR cvid«nc« induwd!" h«» murmund. ">\li«» could have «»> 
 
 p«et«d it r 
 
 if 
 
 >^ 
 
 r I 
 
 CIIAI»TKR VIU. 
 
 'Oriwf I* iiTouil, uikI nukkfii iu owner rtout"— A'ini; ./oAn 
 
 It wiw nearly one oVUmk in llie morniiii^ vihm Mm. ll.adl.'y, wrapped 
 in Ikt ImnhMiids lo..s.« iriililiiiy '-ioak and (nmii>- cup. oiu-f morw approuc ii.-d 
 tlu< iipiirtm.nt of Uoimyiif. MtuuK-d at t!i« inix-r «xtrt'mity of tl»« luw ruiiKu 
 uf l>uiidii!v(H inhi'l'it.'d l<y horsolf. Tliis dir.^"'^'" ''"^* '"'"" '''"•"»"'^' '">* 
 beoaiihtt Hi»e fi-lt iiKlmin.-d of tin- i^rrand on wliicli hIi.i wan bound, l)ut 
 iH-fuune >^\w did not vvinli to prov«>l<.) curiosity or rfmaik, in tlio tvcut of 
 li.T ..nfoimliriii'^. wliilf ifoinn or roturdinK. uny of llit; rcliH^ or patrol*, 
 wliifh wlii' ktu'vv oi<l.-i!i lm<l Ijenn Kivf. for the tirst tirm- tliat u\^\\l. to 
 have chanBed nverv Iwif Imur. In tho ••.\ti.n>.- darkmsH of tli.' n'mlit, the 
 dlHtMfnre t.f h.-r ln'ight fuuld M'arculy Iw ai>iin;4ui«h. li from ihul ol ,»er 
 im-.b;iii(l, and it was m.t lilv.-ly tlial any one wouhl addrCHS tlio Huppobud 
 comnuin.lin;^ ..lli.-i.r. \vli..iii all would anMinic iinxi<.u«* \n rogcrd to the 
 he 'h of his Bubordinalf, liud on iiin way to ascriain the i-xtent of lu» 
 
 malady. „ , . , 
 
 'Ih.- litftiU -..ero ! iirninsf dimly to the apartm.'nt. Ilmo v.as a window 
 on .M.h'hide of tli • door, an<l il.e farlli.-«l of these hIio fancied »be saw 
 shadi'd by a human form from without. Sh.- Mopped suddenly, and kcpl 
 licr eyes rivcred on the ol.ject, liuldmj,' in Ii.t brt-atli that sho mii;l.t not 
 Ijetrav her presence. I'resently tlie shadow was removed from the 
 wio.low. and lo-t nltn.^r.ther to hor sis-ht. A movement of tiio iighl now 
 mud.- within w is i.'llf.t.d on ilu- ti^me of lt..iiiiyn<!, who, wit', ii candle la 
 hi, hand, seenu'd to U- approui'liiim- the door, lb- \v,ii .still drev^ed as Iw 
 had thrown himself on his bed, on onteiiuj,', in tin; d.'crskin h anting'- tVo«.k 
 he had worn durin^ •he day, and his temi.ks wore bou-d with a blue- 
 bordvred scarh-t Imiulaim. .■|>'ik.'tchief- for he had ever loathed llie abo- 
 mination of a nij,'lil.iip as beiii.^ .symbolical of the -ibbet,. As lie came 
 nearer to the window, the li^dil which \m bore reilect. <l distmclly williout 
 and upon an Indian standing' ir. the doorway, similarly liabited, even to the 
 
 very turban. . , ., 
 
 .Mrs. ileadley fell ihat sho could not be mi.-.taken m the hL,'U.e, but if any 
 doubt had exis-led. it would have been dissipated when involuntarily callnig 
 out, and in a tone n.eant to imitate the harsher voice of her liusuaud, 
 
36 
 
 WAU-tf AN-OKK ; Oli, 
 
 
 the name of Wnu-rmn-goe, the face was wildly turned in the broad ligiit to 
 pen.'trato the (Jarkuess which half .•nsliiouflrd her from view, and tlie fca- 
 turcM ot' the boy distinctly revealed. Surprised, but arnud with slronif 
 resolution, she made a rapid forward muvetncnt to seize ami detain 
 him, knowin^f wdl that Honayne. at the sound of voices, would coniu 
 forth at once to her assi^ nice ; bit n^^, Indian, without uttering a Hound, 
 stole rapidly away towards the pieketinj,' in the distance, and was seen no 
 more. 
 
 As Mrs. Ileadiey now approached the door, it was opt^ned by Ronayne, 
 who apologised to bcr (or not having so.nifr attijudcd to bi'r knock, but 
 declared it to be so low that he had not distinctly beard it. 
 
 " iNay," she replied, when she had entered and taken a seat, " I did not 
 knock, nor had I intended to knock ; 1 have disturbed another juidni'dit 
 visitor." '^ 
 
 " Another visitor ' To whom do you allude, my dear Mrs. Headley ? I 
 must have deceived myself, or sun ly 1 heaid, soon after 1 had riseii from 
 my couch, the name of VVau-nan-gee." 
 
 •• Vou did nut deeei\e youi-seif," she returned, gravely ; " J saw Wau-nan 
 gee at the threshold of your door as plainlv as i'seeyuu, and h-'bited in tho 
 same manner. 1 called to him, but ho H 'd." 
 
 " Impossible '" said the anxious olhcor; " wherefore should he llee i.^ter 
 knocking for admission ? What motive could lie have in eominu' ? and how 
 could he obtain admission unperceived <" I have no doubt that^fatigue and 
 excitement and the lateness of the hour have tended to call up this vision. 
 Would that you could make it real." 
 
 " Honayne," r.'peated Mrs. Fleadley, gravely, "you well know tliit 1 am 
 not given much to imagin- that wliich is not. Even to tlie very iiandker- 
 chief you have on your he;i < his dress was identical, was VVau -nan -gee's ; 
 and I well recollect ihe occasion when, at the distril)ulion of the annual pre- 
 sents to th.e Indians, you appropriated tliat haiulkerchitf to yourself, 
 because, as you said, Wau- nan-gee had m.inifested so much ouod'taste in 
 choosing one like it." 
 
 " But, my dear Mi-s. Headley," returned the officer with ity, while, 
 
 after closing the shuttei's, he took a scat at her side, '• vou n.usi pardon me 
 
 .if the very tact of the resemblinco in dress only increase.; niv conviction of 
 
 the illusion. In all probability, it was my shadow that vou saw rellected bv 
 
 the strong light upon the glass up|.er half of the door."" 
 
 " As you please, Ronayne ; but, tor my own part, 1 have not the sli^rhtest 
 doubt on the subject. You ask how he e..uld tret here? Even, as you 
 will remember, you once made an evasi.,n iV^ni the fort— well intended, 1 
 grant, but still an evasion • from the f(M-t— o\er the picketing of the fort. 
 But the matter would not be of so much consequence at any other time. 
 At yireseiit, it is connected with much that [ have to reveal ; but how so 
 connected, J cannot even fancy myself. Ronayne," she continued, taking 
 hw hand and pressing it in her own, "di'<abuse youi-self of the idea that 
 f"w''" °^*^^' wliatever lie may have been, is now your friend." 
 " Wau-nan-gee not my friend ?" returned tlie officer, sadly. " Well I 
 was prepared in some degree to liear the asserli(ai. Mrs. Ileadiey, our con- 
 rersation an hour since being well calculated to make me revolve the sub- 
 ject m my mind during your short absence, and i have done so. When 
 
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THE MAS8ACUB AT CHICAOO. 
 
 37 
 
 ^ / 
 
 you jucntioncd a moment ajro tliatWau-niin-goo h;id been at tliis duoi-, seeking 
 for udinission, 1 felt confident that you had done liiin great wrong ; but iu>\\, 
 1 confess, since you so positively assert liis piesenee and suddi-n evasion, I 
 Am led (o a|iprelieiid, 1 know not what. Spcait ; let mc hear it all," ho 
 eoneluded. with Kitterness. 
 
 _ " Ilonayne, my ahiiost son," she said, leaning her arm affectionately on 
 his shoulder, "it was with the view that suspicion should be excited in your 
 mind by iny language that I stated what, 1 did. I did not wish tlie tniCh 
 to burst upon you with annihilating suiidenness, and therefore sought to 
 prepare you for the blow I am dest.ued to inflict." 
 
 " And that is — " lie said, with stern and furrowed brow, a pallid cheek, 
 and compressed lip. 
 
 " Kay, Ronayne, I like not that tone and manner. 
 
 " Vvur L'd, Mrs. Headley, pray proceed ; I am ready to hear all. Whence 
 this sorrow so much keener than tiuit I now endure, and how is it connected 
 with Wau-nan-sree !" 
 
 " lias it never occurred to you to connect the one with the other?" she 
 observed, in low and uncertain accents. 
 
 " Ha! is it that?" he exclaimed, vehemently stiuting and hurriedly pacing 
 the apartment. " It is then even as your words had led me to infer. 
 Btill, r Would not approaeh the subject myself. 1 waited for somiuhing 
 more dinvt from your lijjs. You have uttered it, and 1 am now prepared 
 to hear all. Rut, Mrs. Ilea.lley, mark me, be well assured of all you sav ; 
 let not mere aiiiiearances be the groundwork of yotir suspicions, or vou 
 destroy two generous hearts for ever; but," he resumed more calmly, "y.t 
 with a look of fierc(^ determination, as he once more seated himself at her 
 side, "although the lo\c 1 bear Maria is deeper far than man ever bore for 
 woman, assure me that it is not returned, thac this soft-eyed boy, with 
 Indian guile, has stolen the love in whieli I lived, and then I tear her from 
 my heart for ever. Think me no mere puling fawnster, craving a love that 
 is not freely (,'iven. As the passion that I feel is tire, hot as the A^irginian 
 sun that nnrtured me, so will it become ice the momc^nt it ceases to be fed 
 by that which first enkindled it. A'es," he continued, bitterly, " I could tear 
 my hef-rt out if in its weakness it cotdrl pine for one. however once endeared, 
 who had ceased to res|)()nd to all its de\otedness and wovship. I miolit 
 think of her, but only to sustain my wounded spirit. Contempt and scorn 
 for her fickleness, not love— base and grovelling love — should ever be asso- 
 ciated with iier image, when undesiredly it arose to my repel|i>ig memorv. 
 Bnt oh, God!" he exclaimed, bowing his head upon hand, a id vieKling to 
 his deep emotion, " is it jiossible that this can be ! Can it bethiit I .should 
 ever sjieak and think of Maria thus ! Oh, whence this too g.eat atlliction ! 
 w hy this separation of soul from soul ! this rending asunder of the mystic 
 bond that once united us ! But stop !" and he raised his head, the lK)t"and 
 inflaming tears still gathering in his eyes, "she cannot surely thus liavy 
 acted, and yet— and yet— oh ! Mrs. Headley, if you knew the desolation of 
 my heart, you would pity me. It is crushed, cruslied !" 
 
 During this painfid ebullition of contradictory feeling, in which pride 
 and love combated fiercely for the aseendency,' Mrs. Headley had been 
 dee|ily affected ; but feeling the necessity for going throuirh the task she 
 bad imposed upon herself, she strove as much as possibk'^ to apjiear calm 
 
 
Wm-JTi 
 
 
 .'*M 
 
 
 8R 
 
 WAL'-.VAN-OEF •. OIC, 
 
 a,uUulk.c.o.l, oven severe. His last appeal Krought tea,, fio.n her own 
 
 >no,he.., in thl cles;iationoVl,a;ih.''V"''L' '''>'' "'^'' V",'' """ '^^ '' 
 this en.otion, and onlv n y si i'^ . • r, f .T l """■ ' '""' ^''""^^'^ 
 
 "n.ie.ako the i„„ic,iun if r "^^l^ ' w^ .il'";;^ ,^1 ,": r"''^ M 
 prisorvr ju from utter inworv „., i ^ "[""'lu, wiucii i km-w nJoiic couiJ 
 
 .™,,.Mo hop, ,„ ..,, „„,„ ,,„„„„„„ ., il;:';';U;'j»ii,;;;;; ;.■ ;- 
 
 <lr«»,m rf l,appi„«,, ™J ,1,. I.,t,.r ( „ 4° f I . ',!"",''""". f P 
 scorn iiiid c..iit..iii|.l :i\m„- e-m dwrll l„ „,. i.r V •.■.., .,">' ■'""' "i'" 
 
 Miti| his hand. " ^'"'' '^'^ ^"'^ ^•'^""•' «"'' cf^vered his eyes 
 
 The recital need not he repeated here All M,.it 1 ,. i 
 preeedin.i; day, and that wliich is ai.id k„o«.. n ^'"'\°'='^"r''«J '^'i the 
 now eu>nnu,nicat,.d, addin-. tint s M ) '""'V ••'^;'"''-. ^^'■-- H.adley 
 
 the su,^..t, until the ans^.f j! t j L ^fp^^f V n"v U T'"'^" "^ 
 vmced her that tho whole thincr l,..,] h.ln , ^ i , V y'j''''»'>'''-,2: c'oii- 
 
 unhorsed. -t^onajne w.us yet at surne distance from her, and 
 
 Airs. IleadK.v .m>„,l.d 1 t sh • " V'' "' '" T^ "t„.rly di.„,av..d^hen 
 ^vhieh she h.ul vol u^v ^ 1 ' f "'^T''^ 1" ^'"^ Munmor:h,.„.e, to 
 have returned ha, n ceid "t 1^ 'i'?. '^'"''' '''^: 1""'^'^^''>- "''^•^"- ^^ould 
 
 " This is, indeed a ten bie . t -' ' ''' ^'f ""^ '^'' "'"P-'''^^'-- 
 and oxhibit^n^\: pae chiek a d'^ , ' T'"'' '"''"""'^•' '•'"'"^'"^ '''^ 1'^'"^ 
 now 1 know tl,e «Ss?, T^t" t. ''b ^'tj; ^^r!^''' '"T' ''"'''' " '^^ 
 I'at. n,yself fl,r it : bi.t [ t;. 1 ^^i^ , ' *tT ^^T'^'^ ^ "''"°^» 
 car,.d t;,r th.-re, an<l wlH-rdure sei t^ , reo / ■ """'' ^ ""' "" '""«"-'- 
 And vet, xvh.n I think of it of tl > ,. /''■''"'^' '""""" ^'^ "'v ^^i" ? 
 
 J.;d gorgeous beanty t tle^:^^ J • irSi":;^^;^ --'^ -'; i"U.ll^.t 
 I »e..l as one utterly bewildeivd. S,ill. a::;, n in L d ]TT''] ^"^'''•"'^• 
 she may not control the i.assion tlr.f ,,.,,11 ' } '"^ '"' ''•■•'S sine 
 
 in mv Ivlino^ even .ml ill *''•'^" .'^'''\"-''' «» h-r (..t., .so uns,.lfish an, , 
 would I Inu^h ^fr •: i ;j; i^^S; *, f '7 d-IT«>i..tn.ont, that rati.; 
 h'^'- I'inini. in endW cl 'it,^ '"^''* ''V'/'''^ ''''^ ^'-^changed. than know 
 
 
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 THE MASSACRE AT CIlICAaO. 
 
 2» 
 
 f 
 
 I 
 
 
 / 
 
 or never slioulJ I have dared toontt^r upon tlie inutter. iJiit ymir <,'oiiprosity 
 must go furtlior; it must nevor bo known tliut Maria has gone oft'wiilingiv 
 — no (loul)t must bo entertained of licr continued love for you. Siie must 
 still be respretcd, oven iw she is jiitied and deplored ; the belief that she lia» 
 been made eaplive and carried off must not be shaken." 
 
 "The strun-r|(^ at her heart must indeed have been great befon^ h\u- fell," 
 remarketl Konayne, musingly, and with an air of profound sadness; "for 
 although her appearance in the rude vault beneath the floor of the summer- 
 liouse would appear to indicate; compulsion, her after conduct justifies not 
 the belief'. The .imploring earnestness with wliich she entreated you, Mra. 
 Jleadley, not to mii'ie known what y(ju had seen to me; her abstaining from 
 all censure of Wau-iian-gee at the moment, and her subsequent interest in 
 him, toof.rcilili! fobe concea'od ; her strange and unaccountable manner dur- 
 ing our ride, as if to banish some gnawing reproach at her heart ; her gal- 
 loping off when freed for the; moment from my presence, and at the evident 
 signal e-iven to aiuKiunee that everything was prepared for her reception ; tho 
 ai)pe;trance of lier trunks in tho farm-bouse, evidently, 1 am now convinced, 
 taken there within a day or two; tie' pretended 'desire <if t!ie Indi.ans, 
 fiiends of Wau-nan-gee, t<j m.ake me a prisoner, and thus induce in mo tho 
 belief that such was her fate. Oh ! yes," ho cor.Linued, rising and pacing 
 the room rapidly, " 1 can see through the whole f)Iot. His party were Potto- 
 watomies, painted as warrioi's of a distant tril)e, th.at stispu-iun might Iw 
 averted from themselves. I'heir object was not to make either Von Volten 
 berg or myself prisontMs, but merel^^ to give such evidence of hostility as to 
 c;uise us to believe they were enemies. Oh, what sin, what .artifice for a 
 woman once so ingenious, a boy so young ! l^ut ii w T am assured of all 
 this. 1 am better — 1 am l.etter. Some sudden inspiration lias flashed the; 
 truth iipoii nie, that 1 might find that relief which a knowledge of her 
 unfaitiif'iilness alone can render me." 
 
 " It nmst have been even so," rejoined Mrs. Headley; "for, certainly, the 
 fact of yt)urself and Vo!i Voltenberg being allowed' to escap;. by hostile 
 Indians, who could so easily have shot you down, or taken you j)risoner8, 
 had they been really so inclined, appears to me to be incredible." 
 
 "And yet, if it was planned." pursued Konayne thoughtfully, "what 
 opportunity of conmnujication had they to arrange their measures ? Wau- 
 nan-gee has, we know, long been absent for weeks, or certainly not once 
 within the fort." 
 
 "Konayne." sai' Mrs. Headley, significantly, "I speak to you of these 
 things freely as to one so much yonn<fer tlian myself. Have I not just said 
 that I saw Wau-nan-gee most distinctly at your door as 1 entered — nobody 
 but ourselves know that he lias got in, niucli less in what manner." 
 
 "1 understand you, my dear Mrs. Headley; you would infer that ho 
 has stolen in at some obscure part of t)<e fort, and under cover of the dark- 
 ness; but even if so. am I not always at home ?" 
 
 " Never on guard, Konayne; or am 1 mistaken," she added with a faint 
 smile, "iu supposing that the otHcer on duty passes the night with his 
 men V 
 
 " By heaven it is so," returned the Virginian veliementlv, and striking 
 his brow witli his open palm, "this intimacy is of long standing. Though 
 
 I>retending absence, Wan-nan-gec has been ever present. My guard 
 
 nights 
 
40 
 
 WAU-NAN-GKK ; on, 
 
 
 CIIAPTEIl IX. 
 
 n^nU^fTr^'tir^Tr '''•""''^ ^^'■■''- "^«^"«y. ■'^fter tl.e strong excite 
 nwnt oMior feel mnr had ijoon in some measure ealmed. "how ran.dlv vm. 
 amve at conckis.ons. Mueli of what you say i. pvobab e-for voSr sake ? 
 
 Smettr " ^^'"^ -cry preparation had been mad^ fot TZg ^t 
 
 [clnfi"^'h.''f'f^ Ro"'\vne," is a mystery which time alone can unravel 
 them ei es ' i'"''''?f .'"^ contradiction susceptible of explanation on y by 
 Ihemsehes lh,s, m ail human i)robability we siiall never know ■ hn tLn 
 agam fur.,ve „,e, Mrs. lleadle ^ for thui detaining y.uwitl ^nrseS 
 
 Ch^^^r m^wSd^^s^ y;ur v.y . Jiige of thji;^:!; 
 
 :.ave-Jl,v the emotion the .n^fi • i T'"' ""'>' ^''^ '^''■'^'■*'n «he 
 
 «ould nevor ;,> r . '^'*' "•''''^'' ^'^"'^ '■etu'-n? Oh, no' this 
 
 in some distant 1,^0' Iheln T '''"^''" '' '""'"'^"^ ^'"^" >'°" ^^«'« 
 raer-house. VI J be th n w u H ' h 7' ''T "''' ''. '''''^ '"'« ^l^*^ «^'»- 
 
 the Indians lurl, ,bo tl^rcofta "woS" ^f^' TV" ^''^I'"^'"'""' "^ 
 with the belief tlvif <^1 h!^ k ' ^ , naturally have impressed you 
 dressed?" ' '^"^ ^''" '^''^•■'■'*-^'^ ««' ^7 them. How were they 
 
 bagoes. 1 know it well f , ,;; , /^' '" ^"'^ '''"' P'"^'"' "^ *'^« Winne- 
 
 ' Just so/' ;:i^iit; " ^u]t:^ ;;!^" •^^^^^ •"•;--■' ''•^'•''•" 
 
 "viK,. is It not then reasonable to supple— • 
 
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 THK MAHHACRB AT CIIICAUO, 
 
 41 
 
 \<l 
 
 mark, 1 do not weakly seok to justify th.- wionff which but to., certainly 
 exists, but 1 would dissect each circumstance until tho truth be known— is it 
 not, I repeat, n-ttsuiiable to suppose tlint, even if Maria wanted an .'videuce 
 of her abduction, she would have iroiu. towards th.' cotta--.' lallier than the 
 summer-liouse. It woul.l havo bc.-n easy en()Ui,d. then foMlx; Indians who 
 I have no doubt, wcic the same party I cncounteicd at llaid.Mirabble, to 
 have earned her oH before any assistance could arrive from tlie fort. On 
 the contrary, she was certain of discovery in the suinmer-hous,. into which 
 she had been seen to enter, and everi- part uf which she would have known 
 would have been most stri.uly searched. VVherefoie, too, the object in 
 keeping her confined, as it were, in a dun-'eon, when the free air was open 
 to her, and the boundless wilderness otl'eied health and frcdom '?" 
 
 "I have thought of all that, Konayne," rej.lie.l Mrs. Headley. '• and I 
 cannot but suppose that this retreat was a teniporaiv one. In ail"i)robabi- 
 lity, when VVau-naii-gce issued from the summer-house, he was in the act 
 of proceeding to make his preparations for finishing the work iust beirun, 
 but seeing that I liad not yet left the grounds, waited to know whal'my 
 movements would Iw before he took any farther step. My stationin<r the 
 boat s crew before the gate, where they could command the whole of the 
 view between the cottage and the sum.ner-housc, acteu as n check upon 
 them, and little dreaming, I presume, that I had discovered the trap-door, 
 they had intended, on my departure across tlie river, to av!.il themselves of' 
 my absence, and bear her ofT into the forest. As for the deep grief which I 
 witnessed on entering the summer-house, that may msily be accounted for. 
 A woman of refinement, education, and generous susceptibility however 
 unhappil} carrieJaway she may be by a resistless, and, in her view fated 
 passion, d)es not without a pang tear"herself from old associations to enter 
 upon new, especially where they arc of an inferior character. She may 
 mourn her weakness even at the moment she most yields to it. One domi- 
 nant thought may fill her soul— one master sentiment influence all her 
 actions, and govern the pulsations of her heart, but that does not exclude 
 the workings of other and nobler emotions of the mind. Even when she 
 feels herself most tyrannized over by the pstssion, the infatuation, the destiny 
 against which she finds it vain to struggle, sorrow for her altered position 
 will intrude itself, and then is hcr heart streiii-thenci and her mind consoled 
 only by the reflection that the sacrifice was indispensable to the attainment 
 of that, without which, in the strong excitement of her imagination, she 
 deems life valueless. Charity should induce us to believe tiiatit is, what I 
 have already termed it, a disease, for on no other princi[il(; can we account 
 for that aberration of the passions the intellect and the judgment which can 
 lead such a woman to f.jrget that iiiin.l ehi-tly gives value to love, and to 
 sacrifice all that is esteemed most honorable in' the sex bvmaii, to the fasci- 
 nation of mere animal beauty. Ah ! Ilonayne, this must have been the case 
 in the present instance. You see, 1 prob(^ you deeply--init enough !" 
 
 "Dear Mrs. lleadley," returned the Virginian, pressing hcr hands warmly 
 in his own, " I am satisfied that, humiliating as it is to admit the coirectnes! 
 of your impression, there is but too much reason to think that it is even as 
 you say. When I recur to the pas' of yesterday and to-day, I cannot doubt 
 it; and yet T confess there is much buried in obscurity which I would fain 
 have explained. Were it made clear, manifest as the handwriting on the 
 
 -3t*--< 
 
«l 
 
 WAU.NAK-Oll; Or, 
 
 wan, that Marin li.ul fibandoncd mo for \Vau-nan-((oo, I shuuld he jit oasc. 
 It iw u... un-.^rtainty "Jiily tluit iiuw racks mv niiud. ('onUl 1 kuow^ nn't 
 mcriAv Miciu- her false, u woiu'ht would he taken from my h.-art. Oh' 
 Airs. Ilcadlcy, why .hd you nor' sulT.'r Wau-n.in-if.'e to rnter— why drive 
 from m(! the only moans of explanation at which 1 can ewr arrive -and 
 yet, whtit eould have bcon his object in thus venturini,' liere after hnvinjr 
 despoiled my horn., of its tr<-asure ? If (,aiiltv, would^he have (hweil u, 
 ftpproaeh me? and that he mij,'ht not do so with evil intent, is evident from 
 the tact ot his havinir knocked for admission, oh! .NFrs. lle,„li,.v, I know 
 not what to think— my mind is cjmos—l am a very chanjrelinj,' in my mood • 
 not from want of energy to act when once assured, but from the very .Kiubt* 
 tliat^ai,Mtatc my maul, made wavering' hy the absence of all certain j)roof." 
 
 VVhde the soul of th>' unfia-tunate vouu'^r officer wiis thus a prev to every 
 shade of doubt, and nianif.sting the very weakness tiiat his lips denied 
 i»lrs. Headliy reirar.led him with deep concern. Whe could well divine all 
 tnat was passm-f in liis heart, and the chord of her sympathy was keeidy 
 touclicd. For .some moments siie did not speak, but appearcid to Ix^ lost ii) 
 her own painful reflections. At length, >vhen Ilonayne, who durincr theho 
 rem.'irks liad been rapidly pacing the room, threu him.self into a cliair, bury- 
 ing his t.ice in his hands, evidently ill at ease, she drew forth her packet, tho 
 seal ot which w;us broken, and handed it to him. saving with sadness— 
 
 "My dear Ilonayne, I had hoped that I should' not have been under tho 
 necessity of making known to you the contents of this note, i,ut 1 sec it 
 cannot bo witiiheld. It was place.l in mv hands, just after I had parted 
 with Mr... hlmsl.-y, by Serjeant Ni.xon, wlio stated that Maria had left it 
 witii bun for me, as she rode out this morning, telling Iffin it was of the 
 utmost importance that he should deliver it." 
 
 '• 1 saw her in conversation with him." said Ronayne, as he took tiienote 
 and aj.proacliod tlie light to read it, '-and on asking wh ', detained her, she 
 said iiastily, that she was merely sending you a message— not a document 
 ot tiio importance which you seem to attacl"i to this. I fflt at the time that 
 she was not dealing seriously witli me; but as it seemed a matter of liiije 
 ccnsciuence I did not pay much attention to it ; but, let me read !" 
 
 The following w.r,. the cont-nts of the note, which Ronayne ca^erlv 
 perused, with what profound emotion it ncsed scarcely be n'ecessaiT to 
 describe: , j j '^ 
 
 " My dear Mrs. Headley : Wiu-n yon rcvAvc this, you will have seen me 
 periiaps. for the last time ; but I am sure that vou will believe that in 
 tearing myself from the scene where so many happy, though not altoiretjier 
 uncheipiered days have been passed, no one occupies a de.![)er place ni my 
 regret than your.self, whom 1 have ever regarded as a second mother. Tlie 
 dreadtui reasons which e.xist for it, however, prevent me, as a wife, from 
 acting otherwise. 1 know you will condemn me— tax me with in-ratitude 
 and seltislmess. I am prepared f.)r reproach ; but, alas ! no other course 
 rem.iins lor me to pursue. If I liave yielded to the jwrsuasions of the 
 gentle, the allectionate, the devoted Wau-nan-gee, it is not so much on my 
 own account as m consideration of the hope held out to me of a lon<r future 
 of happiness with the object of my heart's worship. For him 1 c^in, and 
 tfo make every sacntice, even to the incurring of your displeasure, and the 
 

 THE MAS8ACBK AT CillCAOO. 4i^^ 
 
 coridi'tniiiition of nil wli.. know mo. Ihil lot me cnlieat you to romomb.>r, 
 timt if ho is spciningly KuiUy, I aloiio urn truly so, and cliiirg ablt! for th,. 
 (](>(■!) (,f\mrv that will of couis.' h.- altribut.d to him. Hem.'mhfr that I 
 h)iv.' plumifd tht! whole; and should it he ducrc-d by fate tiiut we never 
 lu.-et an;aiii, I pray (<,.(. in his iriliiiit.- goodne.-s to preserve those whom I 
 now abandon, and spare them the distraction that weifjhs upon this 
 severely-tried heart. " 
 
 " I promised you a candid explanation uf ev.-rythin;,' relutinir lo what \ou 
 saw yesterday. 'J'hisyou will tind fully detailed in the aecom|.anyin^r do'eu- 
 ment, written after you had left me, and before the return of Konayne laut 
 night from fishing. 
 
 "Document! wluit di-oument?" asked the Virginian, interrupting him- 
 self, and in a voice husky from emotion ; •' there is nothing here, Mrs. 
 Ilendley. but the letter itself." 
 
 " Nothing but that and the piece of embroidery which Maria had worked 
 for me were contained in the packet," was the reply. " In her hurry she 
 must have forgotten to inclose it." 
 
 "Ill tjie accomjjanying document (resumed the Virginian, reading) you 
 will find the nature of my connexion with Wau-nan-gee fully explained. 
 You will, of course, make such use of ull that is necessary to your puiposo 
 as you may deem advisable ; but, as I make tiiat part of the cummunicatiou 
 which refers to Wau-nan-gee strictly confidential, I conjure you never, in the 
 slightest way,^o allude to him as being connected either with my evasion 
 or with the revelation I have made to you in the inelosure. Adieu, my 
 dear Mrs-. Ileadley. (iod grant we may meet again! 
 
 '* Vour own Maui a." 
 
 Dunng the perusal of this note, Mw. Ileadley liad watched the counte- 
 nance of Konayi'.e with much anxiety. She saw there evidence of stroiui- 
 and varied feelings which he made an elforl to subdue, and so far succeeded 
 that when he had finished lie returned the note to her with a calm slie had 
 not expected. 
 
 "There is no need of further confirmation now, Mrs. He.idley," he said, 
 with a bitter halfsmile. '■ You have, indeed, protted but to heal. All my 
 weakness is past. To-morrow I shall be myself again, and attend the coun- 
 cil. Pardon me that I have been the cause of detiuning you so late, and 
 believe itic when 1 say that deeply do I thank you for the interest you have 
 taken in me." 
 
 " God bless you, llonayne ! Alas, you are not alone in your trials — much 
 of moment awaits us all. Good nigiit!" 
 
 And, assuming her disguise, she speedily regained her home. 
 
 If 
 
WAU-N A N-fi«K 
 
 Oft, 
 
 an auliior of celebritv M ^^'^''^''-'ry was ample an 1 I i "''' ''"P" 
 
 tho .beWosThU ■'"'' *^'' ""^''^''■'*f. whose wrks v '"" '" "'"^'^ ^''V.s). 
 
 fur those w',i IL,, " f';."'**' ""'^ «f the ..rairi ^'t ^ """ "■'" P'''^^ 
 
 '«'.noUo.ss for the proficiency she had 
 
 « 
 
 
fm MAnAon at cmcxao, 41 
 
 mMc».AJf tImltHves valu., Ir, nooi-ty, t.ut b..,mu.o of the utter aUsenr^ of 
 
 fa.an.iP: mp.tal. m wh.oh hI,« had «,,..nt ., many y.^m, f..? t|.„ „ill, d«l 
 im.noto ny of ho pnm.val foront in which h.-r .-hihlho-ul ha.l h.ni |.H.,'d 
 . T^^r *"". ""' ''""""••' ^" " *"'•""" '"■•• ««....tn,.,.s on tl.o d..Hurt 
 
 ""■■ .u ";:-'■'■ ■' '"" "'!''""' '" ^'"' «»■•"«"". I'"^!'!-- Captain H.-Htlloy. 
 
 ^^hen M..s M..K..nz,., roturn.-d to her nalivo wihln- Doctor V.m VohJJu 
 and Lu-ut. Khn-U-y Th. third who „,ado up th- a,nnh..r .,f tho.. a.tac md 
 to >M0 company had a finv .lay- previously b-.n shot and ..-alp..,! I,y ., party 
 of Indians near I ardscrahhl... whil,, on hi., ...turn to the fort from sho!,li„J 
 he hen or hn^rJKh jrrouHe, of the praii-i.. His place wa.s Muppli.d l.y 
 h i.if^n llonayne. who ha,l joined the ^,mrri.son a fev,- day. after, l!!.' utenanl 
 Wm ley, captivated l.y the accomplishments and arniahilitv of ll„. taseinat- 
 injr Mar^raret, had oir.n-i her his heart an.l han.l. ami ol.tainod her unrr 
 luclant proinH(* Hperdiiy to shar.. his barrack rouin, som.. tw.-nty tVet by 
 twelve in dimensions Meanwhile, in order to prove to him liow'w..ll she 
 was tit ed^ to be a soldier s wife, not an article of food was ever placvl befoio 
 Her fathers almost const,.nt visitoi-s that did not in some mrasutv i.ass under 
 h..r suiH.rvis.on. Poor would have been the pr-i.tratiun of til grosser 
 vian.ls had not her diivriin-r voice presided ; and, as for the tarts, and pud- 
 (Imijs, .and custards, ♦-/ hoc ;,cnns omne, no one who tastt^d could doubt that 
 no hands but her own had operated in the fabrie/.tion ; and the ciiriant the 
 cranberry, the strawberry j,.lly, the p-ach, the plum, and the cherry pr.'sjrve. 
 and the currant and f,'oos<.beiry wine ! What, in the name of all that b 
 delicate in gastronomy, could b,; more delicious or exhibi. -reater perfection 
 ot t!iste ! Ho thought Von Voltenberg. He was in raptures. Such a wife 
 he thought, \v,ih all he wanted to his comfort; he could have dispens.Hl if 
 
 xfi'^'lP* ."""' '''" """■'' '"^^'"'■^■^"■•«l portions (.f the worth of Margaret 
 AlclveSffiie, but his imagination could not picture to itself perfection .supd- 
 rior to that of an inteiestiiig and beautiful woman, manii)ulatin.r amonir 
 fruit, and sugar, and dougli, until she had produced ivsult.s far 8\v'eeter and 
 much more j.rized by him than ail the ornamental accomplishments in tho 
 world. It was even whi>p(u^.,l tli;.t the Doctor, deeply sensible of the trea- 
 sure he should obtain in the ,,os..^..io4i of so generaJly useful a wife, hiul 
 absolutely proposed tbr her, but that she, without otTeiidintj him, had lejectfid 
 the honor. Wliether it was so or not, no one knew positively, for Margaret 
 Mckenzie was not a woman to triumpb in the humiliation of another, not 
 because she considered it in any way a humiliation to a man that he did not 
 so accord m sentiment with her as to render an union for life with him 
 desirable, but because she knew it would, however absurdly, draw upon him 
 the ill-natured comments of his companions. Be that as it may. wliether or 
 not he did ofl'er and w.-is rejected, it made no diti'erence in his relations with 
 the family. He at.! her dinner, luxuriated over her j)reserves, and hipped her 
 wine Jis ])lentifully as when first she had offered them to him ; and they 
 always were the best friends in tho world. 
 
 Soon after th.3 first rumor oi Von Volfenbcrg's offer— and if the secret 
 was betrayed, it must have been by himself, during one of his momentj of 
 devotion to his favorite whiskey punch— it was generally known throughout 
 the fort and neighborhood that Lieutenant Elmsh^y was to espouse Um 
 McKenzie, and that the ceremony was only delayed until the arrival of his 
 
 
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 ilriiiMt 
 
 i; 
 
 WAD-KAW-OM; Ott, 
 
 Maria irvwo'V-w ,;:;''« "]«'•"•"»''»'■"•. »nd Ar... H-nHyS ,' 
 Hly;".lu,.ub..,!;entlyI^T;w:j;;;\:t:™"'' ""-'•''•'' »- ««' ".et her 
 
 •!'»' <-v»iHiitiuii. All hIi.. I,..,I . :r""i Hi" Imt to the (.'.iinriess incij..rit to 
 •'""'^'■^<'"H...t. I i^.'v• n I . ''T •'"'/'■"'" '""^""' •'■■'"•"<•'• ■•'II <l"^ a-t of 
 
 '"'"'•;' " 'vlnxntion tV,?„ h .j .;",'" "' '"" "''f "'"/^ l-.>^p-Hty por- 
 • ".v. lov<.d fo ind„|.o affr i,„ , "" '" 'l'":' '*"''"•■ l"^'''^""* ''» t^o 
 
 tl'«t ..vcrlunkcd ,i;, (o, , ' ' " •' '"'-'^ ■■''•'"■"'""M'laml in „ v.ran.lH 
 
 '"« -.Iness alon. th,: bn i^^l S- If'" """ T"' 'V'\ ^^^^''^-i^' 
 ■ ' I "l""i"'" ..f Mr. M„K,.„, , "■'•V'-' '-l-'-t 1".- III. cl,a„,o. 
 
 : ■'wt'w;;;:;^^: ;;'';- 
 
 — ™ll>n!,' out to a son ofonl f l • ^ ''"-^ '' ^''-^^ "'' "^'aivt. [Jarrv '" 
 
 i" tl. capacity of b" ^!.S;Li;;;;'^"!:',"-' "''<> 'foa i„ i.i. bo'^m, 
 
 g'ass.' ' str\ant— "|,nn^. anotiu'r rbair ,..k1 a wine- 
 
 i./;.ISir„:,'j'?L^,;rt,";r;'?7"'';r'i'''"' "'■• '-i™, «„„.■, » 
 
 I 
 
I 
 
 tnt mmmm at ouicAtM^ «| 
 
 " How it lli'w, Winncbo;? T iwdnlm.'.! hU )U,>u«r, \muhfx .|..»n th« 
 glft-tH whi.h h.' hail mis.tl t.i hi-. |i|m. " Wfmf bul ihum <1o \i,u iifitM .'" 
 
 •• f..'n\n him iill .li-.." h<. i.l,m.rve.|, im h<' Hw.pt hin hand t.'iwnrtU ih.t fort 
 anil tho ..iilh.iii.-i's and l)uilcli!iy;« .'ontaiiiiui; Mr. M- lvf'iizi.'N prop.rtv— th.i 
 m4t» of »> ;onj( lift) pa»«.d in a n-i^ion to whi.-h ho iiml iM.cini. at{H.hcd 
 from very UixUl, 
 
 ••L.»»c what! my prnpcrty? I uo n«.t un.|er«tnn.l y-.u, VViitin.b.'ir ; 
 Knoftk out ! Wliat uro you driving at, man ? What nm'ii«ity i« thi-re for 
 all tills ' ' 
 
 Hy liy Kiis(linli como, 
 
 '* Knjflifcli Hj^ht him Yaiikeo now—lMir war bi-^run. 
 tak.' hill, Chini^^o !" 
 
 •• Tli« war h«'jj;iiri !" uniil Mr. McKoiizi.', rining in a»itoniHhnii>nt '"lom Iun 
 foat ; " «lo you tiii-.iii to s'ly. Winiu!h«.jj, that the ^<:u^\\nh and Am.'ri.'rtnf. nr.i 
 actually at war V that thi-y have Wen fii^htinjr at iJi-troit ? Jlow do vou 
 know it?" ■^ 
 
 "Mow him know it '?" r.luriiml tim chief ;" I.n.k h.r.', VViniicl).«i; fi^hi 
 limi Kn,i,'li^h," and ha.inj; hi-, thii;li, j,:,t |„.|ow th.. I. ti hip, h.. nUoswd iho 
 i-car of a aup»'rfi<«ial Hcsli wound still «ncr>ifitpd with blood. 
 
 " Whcru did you gi't that, Wiiin.lK'};, and how lonif sincM ?" 
 
 "Two Wfok," h«i r.plird, holdiiiu' up as many iiiiircrH, "near Canard 
 RridytM-IoH.. |„ .Nfald.n, ( 'anada— (icm-ral Hull an>(ry— say VVinnc'b.'ir no 
 buHiue-s tiiiht— carry hint dcspatclifs." 
 
 'Mi.nur.tl Hulir Mow loujr has Oi-nprnl Hull been there? Wla-ro, 
 then, IS t'olonc' Mill.T, of th.< fourth rci,nmont, who conuuaiid.'d tho oihur 
 day? 
 
 "('(.loM.I MiJliT Detroit too; but Hull bi<r officer —groat chicf—coino 
 Willi plen(y xo^'crs— .send WinndH'tr with despatch to (hibbenor here." 
 
 '• Indeed ! This is Important; ! iiuht hasten to ^w CaptJiin lleadi.v, and 
 iearii from him the contents. Alas! mv ijood friend Wirinel)eir, this news 
 m.u-. and I fear will, he the cans- „{ my utter ruin. Of course, voi, hnv© 
 iionl.-aof winit thi' (hwpjilch contjiinsV" 
 
 " Yes, Missa Keiizie, VVinnebeir know. Winnel>#i,' wi«ii to sncaK to voii 
 about despatch— say go directly to Kort VVavne." 
 
 "The troops ordered to Kort Wayne, and a'l we possess h^ft wholly 
 iinprot.'cted. This is indeed a calamiiy," said the trader, raising his hand 
 to his now thniiylitt'ul brow. 
 
 " \'m no take him !j;oods on p.ick-horsp.i to Fort Wayne V* remarked the 
 Indiar. iiKjuirini^'iv. 
 
 " Impo,sii,Ie, Winnebeg! | niiirliL tak.' a fe-T packages of peltries, but 
 the ^r^^■ll |,ul|< must he left behind , yet it sooms to me folly to go to Fort 
 \\ayne. We shall be cut off bcl'uie we get there.'' 
 
 '' .lust so," returned Winnebeg. ' See him (Jubbenor. Misaa McKenzie ; 
 tell him not go. Stay here— fort string— pleniy iH.wder-i.lentv jruns— 
 you tell him so." ' ' ' ^ b "= 
 
 '• Most assuivdly 1 will ; and if he au.;pts the most prudent course, he 
 will remain. With your strong force without and ours within, we may have 
 a iair chance with any force that may be brought against us, whereas 
 heaven only knows what may not he the result if we attempt so long a march 
 through tiie wiidrnuss, jtlive witii Indians in the interest of the British. 
 <.>ood by, Winnebeg; you will excuse me, I am sure, for there must be no 
 
timn loxt in conftiiltinjif wllh r«piitin llerKlli'v. M«k«i rount«ilf iil home, and 
 mil •*« to lUrry »ur iiiiythiiij^ ).m iiiu'y wmil. 'I'lml tli»r,i will nut 
 hart )<m nfu«r y«ur lon;^ ymrtu-y ; it in |4.iMittiit to th.^ tiisttM, am) nut very 
 »traii((." 
 
 "Tnnk«u», MiWitt Ki'titif ; VVinm-h.^ jjo ti> I»uttow«ltf)rnii) r»m|i-rn>t Imnmi 
 di'fo yet. (Julil)oiu>r say no tell liim ln((ir. war iM^un till hold council 
 to rnorroiv. VVintioho^ nm*- him know it fr.'«», four dny«." 
 
 " Why, do yon itiinli that, Winn.il)«%Kiin«' then hnii btjen no inlelli^tncfl 
 of till- kind <iim'(' your iti rival ,'" 
 
 "Hto him lileutjr I'otlowuttorni.' l-f- in l».tr.iii whil.( Winnt'l»'i( wait for 
 d«lpatch(»t." 
 
 •• Indeed ; but they nuiy not hiivo returned." 
 
 " I'nn'l know — rnaylM( n<.. nmyhe v.'s." 
 
 "Wi'll, fo-morrow lh«> matter will bo no nccret, Winr.ebe>( ; and houio 
 decinion will no doubt Ixi ndded. In the t.ieantimo, you will be able to 
 kiarn whether anylhini: i« known in the encampment of thi.t unwi-lcorni! newu, 
 and, if ».o, whi»» vour pio|)le think of it." 
 
 " K''n/.ie," »aid the chief, takinj; and warmly jfra«ning the trader's hand, 
 " all Pottowattonties tink liko VVinnoU^ — no go to Fort Wayne." 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 WiiKN Mr. McKeniie entered the fort, it was with a clouded brow and uri 
 oppressed h.iirt. At th" ),Mte ho met his «or.in law, Lieutenant Klmsley, 
 who, while burning with impatience t(» bo near and console his unfnrtunate 
 friend, was without the power to leave Win post, and in \m vexation and 
 •nnovance, kept pacing rapidly up and <lown in front of the gu irdhoua«!. 
 
 •' What is the matter, Elinsiey — what disturbs you so unusually i" 
 
 " Can you auk, sir," said thnorticor, " or have you not heard the dread- 
 ful news ?" 
 
 " Yes, I have heard it, but did not suppose it had as yet been generally 
 known." 
 
 "The whole garrinon knows it. It eouU' not be concealed. The poor 
 fellow rushed like a madman to announce it. He fell fainting to I he ground, 
 and was carried to his room, where, even lU this moment, Mrs. Ileadh'y and 
 Margaret are attending him." 
 
 " Attending whom '.'" denuinded Mr. McKenzie with an air of astonish- 
 ment, "and U) what are you alluding'/" 
 
 " Why. Honayne, of course ; m wlum do you allude if not to him ? 
 Have vou not heard that, while riding out with his wife and Von Volten- 
 berg this afternoon, they wtre interceiited by a party of hostile Indians, and 
 poor Maria taken prisoner." 
 
 " God liless my soul, is it possible? This is terrible, indeed. Are we 
 then already surrounded by hostile Indians, and is the war already brought 
 to our door?" 
 
 "War! what war?" a.sked the subaltirn, "and what has this fearftil 
 piece of treachery to do with open war — war with whom ?" 
 
i9 
 
 •* A«'> ,*'»»• ymi not l,*ar,j tltni Knglan^ and thn ITnitadlMlltre oirnnTr 
 tnga^..cJ ,n h.mul,ti,.._|,.« Winnd^ not r.v,.,,(..a thi- 1? ' '' 
 
 inform!!:"" • '"''"*"' '''•''""""'" '''''"''"^ •"'•'«*^'»-''. '" »•'- 'urn. *f |||» 
 
 Ui r»tiin<linK ii,,jr|,t aflt.rd room j,>r plmHunerv." r.,ntinu.>d Mr M.K..«.i« 
 with H gr«v« H„,,|. ; .. bMt it i. not „!. Wi„„;.i,..«, "! 1 ;>...;. i^^ 
 
 n ntff.t I.. , H^ t „f ,|„. c«rli...t m-miHit, but lu boin,/ the ni.r.t n, ,„rr 
 
 np.Hur.'M to lHM.dup,.,|. I an. l.-r.. (,.. .hat purpo... ; if.ink To u I i, K3 
 
 I mv,. ju.t Mud that Mrs. Ib-arll v and M-.r^ar-t arc in alfn la. c ,m 
 
 h.. ,.,,.. ,rtu..a... Konayms" r,.pli..^ ^ .M.v. •• V.„. will, tl"^ Xr "^^^ 
 
 o hnd I,.,., alo,,.. n,.d no douk In.., : i.rth. formation of plans o/one,^ 
 
 turn conH<'.|u,.ni „n tlii>« inf-lli.,r,.,„.«." ' P '•^ 
 
 " Il.u-o||i.,.t. not a word u( 'th.n .r.til it i, ..fflrially n.veal.»d I Himll not 
 ev,r Ik Cap,,.,,. |,„,„„ ^„„^^ ,., ,, , y "J ;;'»?» 
 
 know .t .jr.. wan any .,..wh of in,po.,an..,.. 'hut, of /,n., ,l,i,.. I wouldTnrn 
 o . fcln. I..v; tl,..,.. w.ll b.. n .ounril .,( war to ,m.r.ow. a.ul I could wLh 
 t t yo,.r V ..w ol ,1,.. .ubjoot n.ay lead you to m-.f.r de .ndini tl. ortto 
 the. laht ...trrmitv in pr,.torf„c« to u lon-^ uml uncrUiin retLt to Fort 
 ^V«yne winch I know in HUg^wt.-.l in lh.Ml,.,.pat.,.h." ^ 
 
 n.!va.,.,.,.,.-H ot o.u. co„r-,. .,ver tn.- othi-r. In th.^ mcrtntim..;! Hhall ..since 
 n., k...vh.d«e ot what yon have conv..y..d U, „,... „,.,:; the h.w f . S 
 m no other conMd..n.fon wi^rl, with in... I «.,uld „,,n,wo « mov,.m,mt 
 
 ;:';;:!: d;;;;^;.;f ,:;;;;;.;;!; .1' '^" "^ ™--"'« '"*-- '- wi^ru^-^^j 
 th;;:!;- ;;f;t;pu;l:7.^^^^^^^ '"^ '^-^•^^ «« »•« --^ ^--j- 
 
 nlrln,!!,!?'" "r.".'' ^i'/"«'"y when alone, •'are the f-rebodinj/s of that fusty 
 d number ol .he Nat.o„:,| lalelli,..„.,.,. whieh I have thumb,.,! for hT" 
 over and over aKam (or the la.t three month., at len^^th ti,,a]|y re«~ 
 ami vvar .s come at last ; well, be it ho ! My chief anxiety is for N ™t 
 n ou!d thar she and all the restof the weak won.en i„ this io tre^s w ' cTat 
 wulnn the tort.h.-at.onH of Detroit; but all evil seem, to be cotiing^Jon t 
 
 " Ah ! Mr. McKenzi.., 1 am vry glad to see you " s.iid Captain Headier 
 r.Mn,. as the trad...- entered the ro..nf.set apart fbr hi- library and thlSZ-' 
 
 m a'nl" ■•' ;'"'"'"' '""'""^- " '^"'^«" «''''• ^ou couil not mv Z 
 me a nioi-.. opportune visit. . *^ 
 
 "I had un.le,stuud f.iat Winnd.e^r had just returned with dosiiHtchea 
 from ietnat, ..marked tla, trader, '• and a.^, come to learn the ner^ '" 
 
 'Uad enouffh," answere ' C.-nt. H..adl.'v cnvelv n^ i,.. i.,,^^..^ . u- 
 the de,spat.h from General Hull. "lu.ali^t'hat r " ' ' "'^''^ '"^ ^"^ 
 
 M... McKcnzio attentively perused the docun.ent. It was evidently of ,., 
 
 
60 
 
 ■WAU-N-\N-OEK ; OR, 
 
 nntui-c not to |.l.-;isc him, ^n as lie mid ho knit liis brow, hit his IIi., nn.l 
 
 uttciftl nioio tiiaii one cjacuhitorv "pish !" 
 " AikI uhat .lo yo-» intend to do, Captain ireadley ?" lio (Imandtd, us ho 
 
 twistod tho j.apin' in his linir..fs im|iiitifHtlv. 
 
 ".Stay, my dear sir,'' .said ti„. cuiiimandiiii; officer, anxiously, "douotthiH 
 
 (iisfi;^ur.! or >liirht liio g nil's oflirial-l must preserve it as the only voucher 
 
 for liie course 1 shall m all probabilitv pursue." 
 
 " What i.s thatcoui'se r .us!:,.d Mr.'McKeiizie; "snrelv. Captain Headl«v, 
 
 youwil not strictly follow the Ictt, r of tli,..e instructions'/ Yo. are n^t 
 
 compelled to do so. It is left optional with yourself; and there ea ..)t be a 
 
 (luostiou as to the great disadvantajxe attendinfj a retreat." 
 
 " Pardon me," said the eomman(iin!4 officer, with somethin-.- of t= ■ hauteur 
 ot one sensible ..f his own pe.>,.iial ivspon.sibiliiy ; '• 1 coiisi^lcr every i.ara- 
 graph lu this ofhcial ;is a di/ect order. The only sentence that would"a|'pear 
 to leavt- a (•i-rtain option \vitli myself i.s whore ivfeivnce is made to the v'wc- 
 iicabi/tty of retreat. Now, I can see nothing impracticable in it. We have 
 nothing to apprehend, with a body of five hundred brave Pottovvattomies for 
 our escort, while, if we coiuinu., here we must e.xpect a strong IJrifish force 
 speedily upon us. '^ 
 
 " Lrt 111,, give you a word of counsel before this question is publicU' dis- 
 cussed, returned the trader seiiuusly ; " [ know the Indians w'll an,! how 
 easily they ar.' mfluenc-d by circumstances. Fii'iidiy as th.'s.; Pottowato- 
 niies now seem to be, the intbience of the miijority Jf th. tribes who have 
 Joiiu-i the Unthsh torces may soon change them from fri.-nds into 
 toes. 
 
 "My lite on their fidelity," returned Captain Headley, with unusual en- 
 eigv. W hi.., Winnobeg continues with them, I f-el that 1 should dishonor 
 by aoiilnm,;- hin.. 
 
 "Do not mistak.. me," , uned the trader. " Vour faith in the lionesty 
 ol \\ iiinebeg Capt. HeadU-. is not greater than my own-nuy, not so -n-eat, 
 perhaps, for J have known lid ahvays ivganlcl him from his"l.oyh,.od ; but 
 a 1 h. 1 ottowatlomies a,e i.,.t Winneln-gs. neither are the warri,.rs so com- 
 pletely under tie- control of ih,-ir ehielk a.^ to permit their counsels alone fo 
 mtlueiice tli. ir actions. 
 
 " You do not mean to say that Vou. have reason to doubt any of these 
 people- Mr. .Mckeii/.ie f" ivmarked the captain, serionslv and inquirin.-ly. 
 
 Aot at all ; but 1 wi.b to show how much more imprudent it would be 
 to trust to tliein than to ourselves; reinforcem,.nts may arrive in time if tli,^v 
 are sent tor immediately, and should they not, it will be tim,. ..nouuh to 
 hink of .'vaeuating when our Indian spi..s brin,r us notice of the prepara- 
 tions ol the Hrifish t,> attack us.'' ' ' 
 
 " And :.hould they arrive before our retreat is begun, then must we b ■ 
 driven uito an une.pial contest, for the order of the secretary at war expressly 
 dec ares |,ai „„ p^st shall be surivndered without a batt'le. It is ^ileii't 
 tbat the lort cannot beni.aintaiiied against a reeular force ; therelbre. the o-ar- 
 rison, or they ^vho survive the assault, must bo, made prisoners in any case • 
 Whereas by retiring now, we not only prevent the advance of the eie-my, to 
 themamtest ruin of yourself and other settlers in the n,.ighl.„rh,wd" but 
 carry succor to h.rt Wayne. This is the resolution I have taken. Al' 
 fint consulting with my officers on public parade in the morning, when our 
 
THE MA8SACRB At OHICAOO. 
 
 n 
 
 position slmlJ bn fullv n.a.U- known to all. I sl.ail meet the Indians in coun- 
 cil, llio n.'oessHry dnvetions iiave been coin eyed to Winnebe.' "' 
 
 •'I can only re^rrct, sir," returned Mr. McKenzie, with .'reat' .^nivilv of 
 speech and deportment, •' that your (h't-rinination should have been formed 
 betore eonsultin^r with Nour oUieers. In a .use of this kind, involvin.r the 
 inler...st^ ,,t all, it becme.s, 1 should eoneeive, not a more courtesy hut a 
 diUy, that the opinions and advice of all competent to judge should be 
 
 '■Vol. need not be alarmed, Mr. McKenzi.; I perfectly know how to aot 
 on tins occasion.^ Ibe opinions of my officers shall b.. taken, even as I have 
 aken youi-s. If you have anything further to offer, therefore, 1 shall be 
 uajjpy to hear it. 
 
 "Caj-tain Ileadley," returned the trader, rising with dignity, and t-kine 
 up his hat, •' I have nothing further of advice to offer to one so confident in 
 m own judgment; but bear in mind what I now tell you, that if you follow 
 the letter of these instructions rather than the spirit, you will hayv. cause to 
 ropent it. I make not this remark from mere considerations of my own per- 
 sona interests, winch, of course, will be greatly aflected by this abandon- 
 inent of th(. post, but because I sincerely believe that a defence will entail 
 less dis;ist..'r than a march through the vast wilderness we shall have to tra- 
 verse, hampered us we shall be with women, less able to bear up a-ainst 
 fatigue, privati,.ii, and disaster. As tlu- Indian or,it(;rs say, ' I have spoken I' 
 and now, ,sir, 1 have the honor of w^ Iiing you a very good day." 
 
 ' W ell, what says he— what does he intend ?" asked Lieutenant Ehnslev 
 wtio was lingering near the gate, waiting for the return of his father- 
 in-law. 
 
 "He is an obstinate, conceited ramrod,'' returned the latter, peevishly: 
 Init you will know all to-morrow, for h.^ really intends to do you the honor 
 
 to consult you in the morning." 
 
 '"But what is his decision'? You have not said." 
 I' To give up everything to the Indians, and retreat forthwith." 
 •Can It be possible?" e.vchiimed the officer, perfectly indignant at the 
 
 cominunicMLion. i . o 
 
 "Even so. Alas, for the jxior women, and the ladies particularly! what 
 a niareh for th.n, ; but 1 go, meanwhile, to ' s.t my house in order.' 
 u.-ll, iUmsley, all I had garnered u|. through a (juarter of a century of 
 incessant toil, as a heritage for you and yours, will, I fear, be utterly lost." 
 
 • txod h ess you, said the oOicer, grasping his hand, "think not of that, 
 lucre are hir weightier considerations at stake than those of a merely pecu- 
 niary nature. The lesson Maigaiel has taught herself-to be contented to 
 ive on a soldiers pay-will not have altogether been thrown away upon 
 lier. 1 tie loss of her fortune is the least calamity to be dreaded." ' 
 
 'Nobly said, Elmsley. Well are you worthy of her!" He warmly 
 shook the hand that still lingered in his own, and then turned the angle ol 
 tl»e gateway leading down to his own dwellino-. 
 
 ^'U 
 
 1 - f^rr 
 
wao-kan-oee; or, 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 " For we to-morrow hold divide,! co„ncil."_i2;.Aan/ III 
 
 appeared in the II^ .'Junu ? n '"' ''''''^"■' '"'"' "'««^"'>' *"h -"en 
 
 bright and silker/fl -r woXd v ll '■'^'""T"^ f''"'" '"' «"-Iy ''our. Tho 
 hoisted by CoriidlvixSf t^l. i; tt k ''"^i ''""'^'^' '^'"' ^^^ 
 garmon would lo..k uj.on it witJio viW 1 1. )' "'^'-""'/J '"■■*" ""^ '''° 
 of her wl,o Imd worked it, and d si „?r V' \"'- '"'"'^■" ''" '''^^ ''''I" 
 
 fully expected would bo .'e ou that n ■' T''"'' "^ ''»« P^"'ty he 
 Already had he decided on fie of h nmnbe wf I ""^^t ^''' ''^'^^^ 
 be selected by Konavn(> on (L n "'^""'"''^' ^"''o- '^e^'d*-^ Jiirnself, would 
 
 number. But even of diesrsuci, "'^*''"',\''"'V""'''"'<-«'^'^»t*' «»'ne fifteen in 
 came forth and linge^'d t ll "ta S" i e il t"?-^^''-^"1"" ^•'^™-^>-'^ 
 women and ehildrc^, gathered n^P .a. h' ^"n""° ''•''^' """' ^^J"'*-' 
 who would be the fom.nato ones^ e eSJ^L if "'''"'"^""•' '''"•^'""^ '"^^^^ 
 loved wife of their favorite *''* x<^<zo^^^l of tho rnuch- 
 
 uniform was tho fi4 on tLf l^^^,, • 'tS^ '"a^^'t ?,f 'T '' ^ '"« — ' 
 for on that occasion, the truaitl at t >,' fl i ?^ ^''^'^«tor, then Elmsley, 
 and lastly, much to tJio^ u , Hs o/ .^^^^^ 
 
 eyes were fixed upon hL Z ove l . "''^''''- , ^« ^^ W<.acl,ed, al 
 
 the pallor of \n} ^.T^:^^^^^^^^^^ ' '-^■"'P-''''y >'" 
 moulded itself into a tear it w^i^iS^^^^^^^^ '" '""''^ \'''''" ^^"^ m^lanco 
 they held their aprons to th.-i e^sCd wVi' W^T' ^^' ^''' *''« ^^«>»e". 
 pany the Vi,-.i,lia„ touch h^J f ', 2'>''^ 1 ^" ^'"'""'S ''is com- 
 parade, and, passin. close by Elmsle ? w 0.0 i '' •^'^"""^'"d"' of the 
 
 w.th mud. interestrhe si^niJcanS ;;;::h l>?in,^ ^''" "^<^'^^ "?- ''"" 
 
 inwards', to' f^iS' a tS^s'uar: '""""'""' " '^^ ^'^« '^'^'"P-^ ^^ -'-eled 
 
 g4^Toffic:r^"""P'^^'^'>'^''' ■'"''> -''^^ the square stood the little 
 
 ^^^SK''';:i^rZ:L^:r ^^^'^'^ "^^'^'^^-^ - ^e unyded . 
 thi.; morning." ""^ '""'""" "'='^^^'°» ^''at we find oun^elves asse.nbled 
 
 ^o^^^tJ'I^J^^^^^'r'^y''^ lionayne. The looks of the mea 
 repair the evH." ''"°*' ''' ""'^ ^'^ ^''^ P>'epared to do our utmost to 
 
 " "'"' ' "^' ' '^''" «^ -• >•- '-o'V said Corporal Collins. « who i. 
 
TrfE MASUACRR AT CHICAaO. 
 
 53 
 
 not ren.ly to volunteer to jro out nn<l recover Mrs. Ronayne, or dio in the 
 attfinid. You liiivc l)iit to say tlio word." 
 
 " .Silonco, sir ! How (lure you i)reHurno to speak in the ranks ! Cori.oral 
 Loll.ns, from tins .liiy you los.- your stripes,— a fit cxatni.lr, truly for 
 a non-comnnssion.-(l officr to net to tiie men. Mr. El.nslev, you will "soo to 
 this. - ■' ' 
 
 The lieutenant <,'ravely toudieil his hat, l.ut r.'ph>(l not. 
 
 " It IS not for this purpose that I hav., ass.nil.ie.l you," resumed Captain 
 U.'adh.y. Much as is t„ b(, deplored tiio unfortunate .occurrence of ye.ster- 
 clay inatl('.-8 ot de.-per importance must cnirage onr attention now " 
 
 M«ny ot the men shruir^^ed their shouldn-s, and looked their discontent. 
 Iliry could not imatrme wlnit ho meant, or what could be of more import- 
 ance to them than the recovery of the lost lady. 
 
 Th.> parade was once more called to attention, when Captain neadley 
 proceeded to read to them the document that has been so often before the 
 reader, 
 
 "You .see, gentlemen and men." he continual, when he had finished the 
 perusa^l, ' how intricate is our i)osi(,ion, and how little choice there is l.ft to 
 us to (u-eide in the matter. It must be but mere form to ask your opinions ..n 
 tile sul.j.^ct, tor the dnections of the (;eneral are so [.ositive that our duty is 
 implicitly to follow them. Mr. Elmsley, as the oldest olHcer, what is your 
 opinion ;' ■' 
 
 All had heard with the greatest surprise the unexpected communication, 
 but there were tew who were of the ojiinion of their commander, that their 
 safety would be best insurerl by a retreat. The men, of coiirs.>, were not 
 expected to have a voice in the consultation, but it was desirable -that th.^y 
 should hear what th.-ir respective officers had to say, and therefore the sub- 
 ject lijid t)een opened to the latter in their jirescnce. 
 
 ;' My opinion, Captain Hcadley," returned his lieutenant, " can be of little 
 wciglit in a matter which you appear to have decided already ; however, m 
 It IS asked in presence of the whole garrison, in presence of tlio whole t;ar- 
 rison will I tiive it. On no account should we retire from this post. Our 
 force, It IS true, is small, but we have stout hearts and willin.r hands, and 
 with four good bastions to protect our flunks of defence. we"niav make a 
 better resistance than it appears they have done at .Mackinaw, should the 
 Jirithsh deem it worth their while to come so far out of their way to attack 
 us. My own impression is that they will not, for there is iiothin'r to bo 
 gained by the conquest of a post which commands no channel „f communi- 
 cation, and therefore oft^rs no advantai^e to compensate for the sjierifice of 
 life tiecessary to take it. Certainly, nothing will be attempted unless Detroit 
 Itself should fall. The British fmces will have too much to occupy them 
 there to think of weakening by dividing the troops they have in that quar- 
 ter.. On the other hand, should wo undertake a protracted match to Fort 
 Wayne, encumbered as we are witli women, and children, and invalids, there 
 IS but too great reason to infer tli;it parties of British Indians, apprised of 
 our march, tvill hasten to the attack, and then our position in the heart of 
 the woods will be hopeless indeed. These, sir, are my views on the subject, 
 nor can I conceive how a man of common discernment can entertain any 
 other.' •' 
 
 " Mr. Elmsley, I merely asked you, in courtesy, to pronounce your own 
 
 lit 
 
 ii 
 
 
 .?••-* — — ^ — ■!~j^,..A * I 
 
•f:r-.:fi:. ' •:■■ 
 
 WAU-NAN-OEK ; OB, 
 
 opiniun m,t indirectly to pa^s ensure o„ thoso of your .uporior,. I have 
 
 " Who s, o.iU ' vv T '^^ ^" '""' "'" "''^"1'^ «'-^ monfh.s." 
 lie.. I . W ' . '''"'" /" •''"■■^''"" '"^- "•■*^«'-ti"" ?" thund-rod Cant 
 
 ti«tt i« but „ i„„„i I ,i,i „ " ; I ; I '■:,'" t»""'\'"« »».;.«■ i ».«, 
 
 ».,ci, » ,„o,„.,,., i. ,„i,pi„c„,i, ,/,„i „„, ,„t; ;,„;;," »'• ' '" """"'■• »"■• "■ 
 
 u„„2:J^X;;«,r;:;' S';'i,i;: "r- """■""' * ■•■"•"■ ?•« »'■«" ■■«' i.-- 
 only ,,e to *.„,,.r.:r'„r n".'™;.™'; ,i''T:i';r:;;i^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 caiiin-.\,pou us rif Z. ' '? *''?' ^'"'"^ ^"^' P"'"'*^'' '-^ tl'^'">), 
 
 strapped will, tk' o d km los \n ' '"!• 'r'"'^'"'^' '''^"' •^"" ^■"^•^'^^''1 "» ^ 
 
 bone,] old paii^ras ii Sr Vr"'."' ' f ""'".'"'"^^ "l'^" '^"'"« '•''^- 
 " And tl „. , 1 ' ''/'^''-""-'a to show themselves to an eneniv " 
 
 ijy Hit jianuh ot Mrs. Konuyne, and run up 
 
r«i 
 
 THE MAB8ACRK AT CIHCAUO. 
 
 sa 
 
 tlicre on {he dny of her own marringe, on tlio fourth of •Tuly. T hoisted 
 thi'rn witli my own hands this morninif, l)cciiii.--(! I bi'liovcd we were goinjj 
 out to till! I'fsciio iif that di'ar laily, ami, in my mind, I can unly say that it 
 would b(! much easier to send out half the force for her, with u few 
 Indians for scouts to point out wiiere the red devils are, and then, when wo 
 have got her safe, to return here nnd defend the place, or perish under the 
 ruins." 
 
 " Oof' bless her!" exclaimed nearly half the men, turning their eyes 
 towards le rustling flag, which a slight and rising breeze now disj)layed 
 in all it, graceful bc:iuty of color and proportion. " Hure enough she 
 worked it, and we are ready to die; under the same, if she only be here to 
 see us." 
 
 " God bless her !" repeated the women in the distance. " If our prayers 
 could Im' of any use, our husbands should run all risk from ihe Indians, so 
 that we miglit see ht-r sweet face again. Oh, let them go, captain !" 
 
 Despite all the deti'rmiriaticjn he had formed, Hoiiayno could not -land 
 this new feature in the scene unmovinl. lie drew his handkerchiel luistily 
 from the bosom of his uniform, and carried it to his eyes. The recollection 
 of till' fourth of July, so recently jiassed, came with irresistible force upon 
 liis memory, and even while his own heart was made more desolate, this 
 universal manifestjition of the regard in which his wife was held ati'ected 
 him deeply. 
 
 " Nay, Ml'. Ronayne, rather than ^^xhibit this emotion before the men, had 
 you not better retire?" remarked Captain Headley, in a low tone; "their 
 excitement, too, will the sooner subside when you are gone." 
 
 " Sir, if you assume a weakness in me," returned the officer, haught..y, 
 as he removed the handkerchief from his eyes, " you are wrong. 1 came 
 here not to ad\ert to th(> past, but to do my duty. I confess I am touched 
 by the honest and noble feeling of my comrades, but nothing more. No 
 entreaty of mine will be urged in support of their prayer. I am prepared 
 to sink my individual loss in consideration of the general danger." 
 
 All the men were taken by surprise. They had wondered from the first 
 ut seeing Ronayne come upon parade, with a manner so different from that 
 which he had shov n on the pH'Ceding evening ; but they had taken it for 
 gianted that he knew of an intended sortie, and, relying on its successful 
 issue, was only waiting for the order from Captain Headley. 
 
 A loud shout was now heard from the common, and presently one of the 
 two sentinels that had been stationed at th< '■ walked quickly up with his 
 firelock at the recover, and reported to C '.n Headley that the Indians 
 were mustering strongly about their encampment, and seemingly more 
 paint(!d than usual. 
 
 " This is as it should be," replied the eommamling ofhcer. " The day of 
 council shoidd be a gala day. whatever the occasion, and doubtless they are 
 making prejiarations accordingly. It is well, however, that 1 have changed 
 the hour of our consultation from twelve to eight. We liave now more 
 leisure for our own preparations." 
 
 " And these are. Captain Headley, permit me to ask V remarked Mr. 
 McKenzie, who had stood at some distance from the parade, without inter- 
 fering with the preceding discussion. 
 
 " To distribute, sir, as directed, the stores belonging to the United States, 
 
 

 wau-nan-okb; or, 
 
 bear us bravoly t Wh " ' '' ''" """' a««erabhnK for tho council, will 
 
 »ti^t"'":^'X:t "-;!:;:'[' '7> ^«^''": 'T'- -" w-« «t,.rtled ; 
 report, aoveral ^ ,1, m^ t 1 'f ""1* 'T'^'''^ '■•'•'*^''' '^""«'-'^'J t" ti.« 
 
 ^.^„ uy bullft.. li.e Indiana i,a,l never before attempted 
 
 wi;h'lri;i;^^';i^;ti;;iji:h:;^rf ^ i^.uo.at,>,„i..." ....„,,,.k.d n...... 
 
 moment. Tl.'oy , , t eh "^, l' Z ■' V"'^- ''''"'•"•'^^''•l" "^ tl.i.. particula 
 a way i„ whici; thl^^nltl^Mij^'Il^I^':"^ '^^ "-'^'"^ ^''e A,„ericlvn flag in 
 
 pos;i!:;:ii;,;:Ss^r::;e,rurut'5' ^^'■•f-'^^= i«t the«cntries bo 
 
 and nK-n, no distri^^^ m^ ?, o n" . "' "'t."' ' ^'f "'''^' '^"^'' ""'^'-"•« 
 incon.id.'rato act of ne oi tu / ^ '"■ , ' " '!"' '''' '' "H"'"'- ^l"" ^'>o 
 
 to their truth but nu' n li V 1 u^ " "^' ''"'^ ^ '"'^''' ""7 <'""t^t '« 
 
 unprepared ;•, S>ew I V''' ^"'" f,*^ ^''"^^ ""'"' ^^'"'"'^ »«vcr 
 stripei." ^'"^'guicy. Corporal Ooiiins, you will ro.urae your 
 
 wi^e'irlr:.ir,l:;;d:t'hn:?ri.n? '^'^-i^ ''-- ^"'^•-'^ ^'- 
 
 hour of council. *' ' ''''^'"^ ^'"^ P''^'^'^"' P-'-paratory to tho 
 
 ClIAPTEtl XIII. 
 
 teru-Uonnvne sauntered , ecE m^ 1 "n ''"'' *" '-^gimental subal- 
 
 thesecmin.:indili;Mvnirheh.l ^ V"■"v^^^^^'''^^^ Notwithstanding; 
 of his wlA^there wc,^';^ tit J T "if '"."^""^ ^'^ ^''" '^'^"^^ 
 at his !ani.-ua..o were „of ,ff I '^i ''''°' ^^'»''t-'^*-'' their surprise 
 
 ■silently and wi,i, unus.ud let .^-a'^f^ "ach sold.er on his way, (hey 
 strong sympathv-toucl ed the • e"^ i •'"'" ''"' ""^""^''^ ^'"'i'' "^a 
 
 looked lonJ and anx^o ' ^ ostte ^ r'ti; o''"'"'"'' '^^ ^'^"^ ^-^^'' '-^ 
 object, towards I lardserabbleefVy' "^''T "' '""- ^^"'^'"^"t an 
 and there, with occ^'i:;;;;' '':f;o .f ^J .l^^"? .J^l'^^'i -- 'Jotted, here 
 Berpent.ue course of the sihe • riv " "."f ""» "*-■ 70 to distingui.Ii the 
 
 ^ungin, Indians to who,n aolJ i' ,as b tlC tld' '1^;" '"" "^"' "'« 
 be unusua excitement !n fl,..;,. ,.. . '' , ^'"'' • ^''^''"'^ appeared to 
 
 particnlarly were fbe e " / ^^ ^''"""P-^ ^^ ^I^' voungi^^^varrio;; 
 retire from the gate and io n f i ^^ '''^'''f^on. He was about to 
 
 finished distribut,],,: h^ tu d bu fnxl ^''"'^7' ''^'' ^''^ "°^^ "-"1/ 
 neighborhood of ILudscrabebi anx.ous to take one last look of thi 
 hoile just emerginc' t n ' J; ' !7'' TI-^?'^' ^'^^ "P«" '''^ ""^"i"" of .' 
 
 partially conceafed^y "e J. . of u^'lndian' 1° rf T"" ,""^ ^''''' ^^^ 
 / ii„me ot an Indian that stood at the side of tho 
 
 1 
 

 Tnr Hamaohb at ciiicaoo. 
 
 m 
 
 } 
 
 horse. lie looked ngnin— tlie .listiiny.. was too ^(ri'ftt to enal)to liim to 
 
 judLre di-stinctly, hut h.; felt convinced the rider was a woinati. Tlicre wiw 
 
 a telescope kept in the ha.stion near the i]n^sUM\ f„r the use piinciimlly of 
 
 the ,)tluM-r nt tlu guard. He walked rapidly to this, and drew the inntru- 
 
 ment to its proper (.,cu,s, but when he looked in the direction in which he 
 
 hcd hetore gazed nothing was to b.> seen. Vexed and Hiin..y.'d hcvond all 
 
 measure he dosc.-nded again rapidly to the gate, hut with no lM;ti.-r ^uc 
 
 cess. H,. could n(.t doubt tliiit it was his wife whom he hud seen yet 
 
 unwilling to breathe the knowledge even to himself, his heart was a prey to 
 
 the most contradictory feelings. In a few moments, h..w.'V(.r, the horse ho 
 
 had before remarked again apj.eared emerging from the same point of road, 
 
 but this time he no lonj-er carried a woman but a warrior, so that all means 
 
 of identitying the former were denied to him. Hut still ther.. wiis evidence 
 
 suflicii'nt. The horse was evidently Abiria's, though with its tail twisted 
 
 and plaited us for disguise ; and us llonayn.- with the glass brou-ht fully 
 
 to bear upon him, saw (he rid.'r throw over his shouldt-rs and fasten rounil 
 
 his n(!ek, u blankcU, and place on his head a colui-ed calico turban, su.h as 
 
 was in common use among the Pottowatomies, lie felt satisfied that it was 
 
 the same youth who, in the disguise of a Miami, had pressed him so closely 
 
 in the chase of the preceding day. 
 
 Strange to say, he mtertaine'l no feeling of enmitv towards the youth, 
 oven wlien he; turned away with feelings of mingled bitterness and niortiti- 
 cation, and silently ascended the bastion to rei)lace tht; glass. Never was 
 his mind more unsettled— never had he enter.,iined so [H-rfect a sentiment 
 of indillerence for everything aiouiul him. It was very wi-ll to talk of pride 
 and scorn, an,l fortitude, but .•xistence to him bad become a dull wei<rht, a 
 raylcss future, and nothing would have pleased him better at that moment, 
 than the sudden announcement of a Ibitish force being at hand. In the 
 stirring excitement of action only eould he hope to find distraction, and tiie 
 ball mnu'd at his heart, the sword poiht<Hi to bis lliroat, he would ]ia\e 
 scarcely de.'med it worth his while to seek to turn aside. The roar of artil- 
 lery and ol mus(|uetry would, he ft;jt, be music to his ears, provided it shut 
 out from memory the recollection of what, liad been. Hut the iilea of a Ion.' 
 and moMolonous march to b'oit Wayne, even provided it should be effected 
 without inlemiption, bringing witii it at eacli moment recolKctions of the 
 past was ti horror not to be endured ; and he determined, by every means 
 m his power, to oppose the re.-olution of the cumniaiidino'oflHcer to the 
 uttermost. He was already under the ban of one threat. mcl couit -martial, 
 and It mattered little to liim what steps Captain lleadley might adopt in 
 regard to him for the future. 
 
 He bad pas.sed sone moments in the.so r»;Hections— fitful, varied, and 
 broken as those of i disconnected dream— when turninu' his eyes attain 
 towards the gate where the sentineU had been posted, he saw one of them 
 bring his musket to the charge- as if to prevent the ingress of some one 
 seeking admittance. Struck by the cireumstance, Konayne hastened below, 
 and as he advanced ho saw the same sentiin'l pick up ;i" piece of paper, the 
 superscription of which he was endeavoring to examine. IJefore he 'had 
 time to do this, however, the officer had come up, and the sentinel promotlv 
 Landed it to him. ^ ^ ' 
 
 " Good God ! what tloes this mean V It was the handwriting of his wife. 
 
 J 
 

 
 W WAU-WAX-OKB ; OR, 
 
 Ronnvno locked forward upon tlio common, mid saw at nboiit ii hundred 
 var.lH Ix'fc.rc him, and rotirinfj ripidly, the horsemmi whom he had just 
 Irt'toro rfmiarkcd. Thi-ro wa.s no uecoMsity for anking any (|ueHtionN. The 
 whole thing explained itself. 
 
 " WImt, .-an slu< have to say to me?" he mused to liimself. as he broke 
 the bark string with which the note was tied ; his eompetitor of yesterday, 
 too, the hearer! Hastily he unfold.-d it. It contained these few words, 
 hastily written in peneil on a l..af torn from her ni.-morandum book— " (Jo 
 not to the council!" Iltj exainin.'d the papor clus.'ly— he could tin<l no 
 tnor»!. 
 
 The f.'clings of Ronayne, on reading' these fi-w words, traced by his wife's 
 well-renirrnbered hand, may be comprehended. AH the snibbornness of 
 his inditlerence was shaken ; and sinkin:; every consideration "silf he finitid 
 a strange, wild pl.'astire in the knowledge that she was fri'c from personal 
 restraint, and had power to command the services < if those whom she willed 
 to do her bidding. What the meaning of the caution was, in reirard to the 
 council, he could not divine, neither whitiefoie it had been couched in such 
 laconic terms ; but it was evident that, as the new wife of VV'aii -nan i,'ee, she 
 had ohtaiii.'d information of some danger of which they in the frarrison knew 
 not. ami that the recollection of those 'she had left behind was not so weak- 
 ened as tf) prevent her from imparting to those most interested what 
 she had learned. 
 
 Feeling the neces.sity of communicating instantly with Elmsley on the 
 sidjjeet, yet .scarcely knowinir how, without exposing Maria, to account to 
 lun lor the inannenn which he had received the singular warning, he .sought 
 hi.s friend, who had now Hnallv disposed of his men at their several posts 
 nnd told him that, without f-eiini,' himself at liberty to re\eal to him the 
 medium through which the suspici.m had been awakened in his breast, ho 
 liad every reason t.j believe that some treachery was intended at the coun- 
 cil called by Ileadley, and that he had come to consult with him accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 \\'itli infinite good taste and tact, Elmsley utterly abstained (mm making 
 t he .^]iirhr,.st allusioi, to Mrs. Ronayne. n(.t oidy bJcause he had perceived 
 that h.-f lui.-baiid did n.4 seem to encourage any approach to a subject 
 which gave him pain, but because he f.dt that the consolation of those words, 
 on .an occa-sion of such bereavement, was rather a mockery than a sympathy.' 
 Without, theietbre, making the slight' st allusion to the j.itst, he answered 
 gravely— 
 
 "If you have reason to apprehend this, Ronayne, we can take onr pre- 
 cautions accordingly. As the whole object and intent i>{ the council is to 
 mm to hold a consultation as to the course we ou./lit to pursue in this emer- • 
 gency, wheie.as it is simply in fact to enable Headley. who is becomiiKr 
 stublM.rn and pompous asof oId,to tell the chiefs that he intends at once to 
 distiibule tin; public stores among themselves and warriors, and then march 
 with little more than the men can carry on their backs ; as tl-is only, I 
 repeat, is his object in holding a council at all, I see no great reason why 
 either you or I, who have already given our opinions on the matter, should 
 attend it. W,. may do the ' state .some service' by remaining within." 
 
 " \Vould it not be well," returned the Vir<rini;in thoUi,ditfully, -to aivo 
 Headley some hint of false dealing on the part of the Poitowatomies ? "not 
 
 I 
 

 THI UAMACRE AT ClIICAOO. ii 
 
 ■iicli HH to li'ml liim lo l).'li('vt' tlnit iitiy dirt^ct int<'llif».'n<'f> lias l)e«»n n>c*>iv«d 
 of thill fact, liiit .sitiiply that Motiii; \um<i liintH have Id'cm tlimwi) mit." 
 
 '• iMy (loar follow," n!luiiiotl tlu^ lw!Ut«iiant, with a faint sniili', "do you 
 think t Ill-re i« anything; utuit-r thn huh — s<'urc<>ly even thtt tomahawk in hi^ 
 own brain — that cuiiM pcrnuadt! ilcadloy to mistrust hi)« pi't I'ottowatoniict ? 
 No, nut t'vun iiis lon^' cxpiTiince of the trcaehcry of the ract' — luit all ]\\h 
 knowlinl^'c of the ticklpnesH of tln-ir cliuractcr— of thn facility with which 
 they turn over in a single day from the Anieriuan to tho Hrilinli Hag — would 
 convinco him." 
 
 " And yet," pursued Ko^iaynt>, niusiiisfly, " they know notliinji; of tlin war. 
 What cuuld l)c their motives, whcri- tlnir imini'diiit« intcicsU will Im rather 
 retarded than jironioted by the maintenance of |ieHceful relations '»" 
 
 " How do we know what pa-MHcs without the fort? They may have h.id 
 their runners and news hiniight to them of the war heforu Winnebcg 
 returned." 
 
 A sudden thouy;lit flashed across the brain of lionayiie. (?ould tidings 
 of the event in any way be connected with tho flight of his wife ? and had 
 that, at the instigation of Wau-nan-gee, accelerated the moment of her 
 departure ! liut Elmaloy know not what he knew, and he offered no remark 
 on the subject. 
 
 " it wants now an hour," resumed Lieutenant Elmsley, looking at his 
 watch, " to the time named for the council which is to be held on the glacis 
 immediately in front of the southern bastion, and, therefore, immediately 
 under the flag, .loin me here then, Hoiu-iyne, and I shall have made the 
 necessary arrangements. All the leHponsibility 1 take upon myself, my 
 friend, not only .is your senior, but as one who i.s perfectly willing to take 
 the lion's share of the anger that has bee ii showered so plentifully upon both 
 this day. Now I must hasten and regulate the ' imperiiim in imj/erio,' for 
 1 am alVaid tiiat if, as you say, wo trust alone to lieadiey's reading of I'cjtto- 
 watoiiiie faitii, we shall have rather ;i I'lemish account of satisfaction to 
 render to ourselves. Good bye. In half an hour — not later." 
 
 Honuyiio, liaving nothing in the meantime to do. sauntered towards his 
 own .ipartnients 
 servant of his w 
 
 the covering and solibing violently. 'I'hi,' depth of her sorrow was anguish 
 to him. lie shutlled his feet along the Hoor to make her sensible of his 
 presence. The girl heard him ; she looked uj) — her face and eves were so 
 swollen with tears that she could scarcely see. Klie st;irted lo her fe(;t, and 
 raising her a]iron with both hands to her eyes, left the room sobbing even 
 more violeiitlv than betbre. 
 
 " Poor gill — poor girl !" murmured Ronayne, while a tear forced itself 
 into his own ; ''indei'd I feel for your grief; but it wilt soon subside ; you 
 will soon be well, while I " 
 
 He threw himself, dressed as ho was, even without removing his sword, 
 upon the bed — he took out Maria's hasty note — he read the words " Go not 
 to the council" at least fifty times over. There was not the minutest par- 
 ticle of each letter of each word that he ilid not typify in his heart, (lor 
 delicate and expressive, yet faithless hand had traced the whole. It was 
 enough. 
 
 VVlieii he entered his chamhi'r, Cathaiinc, the faithful 
 wa^ leaning along the foot of the bed, her face buried in 
 
 It wiis the last relic of herself. 
 
 m 
 
WAP-PAw-oM . OR, 
 
 '"HAF'-IKFl XiV. 
 
 ' '■' ''"' '" ■"• ^■"' •■ *"•' y^ «h«t n..„...n.. ,ou „..rlv, 
 
 1/,.. /, f /„ jf,„„i Sitlhimi. 
 
 Corporal Cnlli,,. at tlu' X^ X^Z^:' ■''''''' A' '""•'"*^ '^""'"'"•'1 
 
 witncH. „f t|„. .i,.,„|,„',„ ,„,j;f ?';.'''. '"'"'">• :'•" l""l b...n n pained 
 
 -ii"'>.i; tli- suh„..,„„„t part „r the ni.r ' ^"1' ,'""' v"<|f-l Ix-r eyes 
 tlH' pr..(i;.,vd lianll ..f ^,nav .. wl f ' ' ,'' " '"" '\ ""'■'■"••""t-lv took 
 
 rh in l.or .Ia>u.e that , i.d I r. ' . ' "'"'^i''^..^*''^-^""!" *"■ «^•"• 
 
 [ 
 
 •athy in her glH,.,e that Hid' all "tlu. '! '^""""^^':*'"'""'''•" *''' "-Vm- 
 
 'H.ci all the iM.w.rs «( ,Holt-|w«e«i.ion uC tlie 
 
 latter. 
 
 H'.w ditVereiit was that hn'ikfHMf h>l.l . c i .• , .. 
 
 "'•'■asiu„8! ll„w often .11 ;,, '" '''■ ''"'Vvhal ,t l,,.d l.,.,,,„„ farmer 
 
 and hi. wlf. ,,a..akon :r |. uZm{ \ " '.'' 'r'''^"' '""^ '''^""V"« 
 lovo could reid-.r then, a . , ^ ' ''i "" ?' ""•'' '"'"'■^■^ "^''^ "^ KnUiHed 
 ho.t..s.s, who, full .,(• 1 L^. V 1'/ " r"-' ' "" "'' ""■ '""■'''''° 
 
 l>enrand um,!..,,, ha.ns (h h.vu ■,',"''"?■• '"''• •'^■li'-'i'>u.slv-dri,.d 
 
 fish fro,n th. Superio . ,d ,1 ^8 %; 7 ' •': ""l' ^"^''"'.V-.nok..,! white 
 
 'ahie wa. left untuHtcd. A nd m .H t . '"'''^ ^' "•"•■'"'i*''^ "*' ''"'^ "^ '"-''• 
 play of h..r own aptitude in th.C .;,"/" " f'"'-' "^ ostentatiuun di.- 
 
 ^';;::,ii;r,:::;h:;i:!;:i-E;rr''"r'- 
 
 llie l)reakfa>>t was now a hurried ot.,. I. i .. i , i 
 "^"Hl care. The direeth. h ^ fT ! ,2 " "? '""■'""•'' "'"' "'« 
 't was heavy us -he hearrs . , ' I, '"""■"' "'" '" '"" ^'■^"^'"^ 
 
 -ever n.ili.i.c-laret, of whi h Ki, Z .^ ' li;;; !';"!:"'' ;'* ''• "?'' ^^'■" ^Le 
 gol.lets, had l„,t more than hal ksT.^ ' "'"'^'" ■"*^^""^^^ ■^«^'^''-"l 
 
 one of thai one, huM.y par y „ . f , , ^ *"^'" "':''«.; /"••, oh I there was 
 
 absence had crated. """-"-"' '■'''^''"^•^ "' l'»' d'fp void her 
 
 '^^:^'^:::^^?:^ ^^ ^"edoor 
 
 mies, with Winaebe.r at tie hUrw "'V'""''"''''' ^^ ^he Pottowato- 
 
 wherealar^e avvni.;:^ o^e at ihe si le "rf^'"''"^' towards the gLcis, 
 uionuny's parade. " ^ ^" '"'*''' ^""^ l^^*-*" erected soon after the 
 
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 Tin MAMACm AT OMirAOO. • ^ 
 
 '' Witiniibcjf at Uidr head, diii yoimny. (.'olliriiT" 
 K.r ^""'m'' L^'.'I" "\'} "*'"' ''''"-f'"- • know tho,H ,w w- Il-W«t|. 
 
 c....t that n.v..r Inuk. »n«mlly, iV^-to-tuni. 'IVy ar. all in th.ir wJ5 
 ftiJ!.!l '"". w?' !" '"""• ^\"'""'"V i^ vvith them." mmirM Kln..l...y to lii» 
 
 io, , f •";"':{ '""•^^■''"'f' "' "• i'*^ '^••rj.-anl Ni.,.„ had that iht^ 
 
 pound T I u.. up rnu, tl.H u|.p..r H.H.r cf tl,.. block-houn... C.llirw T 
 
 lh..y nr... at work nt it now, ,,■ | ,.xp,)ct it will Ijc all nu.lv bv tli« 
 tJmo your honor ^.-Ih tluT.-. Mr. Klni».> v." ^ ^ 
 
 " Vou arn on f»uurd at tlm gati- ?" 
 
 '* I liavt! Iniiii whiT.! you {hmtod im, gir," 
 
 "Good! In Captain I li'adloy j(orit< out vot?" 
 
 V.l^v\r\ ^'"I"" '""""■" ' '"*' '"'"• "* ''•""'« "'""«• «•» ♦'^'^"f'l--' Doctor 
 Von > olti'nt)fi'>( f( roomt. 
 
 oo.'.^yr. '"."/ ^"'.'"'V*''" "'*:"' Hnnayno. until lui g-'os forth to n.sH..,„|,lo the 
 count il ullurwi.,. |„. may nantcru and play tho d-vil with m all, hycoun- 
 ti'rnianding my arrant,'. inenU.' ' 
 
 Eln,Hl..y ; I am .uro ( would nut; fur, if ov.r .li.,,!...!'.... ( .|,.,n ...uild 
 
 b(! justiti.'d It IS on tliit ornwioii." 
 
 '; [ do nut ..xaaly Hay that I would, K„nay,„. ; hut it ,s just as well to 
 . vouJ clash,,.;. ,f ,„«H,hf.;. I conf. ...H I an, nu parti.u.lar advocalo, when, th« 
 tlung can b,- avu.< ot wdfully and .h-lib-ratoly thwarting tho atithority 
 
 couH„an;r'' '''" ''^' "■"'■• ""' """' '"' '-^ ""* '^'" ^''" '■"^^ ' «'"'" ^'' i" 
 
 m.n.T,!^")'' ''7-''»">""««''^"';^' •^Ri^'*''- '•"t.r.-d. It wan W.ston, who, that 
 
 manduig odicT s imiTifdialu orderly. 
 
 voM Itrvf""'!! ''''"''"'■' ""-" '■''''"'" '''''''■^''* ""' '"^ *"'J' ''""' ''^' '■•'* waiting for 
 yo.i and Mr. Hunayne to a-conipany the .loctor and himself to tho council." 
 
 lliL'ii, said the .subaltern addressed, " vou will give my cumpliinonts 
 VVcHton toC-aptain Headl.,v, ,u,d say to him that b^th Mr! U^^^ 
 ni)selded,ne attending that couidl-that we do not think it prudent to 
 loave the fort without an ollkvr, aiul that we conceive that havirnr .'iven 
 our opinions on the matter for which the coiuicil is calU-d, we can be of much 
 more service here than there. Now mind, Weston, yui, will deliver this 
 messag,. respectfully', and in a manner b.Miiting a soldier to his sui,erior " 
 wilhdT'"" ^^' ''"'' ''*'''''"''' ""^ corporul, as he touched his cap and 
 
 _ " Voij will have a visit from himself next, Elmsley," remarked liis wife. 
 
 But why refu.se to attend the council ? There is nu enemy near us. and 
 surely halt an hu,.rs absence on the glacis cannot tyuch endanger the safety 
 ot the garrison, surrounded as we are by friendly Indians." 
 
 " Margaret, my love," said her husl,and, taking her haijd affectionately 
 
 we must trust nothing to chance. No one can tell what may not occur in 
 tne interim ot our absence. Who, for instance, could have foretold yesterday 
 morning that we should be ub we are to-day ?" 
 
 "True," said Ronayne, as he paced the room with sudden and bitter 
 
^cnlly imp.Ni.ll i,ii,.„ him«.lf V.l . , """" , ""■ ""If t«»»»tri>l •© 
 
 1j..M|,K,rw,i.,,K.ii,M,|.,.,M.,|. ,,,,,! inw«IM i .„„,,„ I|,.,d(, , i „, \t, 
 
 how..v,.r, t., fWII.Mr hi,,, in « f,.w i,..„n..nu V"., . , '"'" '"" P''*"»""'» 
 I .-i.1.1 „ut r..,i.t llu. r,f II T.. i / "' '"r '^••"" "' •" • •"" 
 
 you ..., H.,„.^,? ;...., ^ 'i,r..;;;:;:!:^.:v;i;;2i::^.''^''''''"^''- ^- -- 
 
 <»f .u-ourtmurtial u" n iuMr „ L . T • •'"'*"'""'' •P'-'Hr.,-,.,! hy «,.„t;„r., 
 
 ynum of yo„r fri..n.ls tlw In '"","'.'"' f'"" .'n,., taming «„„„. little .m- 
 will .tat,, /., vcu." """' «"'« wi>l«n.itirm now. L„t..r, I 
 
 zk'lls;';;.^!;;.;;;;; t; :;;;;;;,:;';r''^''^.'f 't;':'' : ^•■i'''"'» ^'^- ^f-'-n. 
 
 I.is l.nt an-l pn.,„.n.,l7. I , " , ;":''"\V'^ ln.s < aui^ht.T, h- rcplacj 
 
 i.ut.uyou .«y th... -i. „ot :•£! ';;;:t'M„:' ;;:rMl:::.;H'^^"^^' 
 
 "u-n coui.ll,e spaJd h. "^^^ / ''ck. Wlu.t 
 
 terns. The .„i.: t.K.k hi. Ir' :'"''■' *"'"'•''" »'»* '«" -""''"l- 
 
 manned two .,f u;:;, i^ n>;,,- ^l^V'^^f'T ,''l'' ^"""' ''"^'"-' 
 Not 1..SS than four |„„,J , ' 'f i' "' i" ' '"'"''• ••""''" ''"'I- 
 
 tlH- awnii... whi . a tt^ i^^^^^^^^^ "''':";'''■'' :""' '•'l^"" tLdr place, und.-r 
 -Mr. McK.;.i./ wh n I ; ., ''" ""' ^'.'P^'"" "'"'H'V, tho Doetor. and 
 1-bited in half w , 1:^ r thoTrmT'. ''''"'"''■ "T ^"'"^'-- ^" -- 
 .M-mber separated fro n th ,, ah , bodvlil 'rf"''"'"''"'- "?^' '' f'^^'mUhMe 
 -.. . their .rp,.i., .. ^l I^^ J^/ti^JXi d i^^^p.^ 
 
" ».t^;, "^ 
 
 TilR MAMACIta *T flltt'AaO, 
 
 H 
 
 
 ' Mllk'b tibMlliMfN«liOfl W..-^ • >Mi. -i^. <t til ^111 , >lMlt loiiliil 1 \riil' 
 
 m<iti<»i.a *■ mI om vwng Indian, m<iri< ilurini^ tltmi lh«< riKt, Ktriuk lii« tniiiA. 
 'I>'' '•" liMir. No iiitlu!<« wiwt titkiri nf lliU at: lirit ; but 
 
 i ,' tlinl till 1 . |H'r<ti'vi-r>'ii in ih<ir < Imiior mul ditimiKt fur mlinit- 
 
 itimi*. Hoiinvntt, whii wm in thu blool houii», nriii'r«>(l i|i» thro' poiindor to 
 U- Hrrd tiviT ihi'ir lu-iidv Thi«i at otu'o hnd ihc' •'tF.ct of di-f unl 
 
 drivintf tluitn toWHrd** ttm gliu'iit, which thiy ii>>w titinulluou id, 
 
 iifn'i«liitii( loudly itnd angrily to tlii chiftW, wliu iiitirruj.ti d ill. th • vi-ry npi'ii* 
 iiiK of thM tuiimil, v«'t riut mori> itururinid than llu- two ortici'is wiri' on 
 htiarin{( the j^un, had Kttirt<<(i to thttir ft'i>t and turtit'd their uyra toward* the 
 fort — lh<j flimhin^ li^ht < f lhi» torcbtw Mntf now dintitualy vinihlf. 
 
 )l'hi'rc luMfiK no r<'|ntition, howev»»r, of tim njiort, ('a|itain Iltadli'V, who 
 had IxMii ciin'xfioncd l>y the 4dii«>fs m to ihf enuM^ < upltunt'd tin? disilmr!* 
 hy attrihiitin^ it to accident, or an mtiMitiunon llii> pitrt of I.iiuti ii.inl LirM 
 U-y to coniplitru'nl thi' opninK of tho council. Hut lhoU)i;h l\» HtuuA this, 
 h« liid not hiiiisi If tx'licv)' th>tt<>iiii< r wan ihi> ruaxon, for iic \« ih well awnrn 
 that M') pii'Ctf of ordiiani'c had Ih-ch in th<' lilockliuu-*** <>arl) lliat innr.iiiiK, 
 nnd i!on*»'<|iu'iilly, thai it iniutt hu\« hvn plm^ud th.-rt- from itoiiu' vai;uf idea 
 •if «hm^«r foiini't!t«!<l with hi^ oUh'tTH' nfuMnl to utti-nd tin* i'ouii<il. lie had 
 obf»i'rvi'<l, with sonit' Hn>Wy, th«« iji'lhrriii;^ of tho indiauN around tho nnU>, 
 and without iH-in^ a! Ii to und'rwland itn «xact charactor, cntiTtaiiu'd n 
 vugut* iinpri-MHion that Monio dan^i>r wan impending, yet hy a Mtrangi> con- 
 trHdic'tiun, nut at all uncotnuion, v>:m more than uver annoyed with Hlni^lcy 
 for manili'sting ^iw optialy mmI markudiy ibe divtruHt he (.ntertained of 
 their nllicN, 
 
 In an increajted dc«ire for oonciliation he now i(->iini..'d tho routicil. The 
 chii'lH wcr« duly inl'or'-.icd, lluough Winni'lx'g, that war 'lad been declared 
 bi'twcHMi Oruat Brili;n un-l the United >^tuti'M : that the American general 
 commandintf on the fiontier had sent on' ts to evacuate the fort iinme- 
 iliati iy, and inake the best of their way U Fort Wayne, under the e-cortctf 
 tho l'otti)\v;iti>iiiie,t then pro^.ent : but tliiit, before the nitreh comnieni'(>d, 
 he (Captain lieiulley) was, in onler to (thow the frienilHlup of the I'nited 
 Htates, to dintribute among the chiefs and warriors in the neighlKirliood all 
 the |iroperty of the go\ernnuiit, in e(|ual f>li(»e.s — "not only all stores of 
 elolliing and iinpleineiils of the eliMhu hIkiH be divided among you," he con- 
 cluded, "but the pruvUinr.s and ammunition, which latter we. have in abun- 
 dance. All we ask in return is nafn escort to Fort \\ aynt!." 
 
 No sooner was this last announcement made when the glacis w;is fdled 
 with triumphant yelli from the warriors. The chiefs themselvcM, with the 
 exception lit' I'le-to-tum, wlmsir cry had l<een the signal for tli>ir clamor, 
 preserved u dignified nilence. The eyea of Mr. McKeii/ie and Winnebeg 
 sought earl, otli t, and tlwre was a pained expression of dixap) ointment in 
 both that revealed at once the cause of their concern. TI'C foimer bit his 
 lip and muttered, as he turned away from the Indian to Captain Ileadley, 
 the word " fool." 
 
 " Sir, did you speak i" a*^ked the latter, half coloring as he fancied he 
 had caught the word. 
 
 " I have said anil think, Captain llendley, that in this last act of folly — 
 the promise of ammunition to tho Indians — you have signed our death-war- 
 rant. Ho one acquainted with Indian character can misund'."^tnnd tho 
 
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 WAU-NAK-OEE ; OB, 
 
 (evYmg wliicli pfrviidos, not tlie chiefs but the wnrrini's. If anythin? were 
 Wiintiiifj to satisfy me it would bo r.)un(l in the yell of .sntisfficlioiii' will, v.liich 
 that promise was icccivtd. Tiicy are t(X) diuiik with liopc ovcii t.. stop to 
 iiKluiic. Trciimsch's cmissaiii's have been anuitii,' ihcm. Mritish intluonco 
 has hceii at wmk ; hut we will talk of liiis later. The chiefs .seem stirprised 
 at thi.s discourse between ourselves." 
 
 "Gub'oernop," said Winncbe;,', solemnly, .-md in his own broken En<,dish 
 phrasi'olooy, "iis tJie head ehief of the I'ottowatoniies, I return thanks to 
 our Great Father for the liberal presents lie has made to our nation ; but I 
 think it will he better not to <,'o away or crive up the ammunition, lieeauso 
 we iiave plenty of cverytliinj,' to dofend the fort for a lonj,' ti ne. (rive my 
 warriors blankets and elolhs, and tli(\ s(piaws trinkets, and ki ej) the powder 
 safe here. We can kill the cattle and nake piminecan. If a force comes 
 to attack you, we can attack them from the woods and the sand-hills. 
 This, gubbernor, is what I have f'^ .„iy." 
 
 "And I,"' remark( 1 Pee-to-tum, starting to hia feet and with fierce ges- 
 ticulation, "insist, in the nam<^ of the warriors, that the wishes of our Great 
 Father of the United States be done. lU', has said we shall have the pow- 
 der, and we will hrve it — and the rum, and Kenzie's strong drinks, too. 
 Father, I have spoken." 
 
 AnoiluT loud and triumphant yell from the warriors groiqied around too 
 clearly evincnl tiiat there was danger to be apprehended from tho.-<; they 
 had hitherto looketl upon as their friends. Captain ITeadley felt ill at ease, 
 for he was conscious that he had irre\ocal>ly conimittod himself; and, what 
 was more mortifying to his pride, lie was coniptlled inwardly to admit that 
 his subalterns, although at the price of di obedience of orders, had, in thi^s 
 instance, evinced far more judgment and prudence than himself. .Still the 
 pride of superiority— mayhap c^f \..rity_\v;is in some measure dc|)rived of 
 its humiliation, as he consoled himself with the reflection that tiieir precau- 
 tion must have been the result of an in''ni:itiua of some change of feeling on 
 the part of the warriors, whereas he himself had been left wholly in igno- 
 rance on the subject, and led to repose confidently on their good faith. 
 Still hi' sliuddered as he thought of those within, at what might" have Ijeen 
 the terbulence of ih(> young men, evidently encouraged by the dark Pee-to- 
 tum, liad they gained admission into the iort. 
 
 B'eelir.g that things had arrived at a crisis, and that it would not »>" pru- 
 dent to provoke those; in whose power they now unqnestionablv were, ho 
 remarked calmly to Winnebeg that the word of the Father of the LTnited 
 States was pledged, cc-ld not be withdrawn without dishonor, and that, 
 therefore, his resolution was unchanged in regard to the distribution )f ;he 
 powder with the other presents, which should take jilace on that lery spot 
 on the morrow. 
 
 \Vinne})eg looked angrily round as the yell of Pexito-tum marked the tri- 
 umpli and satisfaction of the latter at this ren'-wal of the promise of Captain 
 Headley. It was uttered, not in gladness for the gifts, but .as though it 
 would express the knowledjVe that the donation was ct)mpelled--not to Ixj 
 avoided. Mr. McKenzie had difficulty in restraining the nervousness of his 
 annoyance. 
 
 '_' Then,, sir,'' he said, addressing the commanding officer, " >-inco we are to 
 assist in cutting our own tliroats, it seems lo mc that the most prudent 
 
THE MASHACRR AT rurcAon. 
 
 coui-sp tn piirsii,. wiH bo t 
 
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 liidi.iii.s lu li.'lj. (lit'insflvos, whil 
 ae.stiiiM(i()ii." 
 
 •0 cvcrytliincf stdndins/ !is it 
 
 \\'liMt! iind without escort? Tl.Mt, indoed 
 
 wo riiMidi as lapidiy as possibl 
 
 is, nnd allow the 
 
 to our 
 
 claimed Ca|,tain IlcadI 
 
 woul(J i)i. madness." 
 
 ex- 
 
 hUfnm .1.,. ,.,cort wc havo ,„ost reason to 
 
 tiiined the trader. " \V| 
 
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 iniiebo 
 
 S say, sup|,( ,. liirn (hihl, 
 
 Nfiy you. Wiiinelte.rV' 
 
 apprehend danffor," ro- 
 
 ;ht 
 
 rf;„.„,K I (• ' • ^' ,""" '^""•"■'•iior not .stay fi. 
 
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 CH.\PTKR XV. 
 
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 iH'.r disobedience of his comn.and to them to bio v' Jim t' ' 1. T 
 
 «„,. Who,, this full „,rtpo,„i„g of their souls had su^bside^ ,|,S 
 
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 WAU-NAN-OEE ; OK, 
 
 Tiearts boat lighter, fall Ui-cv, ami there wiw l6ss scru]ilo in eiitoring on tho 
 Bulijc'i t of the iinmi;ili:ite future that awaited ihein. 
 
 Wliil,' they thus Silt euuveisiii^- in a strain of eunHdence and t'lidenicss, 
 whicli liiii iiunicdiato trials tu which lliey were about tube exposed rendered 
 more exquisitely keen, Mr. MeKeuzio anl Winneheo; entered urmnnounced. 
 At the sijrht of C-'aptain IIea(lie_ , Iiaiid in hand v,ith hi.-, v.ifo, v.lic .at '.'pen 
 his knee, tlie fjrmer would iiavc retired, but Mrs. Ileadiey, witliout at all 
 displacing herse!;' or affecting a confusion she did not feel, begyed him to 
 remain, adding that, as she supposed Winnebeg and himself had impor- 
 tant busine.-s with Captain Ileadhiy, she would retire into tho adjoining room. 
 
 She rose slowly and nvijestically, Imwod gracefully to the trader, and 
 took the hand of the chief, who as lu-artily returned the warm pressure she 
 gave it. 
 
 " God bles.-, him squaw I" he said, feelingly ; " Winnebeg always love him. 
 Lay down life for him." 
 
 '• Thank you, good Winnebeg," returned Mrs. lleailley, warmly, while a 
 faint sniili; played upon lier features ; " I am sure you would do that, but 
 let us hope it will never come to the trial." 
 
 " Hope .so," returned the chief, a:^ he shook his head gravely, and 
 followed with a mou.nful glance the receding form of the noble-minded 
 woman. 
 
 " Captain Hcadley," remarked Mr. McKenzie with severity, when the 
 door was closed on her, " I am come to use strong language to you, but tho 
 occasion justilies it. If you do not rescind yoiu- promise ot powder to the 
 Indians, ilie blood of your wite, of my daughter — of every woman and 
 child — of every individual in the garri.son, be upon your head ! Sir, you 
 will be a murderer, and without the poor excuse of oven being compelled 
 to pursue the cour,se you have. Was it not enough to promise them the 
 public stores, without e.xciting their cupidity still furllier ? Did you not 
 hear the in-olent I'ee-to-tum declare that not on'y ho would have all tho 
 ardent spirit as Avell, and not merely that, but what was contained in my 
 cella'-V When men — and Indians, in particulir — use such language, do 
 you think it prudent to put the means of our certain destruction in their 
 hands ? Do you think it likiily that, when ouce they have drained to repletion 
 of the maddening liquor, they will hesitate as to the manner of disposing 
 of the powder so recklessly, nay, so guiltily, givei to them? No, sir ; let 
 those articles be theirs, and wo are lost, irrevocably lost! Speak, Winne- 
 beg — you hear — you understmd all 1 say — am 1 right?" 
 
 '• Yes, Kenzie right," returned the chief; '• .<orry give him powder — young 
 warrior not oliey Winnebeg — Pee-to-tum bad man — make him wicked — no 
 give hin) powder, 'iubb-^rnor !" 
 
 All the extent of the indi-crelion of wliich he had been guilty now, for 
 the first time, occurred to Captain lloadley, and he could not l>ut agree with 
 the tiader, that the results lie foretold were those tUe most likely to follow 
 the distribution. 
 
 " But how am I to act?" he returned (his pride causing him to ri'ply 
 ri.th(!r to Winnebeg than to Mr. McKenzie; ; " how can I rt^tract the promise 
 I have so solemnly made without incurring the very danger you seem to 
 apprehend ? It will never do. Pec-to-tum will then sow disunion between 
 us and our allies, and then where will be our expected escort V" 
 
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 TBS MASSACRE AT CHICAOO. i,:§| 
 
 " Ciiptaiti Ileadley, are you wilfully bliiid tli.it y..ii do not perceive you 
 have lust all power, fill iiifliionco tocommaiicl wlicru most you seem so much 
 to rely? Why, sir, it is (ilear that they an; only waiting' for the delivery 
 of the presents to throw off the mask. IJelti'r wo'uld it have been had you 
 
 allowed them to yut the fort and ciioo<efor ihems.-Ues In t^oir <;.:ver:!c:;r 
 
 lor plunder, they would have liiifrered at least a couple of days behind^ thus 
 enabling you to effect your mareli without them. Better that, I say,' than 
 the suicidal course you have adojited ; but far better still it were had you 
 boldly ntsolved to defend the post to the last. Vour daring and your 
 determination would have awed the Indians. Your present evident weak- 
 ness and vacillation but inspire contempt." 
 
 " Mr. McKenzie," said the captain, rising with strong indignation in his 
 maimer, " this language I may not, will not hoar with impunity." 
 
 " Nay," continued the trader, " you shall hear, for I have a right to 
 speak. By your conduct, all are imperilled. For the men it were not so 
 bad ; but the women ! Indeed, no language can be too strong to express 
 the dangei-s you have drawn around us all. Have you no thought of your 
 own noblo wife V 
 
 The door opened, and Mrs. ITeadley stood once more before them, calm 
 and composed, but with a countenance slightly flushed. 
 
 " Ileadley — Mr. McKenzie, excuse my intrusion, but I could not avoid 
 overhearing this unpleasant argument, which can tend to no benefit in our 
 strong emergency. Think me not bold if I intrude in this matter, and, as a 
 woman who has passed not a few summers of existence in these wilds, offer my 
 opinion. With you, Mr. McKenzie, I i).rfectly agree that it would be highly 
 imprudent, in the present changed state of feeling of the Pottowatomies 
 generally, to supply them with ammunition which may be used against our- 
 .selves, and, with Captain Ileadley on the other hand, deem that it would be 
 impolitic to exasperate the young men by denying that which they now so 
 confidently exjieet." 
 
 "And iiow, dear Ellen, would you -olvc^ the dilliculty ?" asked her hu8- 
 band, smiling. 
 
 Mr. McKenzie spoke not ; but his eyes were bent upon her with mingled 
 surppse, respect, and admiration. 
 
 '• You may keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the 
 hope," she replied. " Did y()U not say you had appointed to-morrow for 
 the delivery of the presents ?" 
 
 '•J did. To-m.)riow at twelve. Everything will then be handed over." 
 "Then," resumed Mrs. Ileadley, "what more -imple than to produce, 
 among the other jiarcels, a single ca^k of powder and another of rum ; and 
 if asked why there is not more, to oiler in excuse that you had not known 
 your supj)ly was so low. No doubt, Pee-to-tum and those who, with him- 
 self, are discontented, will e\)iress dis;')ipointment, evru indignation ; but 
 that is a very secondary consideration, when we consider the importance of 
 withholding the gift. On(> cask of ]iowder and one of rum divided among 
 four hundred wariiors will not amount to much after all." 
 
 " All very well, Ellen; but what is to prevent them, if they fancy them- 
 selves duped, from forcing the store and discovering the deceit that has 
 been practised ? Then, indeed, will they have some just ground for their 
 fury." 
 

 •• wau-nan-okb; on, 
 
 "I Iiavc provided against that." she ropliod. "I mean that Winnobog 
 •hall call a coiiik;!! of his youii;,' men tliis niglit at twolvc, so aa to keep 
 them away from the fort that thoy may not know wliat is .roin:; on ; tlicn, 
 when all is still, the whole of thd men can h.- .■mpr)y(!a in ivmuvin;,' the 
 casks of powder and licpior, rollinsr thdii some into tlio snllyport" and 
 emptyinij their oontents into th« well, which you know is built" there as a 
 reservoir in the event of a sieije ; the remainder, conveved throuj^h the 
 northern gate, the hends knocked in, and the contents thrown into the river. 
 If they should search, fh,^y will find nothing." 
 
 " Good !" said Winneheg, who perfectly understood tiio proposition, and 
 had listi'iicd to everv word. 
 
 " Indeed, indeed,' Mi-s. Headley," remarked the trader, " who will not 
 admit that there is more resou-'co on an emergency in a woman's mind tiian 
 m all our boasted wisdom put together ? A better plan could nut have 
 been devised. Vou will adopt it, Oaptain Ileadley '?" 
 
 " Most certainly," he said, fervently grusjiing the hand of his wife. 
 "When did my Ellen ever fail to better my judgment bv her sound 
 advice ?" . ^ . 
 
 " And yet, but for our little misunderstanding, Captain Headley— a mis- 
 understanding not pei-sonal, but simply of opinion~we should never have 
 had the advantage of iier most wise umi.iry. Tliis is certainly an illustra- 
 tion that good sometimes comes of evil." 
 
 " And now, gent'emcn," said Mrs. Headlev, plavfiillv, •' that I have con- 
 ferred upon you the benefit of tiiat wisdi^m you seem so properly to appre- 
 ciate, I will again leave you to yourselves." " 
 
 "God bless him !" said Winnebeg, as he took the hand that was again 
 proflered to him in tlie most friendly manner. 
 
 " My ammunition and liquors r^ust be destroyed in tlie same manner " 
 said the trader, who now rose to take his leave. '' Only three or four of m'y 
 voyageuis are at home just now. You will allow some of your own men to 
 assist them, CapUiin Headley." 
 
 "The moment the public storcn are destroyed, they shall all do so" 
 replied the captain ; "the work caimot be too spet'dily'done. Think yon 
 Winnebeg, you can keijp your young men in the encampment to-niWit •'" ' 
 
 " Try lum Gubbernor— call him council— speak him of march lo Foit 
 Wayne ; spose young Ingin come, good— spo.-e liim no come, sleep till to- 
 morrow. '^ 
 
 " Very well, Winnebeg, you must arrange it as best you can, but contrive 
 at least to keep them from prowling around the fort.' At midnight, then 
 Mr. McKenzie, we shall commence the work of destruction. When yoii 
 have made your own preparations, and wish to come in for aid, follow the 
 subterranean passage that leads from the river near your warehouse to the 
 sallyport ; you will find the m(!n there bu.-ily engaged, and ready for you 
 the moment they have emptied the contents of our casks." 
 
 The commandant waved his hand in a familiar manner as he concluded 
 and the trader and the chief withdrew. ' 
 

 TlIK MAS8ACRK AT CHICAOO. 
 
 69 
 
 CIIAP'J'KII XVI. 
 
 " r.iK I iiin (vjiirttttnt iiH tho nortliorn »Ur."—JaliM Ctrmr. 
 
 Ti.K r,MMui,Kl„r „[• tluit. .lay. tl.c V2lh of Aii-^ust, pass«l ovor witliout 
 mcidoMlHit not without H.ixmty; for the hi.li.ins. no lorurer induhnipr i„ 
 tho uKlol,.,,,.,. or tl„. wi,^nv;tln ,„■ tlio mnivity uf th,' clmHts occui.ioa'th'm- 
 sclvc.. witl, n.ni.u,.,^ l,,,|,i„g, wivstliiii.. j..m|,ini:, thiowi.,rr tho n,,!.- sfono 
 quoit, .,„< hr.ni. nt u ta.-ct with tho bow. li ,„i^r|,i ha,,, secm.d ns tho,..h 
 tUoy soiij,rht io iiitimulato, as mu.h [)y extitu-nmc^ ',|-. nirits as bv a (liM,lav of 
 numbers th.. Iittl. irurrison, who, it was cLar. from the Wosinir of the ^ito 
 and the t.m.,r of ,h,. o,,,,, mu lon.^r,.,- reganl-d tlu-m with the coafidence th.-v 
 had cvtT hilhiMto niaiiifrstid. These .sports won, ovidpiillv the nrokulo to 
 homo ulienor purpose, either itninodiate or' not distaiitlv n>m..tc, and the 
 oncM-gy w.tii which they were f.jllowed. attested the excitomont with whiol, 
 the aooomphsh.nent wa. looked for. It seen.,,! as thou-h non. wouM per- 
 mit a .n.,mont ot .epos., to the bl.,od unt.l th.- fond object for which it had 
 been i!Xeit,Mi sjiould iiave been attained. 
 
 All this was remarked from the tort ; but, notwithstandin.r a vi.rihmt 
 lookout was kept up, raj.tain Hoadley ha.l j^iven o.deivs that if small .l^utios 
 01 th.i Imhans should seek a.lmission, it was not to bo refused to thorn, 
 iliis uiade the duty <.x.vedingly severe, for the men, being compelled to 
 work ... harness u,.d..r a sco.^ehing si.,., suffered greatly, and none wi.-o so.rv 
 wher. at the close of the day, not o..ly thei.' own task had j.artiallv termi- 
 nated, but the jaded T..dians, drunk with |^,o much joy and excitement 
 wei-e s.v_.n wendmg lazily for the night to their seve.-al places of repose. 
 
 At about m.dn.oht Cai.taiii Ii..adley and his officei>, stood, not together 
 )Ut on d.rterer.t parts of th.^ lampart, wa!ohi..g the onca...p..„>nt of tt?H P„t- 
 tow^atom.es. Afost of their thvs had l,..en extinguisho.l, but tovva.'.ls the 
 cent.-e wl.e.'e st,.od the tent of Winneb..-. the.-o uas a b.io-l.t tliokerincr 
 glai-e aroun.l which fo.'ms of men could be seen moving to the moa.siir.-d 
 sound ot tho faintly aud.blo and monotonous d.-um. 
 
 " Now, th.^n, gentlo.nen, is iho mom..nt f.)r e.vertion. Winnchocr has ovi- 
 de.itly found it easier, in their present bun....-, to got his warriors into a 
 war-danci- than a sober cou.icil ; but no matter in what manner, provided 
 tho.r detent.on be socuiod. You will now move vour men to the stores 
 and. in o.-dor not only to prevent accident, but noise", see that all a.e pro- 
 vided with their moccasins. M.-. Klmsh.y, v-.u will take command of the 
 party conveying the ammunition through ilu- sallyport, and omptv it into 
 the w.ai ; a.id you, .Mr. flonaync, will proceed through the nortiiern gate, 
 roll the casks which 1 have diiecte.l each t.. be c..vo.-ed with a blanket t.j 
 the edge of the r.ver, caiuse thi-ir heads to be forced in noiselessly with 
 ch.sols then e.npty the cntents-powder as well as rum -into the stream 
 ^o light must bo used .to betray your movements to the Indians, or to incur 
 th.. risk .,t ..xplosion. One lantern only hangs up in the store out of tho 
 r<-ach ot all harm, and it is transparent enough to enable you to see what 
 you aiv about, to distinguish tlie sove.vil casks, those contaiiiing the powder 
 a.Ki ruin, from those in which are packed the bags of shot, fliuLs, gim- 
 ^crews, cV:c. All these latter you will throw into tho well, with the spare 
 
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 WAU-NAN-ORi; OR, 
 
 ■i 
 
 muskots, tlio stocks of which must bo noiKelossly broken up. This opera- 
 tion will taki' up Mm" Iioiifs, f^i-ntJeiii.'n. Tho nij(hts aro not lorii,', un.l it will 
 rwiuiio iill the time uiiiil d.iwii to oitiiipli'ti! thi" work. Now, tlii-n, lli.ttyou 
 h.'uo ynur iustiuclions, prucoi-il to work with your n-spectivt) |>arti(-(. For 
 Diyscir, I shall suporiiUeiul tin) whoh;." 
 
 Without rfplyiii;,', the two orticcMiiepirtod to exocute tho but too ttgroo- 
 ahlt- duly assi;^r,|(;J u, tln.m, while Wm VoUenlxTfr, who hml paiil his "pro- 
 fessional visiiH I'oi' the nigiit, wiw in.-tnieied to keep a vigilant lo./lututou tho 
 common until dawn, in order to detect any movement on the part of tho 
 Indians, bini,'ly or in p.arties, to ajijiroach the fort. Corporal Ore.i,, whoso 
 sitclit wa.s remarkable for its keenness, was iiinlructed to ke.'p paeinj; the cir- 
 cuit of the r;iiiipart duiincr the i:iy;lit, and to report to tho dix-tor, for wlionj, 
 in consideration of his h.-inj,' a non-eonibatant, a chair had been piaeed in u 
 sentry box uverluuking the encampment, anything remarkable that ho might 
 observe. 
 
 Nothing jiarlicular at llrst oecurred during tho execution of thi.s iin])ortant 
 duty. The casks were silently rolled, knocKnl in, and ; mptied in the n.'ll imd 
 river.^ This took up many hours; but towards dawn, as Ensign llouayno 
 was following at some little distance in the rear of his men, he ihoiighl ho 
 observed a dark moving form as of a man crawling upon his b, My, and 
 endiuivoring ti) ajiproach as near as possible to the >pot when' tlie men were 
 at work. Impresse I at once with the assurance that it was some one sent 
 by I'ee-to-tum to watch the actions of the, garrison, \\<' advanced boldiv up 
 to Ihm, being then distant at least tift) f.'et from his party, and near tho 
 awning which had been Ict'c standing for iht; accommodation of tho Indian.^ 
 who Were to reeei\e their preijenls the next day. The jjruwler, finding it 
 iniposMble to elude the oIKcer in tho ].■ sition in which ho was then gliding, 
 suddenly started to his f-et, and sought to escape detection in tligiii; lint 
 Ronayno, who was a veiy quick runner, and moreover woie moceasins as 
 Well .-IS his nun, soon came up with him, when t,he Indian rapidly turned, 
 and, upr,ii>ing his arm, prepared to strike a desperate blow at thJ ch-st of 
 tho unarmed youth. Jiut even while tho knifo was balancing, as if to select 
 fioino vidnerable part, another iigure starteil .suddenly from bTdiind a part of 
 the awning, elo-^e to which they all were, and gr.i>|mig the arm of tho 
 assailant, d<'.\ter.)Usly wrested the weapon tVou) his hand, and Ihmg it far 
 away from him upon the gl.icis. 
 
 All this w,is the work of a niomenl. The spy turned iiereely upon the 
 ititruder, and, saying something iiereely and authoritatively to hiiii in Indian, 
 strode lei.-erely away. lionaync eonid not bo mistaken. The lirst was 
 ree-to-tum, and even if he could not have traced the gracefid outline of tho 
 welhkiiit lignre. tho soft and nui.iical voic" which ivphed to tho seornini' 
 threat of the iiorco chief sufficiently denoted it tu be \Vau-n;ni-iree. 
 Heavens! how is this? U'au-nai 
 
 i-gee !" he asked, sternly, yet trem- 
 bling with excitement in every limb, " why came you hero ? Why have 
 you saved mv life? S|)eak ! are you not my enemy 2 WTiere is niv 
 
 wile?" ' .J } 
 
 All these questions were asked with the greatest volubility, and in 
 a state of mind so confused by Mi- host of te'olings the ])iesence of the 
 young Indian inspired, that he icarcely comprehended tiie latter as he 
 replied : — 
 
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 THI MAHRACHK AT CHIOAOOi 
 
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 " Ah ! lovo him too much, Rotmyiie wifi; — love liim Uonayiin too — Wan- 
 nin-i^'i'c (V'u'iul, ilcnr iriciid — Wni-niin-t,"- <lin for liiin — JU)niiyii« wifc in' 
 irigiii cam|i— piilo — pale, viry iinicli !" 
 
 " An-^\v<M- nio," MiiJ Kdimyiu-, grasping liim \>y tho nhoul<li'i' in puro 
 »»Xcit<'mt'Ut, "toll mu truly, \Vau-iian-g<'<i — I will ncit hurt yon if you ilo --• 
 hut till nic, on the truth of an Indian warrior, is not my wilV; your wifoV 
 (lid slu not gi) to \ HI V doi'H she not lovn yuu "'" 
 
 " Ugh f" <'.\('laiirud tim boy, with an cxprc'-.sion of di rp melancholy in 
 his manner; '• Wan nan-gi'tMovf him too much, 1 tit not make him wifo. 
 Sposo him not Ronayno wife, thon Wau-nan-gcc : d'w liappy spose him 
 VVaii iKir -gtM! wifc. Foci him doro, my friend — fed him heart — o'l much' 
 sick for M.iiia — Init Wau-nan-goo Ronayiie friend no hurt him wife." 
 
 " Can all this be possihie ?" |io cxclaiinod, vohomontly to himself. " Oh, 
 what a iiobto, wliat a generous being ; he restores life and happitiess to my 
 heart ! Hut still I am not yet convinced, the joy ij< too groat for such ii^ht 
 tc-'timony. One ((uu<tion more, Wau-nan-gee : why did my wifo Uwe this ? 
 Did vou porsujcl.- her to gu?" 
 
 '■ VoH, Ilonayne. Wau-n;m-gee tell him go. Shiih !" he continued, as? if 
 enjoining silence, and louking oautiouslv round, " no speak, Ronnyno— Ingin 
 very wiekod— kill him irarrison by by— Rimaync and Maria — Wau-nan-gco 
 friend, di'ur friend — Wau-nm-gce save him'— Ingin kill him— Maria cry 
 very mncli, promi.-e no." Then drawing a handkerehu-f from his jiocket, 
 which till otHcor recognised, even in the gloom, as that which he harl thrown 
 down at Ilardscrabble, and which w.as sub.scquently waved from the window 
 of the farm-house, he hand>(l it to him. 
 
 " Now, then," he exchiimed, " is all my doubt removed, and again am I 
 the happiest of men in the assurance of the continued love of the adored 
 one. Oh, VVaunan-goe, my friend, my brother!" He threw himself into 
 his embrace : ho pressed him forcibly to his heart. " Oh, how true, how 
 ju^t was the fi-eling which caused me not to bate, even when I tancied you 
 had most injured me ! Wau-nan-m'c, you must .always be my friend ; you 
 must be Maiia's friend ; you must love us both !" 
 
 " Yes," said the Indian, warmly and with dithcully maintaining' the stoi-- 
 cism of his race ; " Wau-nan-gee happy to lay down his life for Uouayno 
 and Maria ; oli ! R.;navne," ;ind he took the hand of the Vinxinian and 
 placed it on his chest which he bared, "can't tell how much Wau-nan-geo 
 love him Maria — watit to make him happy. Sujiposo Ronayne eunie now 
 with Wau-n;m-gee — take him to squaw camp. St;iy there till battle over. 
 Yes, come, come !" 
 
 "Noble and generous boy! how do you win my very .«oul to you! 
 returned the officer, as he again affectionately embraced him. " No, no, I 
 cannot do that, great and severe as is this sacrifice of inclination. But what 
 battle do von speak of f 
 
 " Letter tell him all." said the vouth. " Not say Wau-nan-gee say so. 
 
 " Wau-nan-gee,'' said Roiiavne', impressively, " no doubt there is danger. 
 We all know it. Wjls it not" you who brought me a line from Maria this 
 
 mornui! 
 
 ?" 
 
 " Yes, my friend. Pee-to-tum say attack him council. Wau-nan-gee tell 
 him Maria write — afraid to say much " 
 
 " No doubt, then, we' shallbo attacked before many days arc over> but, 
 
 •twv 
 
- WAU-hfAW-OEE ; OH, 
 
 thank 0(i<l. nho nt loMt is safe. W«i ..i 
 
 th« ,.amn ufyuur women VVl. ,,'."•"'>"". >'>'» fuiHt ti.ko cnro of b-r ii, 
 
 «l.all hav. a lettor »'.. h -r V,,, "";':'"»"'• '" "V"'': t..-.norrow night f 
 
 "pon l.im, biii,!. hi,,, (;>.,!. .M,^,i,^ ^av h m , ^ ^yau-nan-yoo wait 
 "No Whii iw.n ,, . ... 'y '"""'— '"><-*t conic' 
 
 ;r;i':?-,.^-™:""'^«''--"f^'i""i',,z::^ 
 
 II 
 
 «ive nn wit') 
 
 wholly to your caro." 
 
 to th.. ;:n,.an.i,m..nt. ^'*" ^"^""'"'' ''" "-"^"^ '""' »ay cautiously 
 
 thouS; 1 "mi'k! ".Xiii ;:xs': ^r? '"'T'' '--->■ i-t. ..t ■ 
 
 I follow.,.1 him. 1 was ■ o w, Z f '^"■"'"'' ""'' •••=-" ->>'>'>l-. and 
 
 l>o ro.. t„ las IVvt and wSd I v 's 1 h"', '^'"- "■'"!"; ^^'''^n ciiscovo.vd, 
 and wa,,KHl olf tho Wow!" '''^ ■""' '^'" ^^''"""'"^-geo wa« nea; 
 
 '.ir^?ar;rSr'"' ^""' ''■■• ''^""^"'^^ ^^'^ '"• --J o.r tho blow 
 
 regard to Maria",. .. iMon\, L lu ,^^^^ "" •'^''" '^"''^v in 
 
 th« sli..l,t> -t, kMuwI.-d... of V. '".'•'".'• . ,'"■ "'^''' »t ••'">' man possessing 
 
 but n.u- that u: ■: :t. :L: ;::'i.; , "h.:'^ r''\ Y: ";'''■''"•"• '-"^ 
 
 a 1 the purity ui her sputie.s , " Un T • ' '^ ''^'^f "' "''"" ''^''- "' 
 
 i.ity to ■•cnovo the im, ..ess „„ n T '""'^\ ''' '"'^■" '■'" "Pl'"'''"- 
 
 advertin, to the .: uJl'p.S. tf" illr^^S;;-^'' ""^^^^''-^ -''"'>•< vet without 
 
 1-t p:.';;nt;:^tei:;^^':j^- Wau.nao-geo is tho 
 
 of Whieh the yotUlfhas tTu^C^^ ^m' V-"''""^: ''i'^^*^ '«"*"•^• 
 a mystery." '' ^^'" ^■^"•'"" "iucli that is now 
 
 i^ol^l 'i!;5 ;';;Irt 1 1'^n??'' '^'"^T f^-'- tl- .ates we,, once 
 
 tions of the two missives Ti?e .1 ' ■'""' ^^'""""^^ '^' ^''« «"Per.^crip. 
 
 « 
 i 
 
Till MA18A0HR AT CiUCAUO. 
 
 n 
 
 RonayiH) wiw loo impatient to know tlio contmtn of tlio IctU-rn to wnMt 
 furllii-r limt- in tonvfisiittion. At tli.- inNitali.m nf ('a|itiiiu Il.'mlli!). lie 
 entfi-cd and unloldcil llm note, vvliik; th.' (•ominaiid.ini -, .u.rlii il,,. .,i Minn'rii 
 of hiit wifi*. 
 
 Mrs. Hrridltty Imd lliiomi ln-rsrll' tuw.nds iiiiiininy; ca iui- hrd, nuL not 
 to nlcep; iicr mind wiw too lull ol' ii|i|.ivli. nAionn for th.- last roming 
 futun'. and for the nirlnnidioly. ■'ud |)a.>l; an. I. .'v.-n at tin- Mioni«'nt wlion 
 hfr liaslmiid entfrvd, her tliou>,'lit.-< woro of tlit; unforLuiiuto Mrs. Uonuyne. 
 
 "Kroni Maria! is it possible ,'' slio oxciaimwl, as mIih broke th-i heal. 
 •* Wiiencc curnes this? who broujj^lil it?" 
 
 " Wliat think you of Waunan-jri'.- !" h<> answered, significantly — " Wau- 
 nan-<{ee, who naved within the hour her husl.and's lif.' !" 
 
 " Then, liy my .voul, is she iniiociiit !" exelainicd tlie g.nerous woman, 
 riHiUjf up. "AlrniLfhty God, I ihank thee. Oh, how rashly iiave we 
 
 judged; hut let mo read, 'i'lie docu nt is dated fn.m this, the nii^ht 
 
 before her departure ; it is the s.'ime, no douht, she ^lii»uld h.ive imlosed 
 before— not a word in addition. 1 will read it lat«!r. WIumv is Uonayno 1" 
 
 "In the nc.\t room. He, too, has received a communieaiion, which ho 
 is now readini,'. You had better y-o in to him, while I j-ive some directio'-.d 
 to KlinsI, y, wiiich require to bo attended to immediately. 1 shall rejoin 
 you presently.'' 
 
 CHAPTER XVH. 
 
 VViiicN Mrs. Headley entered, unannounced, into the ii|)Mrtment where 
 tho-Viri,'iiiian was sittinjif, he hru^.lled liis hand across his .'yes, hut now 
 they wept not only the emotion „( irrief that he betrayed, hut of joy, of 
 pride, of the t'uliiess of lit"e. He rose, pressed her hand warmly, "and, 
 jrivino- her Mariu'a note to read, took the h.-tter which she jwotlered in 
 return. 
 
 "Ah! Ilonayne," began the first, "what lanijiia>,r.* can express mv feel- 
 ini:;s — my fears — my ae^ony. For the last week 1 have not seemed to live 
 a human e.\:i.-<lene(.'. My mind has been all cliaos and confusion. I have 
 been feverish, excited, scarcely eon-cious of my own acts, and lilled with a 
 stnm<f dread of an evil which I know will cojiie, must conv, alil,oui,di only 
 protracted. And yet, with all the horror of my pu-ition, Jiow miieli more 
 bitter mii;ht have been my self-reproach, my rcnorse. in haviny; neglected, 
 in my distraction, to inclo.-e the packet fur Mrs. Headley, which the noble- 
 hearted, tlie devoted VVau-nan-ifce now conveys. 1 thouiflit 1 had given it 
 to Sergeant Nixon, hut Wau-nan-gee found it hi the pncl,eL of my saddle 
 only yesteiday. Oh, but for the arrival of Winnelteg with the iii'.iliigeiice he 
 brings, it would now be too late, and what, then, would have beenniy sen- 
 sations? His appearance has altered the jilaiis of tlie unfriendly portion 
 of the Indians, who, presuming that the troops will soon leave "the fort, 
 have determined to wait for the division of the store's, and attack you on 
 the march. IJul still they could not restain their impatience, and the day 
 of the council was fixed. All this I learned from VVau-nan-geo, who makes 
 
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74 
 
 WAC-irAK*aMI ; on, 
 
 mo nrqiiainM with rynrythinj^ tli.it i. ^oinjr on. nnd is Imth Imtm! an.l 
 
 •un- 
 
 jH.,'l..«l hv IV,M.,ium,wl... W..UI.I vvillinulv Hml him i^uilty of tn-.ichnry, anj 
 «l.«ir,n him If ho could. I »H.:f-,..| |/,m. in mv .l....p\.,rrow. i,. »„, tho 
 ./•.irert; yoii..'vonaini<lal|.l,,nL(.-.ur.l..t...-ti..,,,".,(- ,» tVvv wunln ..f warn- 
 In.' wlach I kn.-w y.u. nv.m.I.I HiiHi,;i..,itly und-rMaiid. II.- .|i<i «o, winio 
 J,.-. im;r up .....mm-ly in .l.-liamv to tlm «ute ; iirid with n 1..y vnu may 
 wdl u.wl.T.t,M.d. 1 nurkf-d tlu, result. H., far, th.n, has tl„. .t.-p whi.-li my 
 p«t lmi. foryou induced mo to mko, rfig„rdl..H,H of minor .■on.id..mUon». 
 
 hmi of vital *orvic,. to you nil ; f„r .,' I and -.nerou. m Wau .lan-u-.. i*, 
 
 notliiiis,' Hiiort )f \m d.'.'p and r.'.s|wtful attuclim-nt would liavo l.-d him to 
 rovcal tju ...nvt-i .,f !„. [..'onl.,. and tlius .l.-foat their ona-l purprwo. Hut. 
 oh wiu'n 1 M.ink tl.at th.. da..,'..r h only d.-fn-ri'd. n..t r.-movd, how po ,r 
 to jlw consolation . 1 »,.ar llonayno, my h-art is «ad. mul, .ad ! I,a«t niulit 
 Idroam.'dyuu wcriMU-ar, and this morniMjj I awok.. to horror, to know 
 that |,cr h;.i,s, your liours an- numhorcd. wliil.- C.r mo thnr.. is no hop,, of 
 •l-atli, wlii.h ihon woidd !).• a l.i.Msinjj. oxcopt from mv own hand ! Oh 
 suH.r mo not to may m vain if you would hav.- m.- liv.- f Om-o you evaded 
 (oh, howmi..lly!)th,. »<trata.;.-m wliich w„uld hav nav-d your lifo and 
 lonor-whieh would hav.- mad« you an unwillinjx priwnor with thoso who. 
 tor my own safely, hold me I'ai.tivo. 
 
 " Alan ! h.a.l I not hoped that you would hnv.< Iwcn compollod to 8hnro 
 my weary Iwudajjo until the drsid rnsis h:.d parsed. I had nevrr h,...n lu're • 
 and n.nv that tho «reat ohje,-L of n.y h.a.l han failed. I would return, and 
 Shan- th." .Innu'er that s.>rroands you. Ono more embrac« would L'ive mo 
 f,neat.'r >ir^u^ih to die. One more renewal of eaeh well-romemhe,vd tae.> 
 would make me hrmer in re^olye to moi't the c-.mini,' danger, that d.-.n.rer 
 Bhared by all But W;m-nan ,:re,., in ail tl,in..,rs else d.nile a.s a slave, in ,],is 
 denu-H me. In his mother's t^nt I dwell, dis^mis...! from the wretch Pee-to- 
 tam m Indian i^arl). and. alth.>u-|, ,:,,. does not seem to do so, she wnt,-hes my 
 motions elusely. Oh! then, .sinee 1 may nut ^o to v.ai. come f.r a l.rie'f 
 period to your udonn.r wife f Come with th.' occasion back wit). Wau-nan- 
 gee. He will .-onduct you to ii.e tent wli-ie now I am. s.ai... liifl,, distance 
 trom the Lreneral eiieauipnienl, and nevr vi^ii^d but bv \Vinii..be.r and his 
 .son. \ ua will sa\ 1 ,im lait an inditfen-nt soldier's wife to -rive such coun- 
 sol to a luuband 1 confess it; my love for vou is .neater than my regard 
 for your -lory. But what t,dory do y.ai s.>ek ? .M.rcli sNith ti.e tr.'.ops'and 
 inj(lor,ous|y you p .n>!, : fur what ..an avail dercnce a:;ainst tho .U-nnl force 
 I know to be tully Ixait upon your .l.-Hruction. .Join me hero and you are 
 saved—saved tor a long ,„id future course of glory for vour ou mtry— and. 
 oil tar .h..inM- to me, for a Ion- an.l future ..our.M- of" wedd d happiness. 
 Yet, oh. God ! how can my pencil trace this icy l;moM.n-e. while my heart is 
 .l.|s,.ate-loa.,rin--pin,ng for vour presonc-. " Oh, beloyed lion.iyne ! bv 
 ail the vowsot love you ever poured into my willin-r ear— by all th.' tires of 
 F«.ssiou you over kindl.^d in my h.^art, I 'conjure you to c.j.ne, f, a- lean 
 endure this suspense, this cruel uncertainty no lon-.T. To-ni-M 1 sledl 
 count the Ion,,. lon^r hours; and, oh ! if Wau-nan-iree return wm.out you, 
 wi hon one ray of h.ipe to animat.. this birakin- heart, I will not leave "him 
 until 1 have won us promise to conduct me at midnight to the secret en- 
 trance throu-h which ho has so .d'ten gained . imissi:^,,, info the fort ■ or 
 faihng 111 my plea to him, I will make the attcmj-t to fly myself. But dear 
 
 1 
 
 --r— 
 
TUB MAMACHB AT ClilGAOO* 
 
 Hi>n.ivno, if you coiih; ngt, lh<? iii^ttiurA of my ffirii-f will li<' full imi' < <l to 
 t»v<'rrf()wiiij|. I can no longer fiduro thin." 
 
 Much wtw tho i t^t iMitd n( ihc \iiihii|i|iy niii! tli-tiu^tcil Mitrui K .niiviif. 
 'Ilif (locuiiK'til iMlilri!M<'il ti> MiM. Ill utlliy was n)4iii' NoliiniiiiDUx, iiiul wnUun 
 iif t'DurNf iitidir llit> iin|ir<'SNii>ii tliiit >vli<'ii riiul hy tli<i Later, her own li 
 iMintI 
 
 follow 
 
 lid 1)1' gcCUJC from tin' (Imigur it Uctuilfli. ll Wll.>« in ^nli^l m. <• II 
 
 1 
 
 ItW- 
 
 Wiiiiii:in-i,'>'t', who JiM.l Ih'i'm iibsriit for ni-nrly a rtionlh in liic iniim liuito 
 tlii'iitri! of war noar hi'troit, iiiid ln'urd niniorn of iiii inliMidcd attack iijion 
 ('liic.'ij^o, had liii^tcnfd Uiek with j^'r.iit txiu'dition to luuiuiinct' to liin fri'^nd* 
 till! u}>|iroaching dan^(!r; hut inufli to lii^i Hur|<riM>, lui found on liis urrivul 
 that thu tifWN of thitt cvfnt had U'l'ti known in tho tamp ni'VitiiI dayi4 pro* 
 viouMJy ihrouf^h iIh^ agency of certain cinisMuricH who used every exirtionto 
 win the l'ottowutotui<'!« over to TecuniHi h and llie itritish caut«c. A council 
 had heon isi'cretly held heforo thti return of Winnebej^ with th« ditpatch 
 from tjcnerul Hull, and terms had been otl'cred and proposaln made on that 
 occanion which were variously received, ncconlinj; to the hunmr, interest*, 
 and ra|iiieity of the parties. By the majority of the chiefN, to their honor 
 Ik' it said, th«! pro|)(»sal of treachery to thu Americanit was sternly rejected, 
 but there wax one of their number — IVe-to-tum — not a fulllilooded Potto- 
 watouiie, hut a sort of monifrel ('hip|iewa, adopted in the tribe for hi* un. 
 taniahly fiendish disposition, conriectid with certain other inero animal 
 (jualitieM, who was h^utl in his in\eeti\es against the Americans for their 
 Hiiserled aggressions on the India'' territory, and ho, by pointing "Ut the 
 udvantugex that would nccruu to tlieniiielveti by an alliance with Mnglatid, 
 won upon almost all the young warriors to il-eide in abandoning the Ame- 
 rican cause immediately. Thus, allhoiij:h there was no decided treaty made, 
 there was a tacit undd-standing tiiat all poSHibli' advaiitagi; was |o be taken 
 of circumstanceti, and whenever a favorable opportunity presented itself, the 
 mask was to be thrown off, Jn vain l?liu;k I^irtridge, Kee.po-tah, Wauben- 
 see, and other Poltowatomie chiefs declared they washed their lian^ls of all 
 wrong that might be perp"lrated. The yoiing men. or the gicat majority 
 of them, wanted excitrm^'nt, blood, phiniier; and tliey MisLained I'er-lo.tum 
 in ail that he advanced. Hoping, however, that the tumult would subside 
 with the absence of those who tir*t incited it, the chiefs did not like to 
 alarm llie coinmandant bv a knowledge of wluit was going on among them- 
 selve^, but wi'ie conli'iitril with reeoinm<ndin'_;, as jias already been se.ii, that 
 he should remain in detViic <-f his own post rather than coiitide himself to 
 the safe keeping of those on whom he depeiKled tor an e<cort. 
 
 The night of the arrival of War-nan-gee he gleaned all this information; 
 ami tilled with aiixi(!ty for tiie danger that threat U'd th'J wile of Honayne, 
 whuiii really he lovi'd with a deep pa.-<.sioii — yet one utterly unfed by hope 
 or expectation of any kind whatever — he determined that night to enter the 
 fort while her husband was on guard, and acquainting her with her danger, 
 entreat her to allow him to conceal her until all was over. He succeedod, 
 though nut without some risk of being discovered in consequence of the 
 (•xclamation of surprise and almost terror, which Mrs, Konayne uttered on 
 his appearance so suddenly and unexpectedly before her ; but the humble 
 manner of the bov — the I'leprecating yet earnest look ho threw on her, and 
 the lowly posture in which he crouched, soon sati-sticd lier that there was 
 
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 WAW-JJANOISII ; on, 
 
 t;','»-!" 1... ...,.i„ 1; ..::;'';;:'';: ' •'*i7-i"" "<'...".M,i..n.. 
 
 vv««.n.uv,.. J.,, vv,„,s;;::.;m.I:;;',!1;'P;'>""- '•••^"-.i'^mi« km ;.;.; 
 
 »"•'• out of tl„. fort until a I ,, r.M '"' '" ''""" '" -•'^•" *'"r. to t aku 
 
 . An.| will vo„ not m.v« U« ,r,,;' ''■ Tf"' ''*"' " ^l.'^'' ^'''" '"'" •^''"i" !" 
 will mv. ,„ V laHbun-l." ' "• ' '^ •* "" ''"'•" ''"• "•"' VVau...an.g,.o. you 
 
 yet|i;:,:..|r;.^:: £ '■"'^ '"-'« '-'-a ^" .„. .,,). ,i,i„, , ,,„otnuing 
 'i-ica .... tiK.ir utt:;!' TIM ':;;.,!:? :Y' ' ?; ''^'"''*'"'^ =.1-..!./ .t 
 
 course „f tl... n.on,i„.,.. «„ th.t L ';,.,''""''*'' /" 'l'^*« '"•'•""^•",1 i„ t.,e 
 ff of the c.,av..,;.„co it a L 1. 1 T "T "" ''"'"''' '' ''''''"' '« 
 
 •'wn sex .0 .ust.in h,r i,. tj... ,• ...n 'i,? > ^''" P'-'"'-.- of one of I..,.- 
 n-<,ucM..cl M,..s. JI,.ulI..v to bear .ror t • n • ""r", '"['"'' "''"' ''^''•' «'-^ ''»d 
 mor.hou.. tl.n trap-loo,-. wl,id. am .1 o . '^ '^"^"'■"''' """"""- 
 mornin^r, was opon hut instoa.l of vl '""''' ^•'"" """'" ^I'.'t v-rv 
 
 
 I 
 

 
 THl MAMAtTRI AT ClitCAUO. 
 
 77 
 
 cfa. , ...I raWho.id-« riilppwH. With low. 1, ' . ,r.M; .1 ,lail 
 
 I . , , ■. ■ ■• •••-•-. imuT iTMiTrii niiwf i||«« coin 
 
 iMi.y ...nina .ouKh. f. .t,„« ; tl... hmui, .•■„„>..,...*..; tli.^ hki.i .rnruk- 
 
 on. in th.,{ lm,|«.wii, of ll,.a oII..|imvh, ritr.k o.|.,r ,,..rulur «, ll... Irhli.i.. 
 
 U..... any .Hh«r» of t),.. mc„ ; with all ih..... |.,„th.o,„.. a.i.ihut... of ,„.rNon 
 
 J . .' , , ,,,, „ It'll, I, -.,,,, IT, tliil ifJllM'K III I)4*rN0tl 
 
 ^VMt Hith H MUil^w.lhhtf mih th.. niM.t u.ihouiicJ.d vamlv aii.l srlf-MulIi' i,.ncv' 
 ^••' .1 on iKnorariC! mnl n...um|)tion j thU man, alihoiii^h havinir « «ifo mid 
 
 Mmx «ru- n Uf. hud .larcl to ag,r th., c-y.. of di^-ir.. o„ Mr.. I; 
 
 l^n.; hAd h.j w«tc,.»d h.»r, not un th.^ n.ntl.., ili.- jMiro. iho mH" , . 
 
 VV ..u-imn-«..... hut un a lij^tT n\mtmn for hi. pivv. 'I'o i,.n.,.-. hor ha^ 
 bf-n on., ul hw h.adii,j< h.otivi.H Ml .irK>"K th.. alluinJ.. with the tiihi>« in tht 
 Unti-h ii.t..|f,tM~io huHi.n th« n.orn..nt .he might U'cmo a pri«ni..r in hb 
 
 ™'; '"" ''!"' ' " '"•"»« "!• U'« younsi wurrioM Into « dolmnintttion 
 
 of early attack. 
 
 Only two din . pnorlotl.v* ivlun. of VVau-nang..., he hm| hmi ia th« 
 r.rt, and pa..Hiii^ ii.ar M-.. U.-nayno a.s >ihi) wiw amuMH;,' li.'M«.ir at l.attla- 
 doro with her h..,nd Mr.. Klimley, remarked to a comi.u.iion an h- I), nt hi« 
 evi-s nmolonily uponh.r: "Tho whit., d.ief/ wivnar.. un.usi,,.. th.-mM-lves. 
 J hp;)r are wwo. In a lew days wo ^l.all hav.. ih.m in our wii/wums " 
 
 Nn n..t- ., was taken of the remark nl ilu- tim-. Mih llotmvne had more 
 than one.. i...tiie.l the evt. .,f the loallnoin.. Chippewa tixed upon h.r with 
 an ..xpre«M.,n ^he hhuddered at but eould iiotd.tine, and she had attributed 
 lim w.,rdH on that oocaMon lo impotent unger and diHapi.ointra«.nt. at the 
 diMiike hhi! had cunwivcd for liini. 
 
 'lius wa.i the loathsoin.! h.irijr she now met, mici knowing, on nbe did, 
 from Uauimng.e,all that ho meditated ia iv-jard to him.elf and f.i.'nd.the 
 horror nhe experienced may be .-oiiceived. Hapidlv. and in tim'- to i,ui». 
 pre^s in a yivat measure the sfr.'am >-he atteinptrd to j^ive. the mvaL 
 plae.'.l on.- hand upon h.-r nioutii, and c^wping lit^r tiKhllv round the wjuhL 
 .ore lur to tiie opn.inj,' t!ir..ui,di which ho made her rudely descend, still 
 keeping iii.H hand up.in lier niouth. 
 
 When the feet of Mrs. Ilonayiie touched the bottom of that «o..minffly 
 hvm.^ toinl.. she was m paralymd l.v tear that sh.. had not slrenjrth to sup- 
 port h, IH..II. an.l but for tl,.. ami ot the dark chief still cI;wpod ar.iund her 
 waist, sii.. must have falli-n. Tho very sight of her weakness inilam.-.l the 
 ( hippewa the more. lie removed her hat and threw it on the ground. 
 Tlu! vast volunie of her brown hair lie iinfastencl from the comb. "" It fell, 
 .'nveloni.i^r b,.,. (i^r,,,,. to Inr kne.-s. Th.. eyes of the brutal Chippewa 
 Ha.sh.d lire m th.- half darkm-s.^ that pievail.'d around. The hand hitherto 
 held up.)n her mouth, now fell upon and tiereelv pressed her bosom, and 
 his bid'oiw lip4 sought hers. With a viul.'nt elK.Vt she tor.i them from the 
 pollution of his tuucli, and uttering a faint cry of despair, bank fainting from 
 his now loosening grasp. What follow.-d .«.lie coul.l not tell ; but when 
 some minutes afterwards she came to her senses, weak and cxhamted from 
 excitement, Wau-nan-gee was sitting at h.r side dialing her palms with bis 
 own, and witb the large tear.'< coursing down his cheeks. 
 
 At the lii-st sight of the boy Mrs. Uonayiie started, for she fancied that 
 Hhe must have been laboring under the influence cf u dream, and that not 
 
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78 
 
 WALNNAN-OKE ; Oil, 
 
 f| 
 
 (> 
 
 lVc-to-(iirn, but him=<clf. had used the violenco siio oxpcrienccd ; hut when 
 
 she icc.illod nil tliiit had pi»isod, pciveived hf«r own disorder of droaa. and 
 
 reniark.jd ihe unt',Mo;nfd iii.iictiuti of the youth, sh(! know tliat it could not 
 
 h' so. Still deeply ii','itated. she asked liiin anxiously where the iMiippewu 
 
 u.is, and wherefore he and not Waii-niii-uce had been i- the suinnuM-housc 
 
 ns promised, when sh,- eanv in. With .'very apjieiirance of profound sorrow 
 
 nnd suieerity, the y.iuth replied that he knew not how Pee-to-tum ha i cr<)t 
 
 theie— that he himself, aft^r leavint,' the trap-door open ready for The 
 
 descent <if Mrs. Ronayne, had njoue to the further extremity of the" vault for 
 
 the purpose of rem.-viMir a lar;,'.' stone which blocked up'a hole admittint? 
 
 the Iresh air from above mar the cot ta_i,^c, and that he way returning,' by this 
 
 passiijre, which was narrow but nearly six te^t in hoiirht, when he heard the 
 
 cry for aid, ami knowing it to be hers he had ilown to her /ivsistance, but that 
 
 the sound of iiis approachiniif Tootsteps must have ;darmed the (Uiijjpowa 
 
 rmd caused him to tlv—stoppintf motioidess, perhaps, till he, Wau-nun-gee, 
 
 had passicl him, and then escapinix by the same outlet. IJe it must have' 
 
 been whom Mrs. Headley had remarked stealinc,' across the L'arden just b^'fore 
 
 slic entered i„ with ,\faria. 
 
 Once reassured of the fidelity r.nd truth of the boy, Mrs. lljnayne, 
 althnui^h painfully, distractingly ignorant of the extent to which the insolence 
 of l-'ee.to-luni had been carried, was too much absorbed in th. consideration 
 of her husband's safety to lu-e sight of the subject more immediatelv af her 
 Ivart, in m^^.rc pei^onal regrets that now were of little avail. She' said to 
 Wau-nan.ge^ that the place in which she then was would certain Iv have 
 been avcH suited to the purpose intended l)ut for two reasons ; firstly, that 
 now having been discover-d by l»,.e '■.-tum. it would no Linger be secure; 
 and secondly, that her husband would never consent to abandon his com- 
 rades to secp.-e bis own saf ty. 8ho proposal, instead, that a plan should be 
 anang.'d to rn;, .,• them both prisoners while out on the following day, and 
 in such manner that it should be supposed in the garrison (hat the capture 
 had been fffected l-y hostil.- Indians : and to tliis the vouth jovfully a.ssented, 
 stating that a number of his friends less hostile in their intentions mi-ht be 
 p.ocuivd to aid him in the matter. It was arranged that this should be 
 doiK! on the following day, and this at so great a distance from the encamp- 
 ment that Poe-to-tum should know nothing nf the occurrence till both hus- 
 band and wife were beyond nis each. 
 
 " It is a :;trang(' and a wild project," she rem.ark.d, '• but the 'risis is des- 
 perate, and anything to save my hnsli.and's life. Hut now I n.ust go, dear 
 \V au nan gee ; Mrs. Headley is in the gard.-n waitin-f for me." 
 
 "No, no go," ho said; " spose him Mrs. Ileadleyyo home. Wau-nan- 
 gee take Maria home by by. Got canoe here. No l.'t him o'o home. Pee- 
 to-tum wicked— Pee-to-tum got Ingin plenty von(l..r," and he pointed in the 
 airectioii ot the cottage ; " Pee-to-tum carry off Maria-go see wlwre he is 
 bhut him door till Wau-nan-geo come back. Mrs. Headley c<.me, no see 
 him here ; no link him here." 
 
 He accordingly ascended, fastened down the trajvdoor and depart-d, as 
 we have said, little anticipating to have been seen by Mrs. Headley. 
 
 He had not b-en five minutes gono when she heard a dull, hekvy sound 
 winch satisfied ler that the stone was being rolled from the orifice" spok.n 
 of by Wau-nan-gce. Feeling assured that Pee-to-tum had seen him depart, 
 
THE MASSACRE AT OllICAUO. 
 
 7t 
 
 mill knowing hor to bo tlioro mid hclpli'sa, was letuiiiiriij (o ronow liis odious 
 (iiid linital j);i>Ki<>n, slu- sou^'l't, to ri^c in ordec Ui t'l/iou up aii<i I'scipi! liy tlie 
 tmj)-di)or. 'I'his she did, regardless of iior disordcrt'd appeuranco, ami w-th- 
 oiit I'voii tliinkiiiif (jf hat or comb ; but slie had no sooin-r moved i; stop for- 
 ward wlun slio aifaiii fell down, as iiuudi paralysed !iy fear as cxliaustod by 
 wonkness. In her hclpk'ssnoss sIkj oould only sol. and moan and \ainiy 
 denloro the abseiico of her late rescuer, while all her thouidits and I'eclintjs 
 were of her husband. The footsto])S advanced ; she grew at each moment 
 moro rii'rxous, more territied. She had .-carcely tins power to move herself 
 on the spot where shi; half sat, half reclined. Presently the traj)-door wiia 
 heard to move, soon it opened, and there to luM' .'i.stonishment, yd not less to 
 lier exceeding embarrassment, inasmuch as she could not, witliou compro- 
 mising the saviour of her honor — the purposed s.aviour of her lite, explain in 
 what manner she had been placed in the strange position in which she had 
 boon found, she beheld Mrs. Ileadley. What followed is known to the 
 reader, ft was not, however, Pee-to-tum whom Mrs. Konayne had heard 
 rolling away the stone, but Wau-nan-gee returning to set her fioe for the 
 present, as he had seen the soUliei-s at f be gate and knew that she was safe. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII.. 
 
 " ^^Hs is my glove — by this Iiaiid I will t.ike ihoe a box on tho ear." — Henry V. 
 
 Tm: following morning was a.s bright .and glorious as an August sun could 
 render it, hut its very brilliancy seemed a mockery to the gloom and despair 
 that tilled the hearts of the little garrison. Still, ,. itvt'ithstanding the trea- 
 chery few were ignorant the Indians intended, there was a bearing among 
 all, from the commanding officer down, that, while attesting determination 
 ar.d ccu'ldcnce in themselves, left no ground for a suspicion th;* the designs 
 of their trcsAclierous allies had been revealed. 
 
 The guard was mounted, as usual, and the customary formalities of the 
 tiiilitMiy service complied with, and arrangemenUs were made, soon after the 
 men had eaten their breakfasts, for Mie conveysiiice of the stores to the 
 glacis. 
 
 At lwelv(! ( ;iock all was ready, and the mass of Indii.n warriors, painted 
 and armed, moved in loose and disorganized bodies across the plain, and 
 grouped around their chiefs, who, seated on the ground, received for the 
 Vdung men the presents which had been si'l a[)art in divisions for every ten. 
 The cloths, blaidcets, trinkets, and iirovisioiis, were first handed over, bu. 
 when on coming to the ammunition and liijuor only one cask of each wa& 
 found, the iiuiignatioii of the whole band, the chiefs excepted, was, as bad 
 been expected, excessive. 
 
 "My Father ])romised us jilenty of powder and plenty of liquor," ex- 
 (dainied l^ee-to-tum, stamping with his feet and gesticulating violently ; 
 " Where is it?" 
 
 " This is all that is left of the stores," exclaimed Capt. Headley. " When 
 we reach Fort Wayne you shall have more." 
 
 " My F't.her lies," returned the Chippewa, "Pee-to-tum did not sieep 
 
80 
 
 WAU-NAN-OEE ; OH, 
 
 liko a lazy liuiind in his tent 1/st tiight; he crawlod iipur tlut fort ; lie heard 
 tlii^ powder barrels knocked in witli axes; he licird the rum |ioun'd intolhe 
 river iikn water. Even to-day," and he pointed with his cJeiiclMid toma- 
 hawk, "the river is red witii lijiior till it is 'slronjjf groff.' What should 
 prevent vis tVoni avengin^f uursehes tor this cheat, by mixiiij; 'lu' blood of 
 our father with tiie same water till it looks like strong rum also?" A terrific 
 yell burst from the surrounding wariiors, who all brandished their toma- 
 hawks ill a menacing manner. 
 
 " Whai, should prevent you ?" said Capt. lleadley, siuldi'iily (-arrieil out 
 of his usual |irudeiice by the insolence of the ruthan — " what .should and will 
 prevent you !" and ho pointed to the bastion, which had been niaiineil us on 
 the former occasion, while the burning matches seemed only to await his 
 signal. "Each of those guns contains a bag ofiil'ty biill(!ts, and each bullet 
 can kill its enemy. Now then, havn but tin' courage to lay a hand upon me 
 and you will see the residt. See, I am alone — only Mr. McKenzie to wit- 
 ness the act." 
 
 There was a pause of a fiw moments, during which low murmurs broke 
 from the younger Indians, and the dark and subtle eye of Pee- to. turn (piailed 
 before the bold look of the commanding officer, who continued : 
 
 '■ As for you, vile Chippewa, you are the sole cause of all these troubles, 
 all this excitement in the young men of tlu; Pottowatomie Nation. You are 
 of that dark ami malignant race, as far below the Pottowatoniie in every thing 
 that is noble and generous and good as the Evil Spirit is below the Good 
 Spirit. There is nothing but falsehood and treachery in tlu-ir selfish and 
 avaricious nature. They are deceitful, an<l so given to love rum that \\\u;n 
 an Indian is seen wallowing like a hog in the gutter, and with he foam dis- 
 gorging from his blue and lizard-like lijis, stabbiiig right and left indiscrimi- 
 nately, as if hatred and the sight of blood were essential to his very existence, ' 
 you may at once know him to be a (.'hippewa. How then can such a man, 
 and of such a race, disgrace and dishonor the councils of the war path of 
 the nobler Rittowatomies ? How, [ ask, can Hlaek Partridge, Winnebeg, 
 Waubensee, To-kee-nee-bee, and Kee-po-tah consent to allow such a mongrel 
 chief to exercise an influence among their warriors hostile to the Americans, 
 who have ever treated them with kindness, even when they themselves do 
 not seem to second him in his views ?" 
 
 The scorn Captain Headlcy thrinv into his voice and manner as he uttered 
 these words, which they perfectly understood, was such that Pe(^-to-tum, 
 whose fingers played tremulously with the handle of his tomahawk, could 
 not, without diffieul'.y, refrain from using it; but when he glanced upwards 
 and saw Lieutenant Elmsley attentively watching all that passed with his 
 glass, his rage was stilled, but inwardly he vowed to be revenged. The 
 young men evinced great excitement also ; and from that moment, on this 
 occasion particularly, it was evident to (Japtain F adley that they were 
 entirely under the iniluence of the ('hiopcwa. 
 
 " Father," said Black Partridge, rising and solemnly replying to the 
 appeal just inade by Captain Headley, " this medal I 1 ave worn for many 
 years upon my breast. It was gi\en me by the Great Father of the Ame- 
 ricans as a token of a friendship I never have broken ; but since everything 
 tells me that my young men, who I grieve to say Avill no longer obey the 
 voice of their grey-headed chiefs, have c'.itermined to wash their hands in 
 
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 THK MASSACRE AT CUICAQO. 
 
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 American blood, it would not be rijyht. in me to keep this token of peace any 
 lontrer. tathcr, ' hn concluded, removinnr the ribbon by which it was sus- 
 pended oyer his chest, " 1 deliver the medii! buck to you, and niuv you live 
 to see and t..ll our Great Father that Black l'artrid<,^e was ever Yaithful to 
 the United States, and washes his hands of all tliat may t^' • happen." 
 
 The same disclaimer was made by Wiiinek'g and u. other friendly 
 chiefs; lastly, Pec- to turn rose: 
 
 " Dog !'' he mid, insolently, as he torn his medal fnm h-s chest and held 
 It up lor a moment, dan;,'ling in his hands, " toll him yuii serve, if you live 
 to see bun, that I'ee-to-timi, the dark Cliippcwa, is for ever his enemy— that 
 wherever he can do so he will spill the blood of the Yankee, till it rums likd 
 the rum your warriors spilt last night ; tt-ll him that Pee-to-tum spits upon 
 his face thus!" Then, throwing it contemptuouslv on the ground and 
 stamping upon it with his mocoasined feet, he burst forth "Uo a lautrh 
 intended to be as insulting as the act itself. 
 
 This protanaiiun was too mueli for Captain Ileadlev. lie rose tVom his 
 chair, and exclaiming in his fury, " take that, damned Chippewa, in return !" 
 first spat in his face and then bin led at him his heavy militarv glove, which 
 happening to strike the pupil uf his eye while in full glare of" indignation at 
 the first insult, it was deprived of sight for ever. 
 
 Great was the tumult that now ensued. Incapable of acting himself from 
 the intensity of agony he suiler.^d, Pee-to-tum could only utter fierce bowl- 
 ings and threats of vengeance, but several of the warriors advanced furiously 
 upon the commanding officer Avith the most startling yells and threatening 
 manner. Tlie latter, hopeless of escape, but determined to sell his life 
 dearly, drew his sword while he presented a pistol with his other hand. 
 
 McKeiizie," he said (]uickly, " get out of the way ! remember me to 
 Ellen!" and then elevatii g his voice to such a pitch as ho knew would « 
 heard in the fort, he disti ctly uttered the eommand "tire!" 
 
 But the order had been anticipated. Kven as the word fell from liis lips 
 the curling smoke from a gun was seen, and loud cliee'-s succeeiling to the 
 report burst from every man ujioii the iani{iarts, while a second and sinallc. 
 American Hag was waved triumphantly by the hand of Ronayne above the 
 piece which had just been disciiargs'd." 
 
 Astonished at this unexpected scene, the Indians, who had been greatly 
 startled not only at the command which had been so coollv given b^'- the 
 comm/inding officer, but by the iliscliarge tliey had incorrectly aeemed 
 aimed at themselves, suddenly ceased their clamor, and following the course 
 to which the attention of those within the garrison appeared to be (]'.. ,ted, 
 beheld, to their surprise, five-and-twenty tall and well-ivounted horsemen 
 dressed in the costume of warriors, and beaded by a man of gre size, 
 1 "shing rapidly along the road leading from Hardscrabb' . f.,- the fort. 
 "'• e nearer they .•ipproached the louder became the shoutr. <-; 'bj soldiers, 
 until finally the latter all left the ramparts, evidently to open the gates and 
 welcome th(> new-comers, who so<jn disappeared through tii<.- opening. 
 
 The arrival of these strangers, small as their number was, had evidently 
 an effect upon the Pottowatomies, who for a moment leobd grave, and 
 attempted no longer to molest Captain Ileadley. Mr. McKenrie, who was 
 still present and knew how to take advantage .,f (he occasion, profited by 
 the surprise, and suggested to the commanding officer, tliat as the conference 
 
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 WiU-NAN-OKK; OK, 
 
 / 
 
 was now over and the presents all delivered, tlicy should return to the fort 
 to know wIk) thfl new-comers were. The t'ricndly cliiffs wen', morcovtir, 
 invitfd to accoinpiiny tlioin ; and thus they returned Icisun-ly, without fur- 
 ther interruption, into the stockade. Pce-to-tum, suflerint,' severely, had 
 been led to his tent; and the ^rrnat bulk of the warriors, freed fr->in "tlie ex- 
 citement of liis j)resence, busied themselves with enlleetini; luirether tiieir 
 individual shares of tlio presents they had reeeivcd. Durinuf thi' wliuje of 
 the afternoon they were to bo seen Avendintf tlieir way leisurely, and in small 
 and detacluid groups-^ometimes in single file — from" tiie glacis to their own 
 encampment. 
 
 "Headley, my dear fellow," exclaimed the leader of the party— a tali, 
 powerful, suid)urnt man, dressed like his companions, who now stoixl dis- 
 njounted. holding tb.e bridle of his jaded horse and conversinu: with the 
 Doctor, for the other officers were still at their posts. " Is what 1 hear then 
 true — and have I only arrived in time to be too late ? Is all your ammuni- 
 tion then d<'stroyed — all, all, all — none left T' These tpiestions were anx- 
 iously put as the sti'anger held the Hand of the commanding officer grasped 
 in his own. 
 
 "It is even so," returned Captain Ileadley, impressed with deep regret 
 for the act, for in a moment he saw that this addition to his little force would 
 have enabled him to maintain his post until tht; arrival of the liritisli at 
 least — " all that remains are twenty rounds of cartridges for the pouches of 
 the men, and asingh; keg for use if necessary on th.3 march — not six roimds 
 of ammunition remain for the guns."' 
 
 "]5y G — , how unlbrtunate r returned the stranger, striking hi* brow 
 with his palm ; " had 1 been but eighteen hours sooner vou were all saved, 
 for here are five-and-twenty as gallant and willing hearts as ever wielded 
 tomahawk or rifle. Hearing of your extremity I hud liastilv collected them 
 to afford you succor. Ob, 1 could eat my heart up with disappointment!" 
 he continued, "to think that all my exertions, my speed, have been in vain. 
 Ileadley, what could have induced yon to destrov'the ammunition — vour only 
 hope of salvation ?" 
 
 " What has been done," replied the commanding officer, with unfeiLjned 
 sorrow at bis heart as be reflected on the subject, "cannot be undom} : "but, 
 my dear Wells, it was impossible that we could divine the generous interest 
 which was sending you to o>ir rescue ; and had not the powder and other 
 ammunition been destroyed it must have tallen into the hands of those who 
 I grieve to s.ay arc but too ready to use it against us. Moreover, purposing 
 as I did, and do, to march to-morrow morning, at all risks and under what- 
 ever circumstance, 1 bad given u]) this day all provisions not neccssa'', for 
 our subsistence on the march. If tlien even the ummuniti(>n had remained, 
 we must have suffered from want of food." 
 
 " What, with those five-and-twenty horsey lb adl.'v?" returned the cUier, 
 pomting to the group that stood in the centre of the "barrack scjuarc. " Not 
 so. They would have been sufficient when killed and dried to have yielded 
 us food for a month. No !nan knows better how to make pinnnecan than 
 myself. .Still," lie continued, with greater vivacitv, " there is a hope. I 
 have shown the manner in which the provisions can"bo replaced, and I know 
 you have a well within the sally-port into which can bo reo'lved the waters 
 of Lake Michigan— let search bo made and instantly, and no doubt out of 
 
THK MASRACRB AT CHICaOO. 
 
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 all that you have thrown nway. siifBcieiit servicoablc powder may h'; found 
 t<) cnablo lis to dff'enil the furt for ton days longer, when aomethiii!,' will 
 
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 up to lifttcr our ••oiidition " 
 " WouKl that it could be so," returned Captain Hcadley, with a solemnity 
 rendered more profound from the very smailiiess of the coiitingency on which 
 the safety of .-io niiu-ii depeniled, " but there is no hope. Anticijiating that the 
 Indians would ath-mpt the very eourse you now miggi'st — that of saving 
 what powder might \xi i'"'njiir"(l l)y the slimy bed intow'.iioh it was thrown, 
 tdl has bien so mix<-d up with rum and other licptids as to bu rendered 
 utterly useless. Everything seems to be against us." 
 
 "Then, since all hope is (jver," returned the stranger with marked dis'ip- 
 pointtnent, "wo will not indulge in vain regnts for the jiast, but make the 
 b'St preparation for to-morrow. It is only to die in harness after all. Hut, 
 alas ! 1 pity the poor women. How is my dear Ellen — how does she sup- 
 port this severe atlliition ?" 
 
 " Jb-avely — nobly, like horsclf," returned the eommanding officer wita 
 emotion. " 8he v/ill be deiiglited, yet grieved to behold you — delighted at 
 the generous devotion that has brought you so far, .ind at the head of so 
 small a force to our assistance ; grieved b«"cause she will know that you have 
 only come in time to share our fate. ]}ut di-pose of your party and (!ome 
 m. Serjeant Nixon," he called to that officiul, whom he saw passing from 
 the ram[)art to the guard-house. 
 
 The non-commissioned officer was soon at his side, and the captain havinif 
 given him directions to cpiarterthe Indians for the night in the officers' mess- 
 room, lil)i'riilly sup]ilying tlnMU and their horses with whatever they might 
 require, and the stranger having hir.isdf addressed some remarks to his 
 people in the Miami tongue, they both repaired with heavy hearts to the 
 quarters of the former. 
 
 The meeting between Captain Wells and ^rs. Hea'Iey — the uncle and 
 niece, both of whom entertained a strong natur.al .affection, founded as much 
 on similarity of 'character as on mere blood connexion — was a very affecting 
 one. They had long been separated, and year after year a visit of a few 
 weeks had been [n-omised by the former to (.Tiieago ; but the multiplicity of 
 bis publ' duties, for lie was an active agent in the Indian nepartnunt, ha<l 
 always pn'\ented him from carrying his intention uito execution. But now 
 when he heard of the danger to whicli the garrison was exposed, and his 
 beloved niece in particular, he lost not a moment in appointing a deputy to 
 peri'(M'in bis duties during his abs-nce, and collecting tive-and-twenty war- 
 riors whom he knew to Ik; not only devoted to liiin but the most resolute <.)f 
 the Miami race, he liurried off with the object of forming a sort of body- 
 guard to the ladies of the detachment which he had been informed had 
 received the instructions of General Hull to proceed forthwith to F'ort 
 Wayne. Had he had rci'son to doubt the faith of the Pottowatomies 
 '.ntended to form the escort of the dctiichment generally, he might and 
 would have brought with him a much larger force; but it w;is not until 
 after he had traversed almost the whole of the one hundred and eighty miles 
 which he and his party bad ridden without rest, that be obtained informa- 
 tion of the Indian disalTection. Alarmed IfSt he should be too late, he and 
 his party urged their harassed steeds to greater speed, and having made a 
 signal to the garrison, which was seen by Ronayne through the telescope 
 
 t ' 
 
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 •* WAu-NAK-oTO ; on, 
 
 ho kopt, constantly to l.is t>yc, the ^n was fired, Iho flnff wave.l ami the 
 
 ±:" f'*^-'' •" '"':.^ ' ^ '/'''. "'.'.'I' l-l'ahiii.y. in drowning hU w S "f .,m 
 man.i saved the lite .,t l.is friend and relative 
 
 " Well lOllen, my hne." ,)ro|H,.se.l Cant. Headlov after a Lru-^l <le(il nf 
 conversation on the subjeel of l'h..ir ,K.itiV.„ had tak'',. 1^ . ? sU H t 
 
 bap{ilymCh.cairo what say you ...our all di.m.. |,e e to.re.her* With 
 
 Sfth;et i^ii n''7" r- 'r-'^ ^'"^ '^'^^ "'"^- ^^^ havo^im a ^.w b' : 
 
 a re,^ret t'E hi "^ '' '," t'"'* ^""^ ""'^'"'^ ''«"1^''' '"''''"^ "I- ->lv with 
 >M , ''l!''\'''''V'',r '"'•' ""'"ccurred at a happi.-r perio.l •• ' 
 
 ainntr t< be prepaied. All I ask vs the assistance of Mrs. Elmslev and 
 Ronaynes servants. \\,th their aid my own nervants can e;erco ,Hve 
 manaiii! something for a dinner." contiue to 
 
 "/>«.. ././,«„.v, ,.>a;««,v /" exclaimed the Iierenloan and resolute eaptiin 
 I can see no reason why because we are to be shot down and n eH .p; 
 eaten to-morrow, vve should not enjoy the pleasure of a little s^' al e E 
 and drinking ourselves to-day i \ am not one to lament fru essly o c'r t S 
 whieh cannot bo avoided. Suffieient for the dav, as scripture hi i is t 
 evil thereof I certainly go in for the <lin,.er and a glass'ot' la n U wiU 
 eigllttr- ''""'""■'" '"^ ' '^='^" -valiowei within XLttl;;" 
 
 what highways and byways are leluJ C ^ni ^^t ^ ^ gLK' ""r 
 you have not seen Mrs. P^ inslev sinee «!><, wn. " "'«■ uit uis. uncle, 
 
 njarn.^ bell. SI. wii, tl^^:^ t :::t ^isr^^j'tin::^ z 
 
 ^.e way. ,I.!dley, all th.e troubles t^^'^o ^,1 'KHt^ Ua^ 
 IS he amuversary not only of my birth but weddin.r day " " ' 
 
 God bless you !" said her husband, tenderly embracing her " and .rrant 
 o Im grea mercy that you may see many returns of the day unde" S 
 brighter and more auspicious circumstances t" ^ 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 It was a curious sight-one that eould only have been witnessed in . 
 military community, used to scenes of evcitemr.nf n,,^ witnessed m a 
 danger-to see unier the roof of Z ct;m ," .^/JL^tT:::,' ''^^ 
 not only men but delicate and educated and hi.^h iaccom^^ 
 partaking, with seeming unconcern, of a meal wilS eah7IttllTlT' 
 last but one they were fated to taste on enrt), .nV V •/ '<^'\in'g»t be the 
 of Damocles sus^nded over th S he "ds ^ 1, ''"'" m"^ '^'' ''''''^ 
 
 banish fVom theLnd an;^ '::;it':?te ^ ^o^:^; f^lf T? '' 
 yet with the conviction strong ut their hearts that none of them "^uUevS 
 
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THE MASSACRE AT OniCAao. 
 
 lire to SCO Fort Wnyni'. ITioy, nevertheless, talked seriously nnd dcprc- 
 catinijly of the cliungc thoy would find betwefsn the two quarters — the one 
 jiiHt overtt)|ipinf^ thi< wild Huts of < »hio, like a solitary oiihis in the desert; 
 the other, that which thvy were about to leav. — rich in rides and drives, 
 ofl'ering every facility and amusement to the lover of the t^un and of the rod — 
 to those whose taslt! led tlu'in to prefer rowiiiij over the comparatively tiny 
 Witters of the Chicago, or sailing along the broad expanse of tlic noble 
 Michigan. IJut they could not w holly succeed in chcatnit.^ themselves intw 
 temporary forgetfulness of the much that was to int.>rvcn(^ before that change 
 could be effected. Now and then there would be a painful pause in the 
 conversation ; and then as each glanced into the eyes of each, and could dis- 
 tinctly read the tlominant thought that was passing in his uiind, another 
 attcnij)t would fulluw to give a tone of inilitl'er«iice to the subject. 
 
 Not so with tlie humbler portion of the garrison. < >n the contrary, there 
 was no attempt to conceal from each other, or from themselves, the magni- 
 tude and exte!it of the danger that awaited thorn ; but in proportion as they 
 ovcn nuignitied the peril, so was their determinatam increased to defend 
 themselves and families if itttackinl, to tlu' last. The single men talked in 
 groups, and hesitated not to condemn in strong language, the course pursued 
 bv their commanding oHicer, for it AVas obvious to all that had he at the first 
 decided on defending tln^ fort, the [ndiais never would have ncU'd in the 
 insolent and hostile manner they bad manifested ; and even if they had, the 
 provisions and ammunition preserved, they might, with this newly arrived 
 strength, have made a defence of months again^ their treachery. The 
 ])rincipal spokesmen were Serjeant Ni.\on, Corpu. K (ircen and Weston, and 
 rhillips, Case, Watson, ;tnd lieLfarmo, who having been the hist wlio.se for- 
 tune it had been to smell |><)-..>ier .against the Indians, were considered as 
 being more immediately competent to speak on the occasion. Such of the 
 married men as were off guard passed what hours they could in consoling 
 and siisfaining the courage of their [wor wives, who wept bitter tears and 
 uttered ceaseless lamentations, not so much oil account of the trials that 
 awaited themselves as their helpless children, in a distressing marcli through 
 the wilderness, which they regarded with nearly as great horror as the toma- 
 hawk of the Indian itself. 
 
 To return, however, to the tpmrters of the commandant. It must not be 
 assumed that because the excell-nt claret of that officer, to which had been 
 added a few lK)ttles saved from .Mr. McKenzie's private stock, was enjoyed 
 with a gusto not habitual to men in the same position with our little band 
 of martvrs, there was the disposition to drown care through that very 
 templing medium, or to indulge in the slightest degree in excess : or if there 
 was an exception it was to be found in Von Voltenberg, who managed now 
 and then dexterously to top olf an extra glass, until by repeated little 
 mancBuvrcs of this kuid he had in the end been (me bottle ahead of hi.'' 
 companions. Soon after dinner Rmiayne, whose spirits had been cheered 
 on the one hand and depressed on the other by the letter of his wife, hud, 
 at the suggestion of Mrs. Headley, read for the satisfaction and information 
 of all the document addnssed to himself; and when this was concluded, 
 exciting in the minds of all, and particularly those yet unacquainted with the 
 contents, renewed interest in Ivr fate, the ladies withdrew to complete such 
 of their arrangements for the march as were still necessary. Un their depart- 
 
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 vaii, .v „f ,,„,. Mi,„„i, ».^rK:;:r::.^;;;.il":;; ;;:;;;;;.'■:■'■ ■■' "■• 
 'It* .Lily' 1,'^^^^^ "'*■ ■""••i "i'l. .ha. .r ,;,.„:,; 
 
 .»a, ,.c,„ a J„_>,i||"j,'^ i,„l'l„,. ;:;'"■ '"'"'""• "'" "PP-"l'i'y may mi 
 
 «..t.a,...,i. .„a'. .,r ;;;',i,:o:„m i"',i;;''i,7'-''' "«'"' ■" "'»'^'' > '»- ^«' 
 
 " I'ass the wino, Hcjidlcy." resunitti his r..liitiv« •> r . i 
 
 morninfr: ami y,^ b iw " " ' Z- ■'"">' "^''"P.v'"" ""til tu-,„om.w 
 
 f, , aim ^((u Know we Imvc otlicr work cut out for iw I iciii ■ i 
 give you an out in.,.— ,•, very •Kk('!<.ton ..f »!,.. i ■ , " ""'^'^^ 
 
 %^n. a,ai„.t St C.i, J.{t^;:;j;!,^l Ih^u.^ "Jv^r;^ -J"^ ""' 
 
 nary kmd. He wl ^i ZilV i U' .'""T '''""''. ^'"^ '"'^"^ '^"^' ^^' "'> "''li- 
 
 cii.ll chiefs of the tribe wo'/n?' V ' " "-"^ ^>' """" "' '''" P'"'"- 
 bittle, into widch h ,,;,.. tr: ' "-^ " '""• '""^ ^'■'""^''' ''''" ^•> 
 
 mode of iit\. vou, ; V ' ^1^ -1 '!""''"•;■ T1-^r '° '^'^ '^"""- ''■'''« 
 
 such thatlw'nevere^^; Wd , 5 ^^■•/'"'^ "r" '^'"'Inf-l.'.wn hi„. was 
 tion.. or a desire to re u U,. m X ii -^"'"V" ■ ''"' ''"'^ *•'' "'^' "^^'-i»- 
 the Indians and (f.'.KTH S ' ■^; ,/^''/''; '"'i'' "f "" ^"""1 '^•'tHe between 
 
 strenirth in the ranks of tho Mi , f • i *'" ""'' ^'-"''^'" P^'sonal 
 
 ject, entered with ail the , d 1 n, ^ "'''"' '" '"^^"'' "" ^''^' «»b. 
 
 that a greater num " . of tl? \ "'""•'• '."'<> <""t contest, and it w.« said 
 
 other i^ii^iuud'I^i;! I ,.^''':;;r;;;.;i:7* ^ ^"-^ 
 
 e^tinialion of his tribe 13,^ ,1 .V'" .""' '''"'"'' ''"''" '^^•<^'* "' the 
 
 ce.s had the effect • Hi 7^ c'rcumstance of his prowess and sue- 
 
 arms, he for 1 'Lt '^me b „T rT''?' '''?'"' "' *^""' '^^ ''"' ^'^'"'■'•'"^'''n 
 to his own race an ™ K i n r '1 ""^ ^"'^■■''^ ^^'-""^^ '^'^ '"'^ ''-"'-■ 
 o.ie Indian at least o. I . '^ '^^"i "'*-' P''"^ ^y ^''^^"^'-i' i" ''^"'' ti"lit 
 
 hawkan rit i tin. nrT.'T'™'''! ''"'',''■''• ^■^'""" '^-"""' '- to;,!.' 
 one. abandlk l.^ adU^"!* "" "l -t''i"'y-»--'"ed resolution he at 
 
 hastened to 0.r^^"rT\^ ^S^CV'' ^':'^"''' '''^' '""^ '^''''^'•^"' '"^'^ 
 
 he was Ldudly fm„loyJd nHnnin n '"'' '"', •'''^"^'^^- % "'■'^' •'"i'^'-''- 
 
 » uiy tmpioytd, pnncipally as a scout, almost up to the close U' the 
 
first 
 
 tin 1MM4CHK AT CniOAUO. wf 
 
 war; and during it« coiiliiiuaiice many wero tho diirinyf feniM ho performed. 
 Ono j'xtitnpli' millet »utHci'. 
 
 A Hhorl liiiii' prtvious to the tfroat baitlo of 1704, Wflln, on wliom (iencrai 
 Wiiytu' iiii.l .oht'irrt'tl iliu raiili of cuptwn. took with him a mihullnrn and 
 clcvoii uu'M. for llif iiiirpoH." of wiitohini,' th.- uiovt-mnntM of }m old nmi- 
 punionsin iirnix. Ili^ mi'ii Wi«r>' nil well truin.il to t\w picnliiir iluty tlmy 
 Wiire ciillt'd upon to |u'rforni, and, iif'tT liiiviii)r niarclu-.l ihvi-o (lay> with ii 
 caution ami knowl.'ilm't" of thf fort-^t scureily HurpaHMfd i)y tlio Iniliaiis tlieni- 
 mlv.s, found thai tiu-v w.-r.^ on tJu' fr.wh trail of the enemy, allhou}fh how 
 many in iiumlK-r tla-y <ould n.)t t.'ll. They followwl icisurt'ly until niu^ht, 
 wlicn hnviuji seen Inil niw. lai^jc frifainpnv nl, t'apt. Wdln canm to iIk^ de- 
 termination, if the dinparity of numl)t'rs sliouM not Ix' tfH> |,'roat, of attaukinff 
 tlu-m. Kviry disposition was made. The parly crt-nt ctiutiously near them 
 and tli-n lay «lown in anil.iish, wliii.- their l.-ad.T. as had hi'.-n arranged, en- 
 tercid their (•amp tVarlisslv and us a friend, and sat himself down on the right 
 of llio cirolH, nipidlv counting tlnir nu?nl)eis as lie did so. Tliore were 
 found to bo twenty-two warriijrn with ono squaw. On being interrogated 
 lie state.l that he had just eome from the British Kort Miami, and wa.s on 
 his way to stii uj) the Indians to tight (^'ucral Wayne. Ah he declared 
 himself very hungry tl»e squaw liospit!d)ly put sum*! iiominy on the tire to 
 warm for his supj.er, of which he had intended to partake abundantly had 
 not a misapprehension on the part of his men hastened the moment ot action, 
 and embittered all the satisfactior\ he would otherwise have derived Irom his 
 Buccess. A m.ition of his hand was to luive been a signal to fire, each 
 selecting his man; and the party, conceiving tlial he had given this, acted 
 prem 'urtdv, not onlv depriving him of his supper, which was not yet ready, 
 and ot which he stood in great need, but killing the unfortunate scjuaw who 
 was standin'r up stilling it at the time, and whom lie liad intended to save. 
 The next mmiient the formidable and dn-aded tomahawk of i\w cnptain went 
 to work among the survivors, and out of the tw.nty-two warriors but three 
 escaped; he himself receiving a woun.l from a ramrod shot through his 
 wrist and his lieut.'iiaut being hit by a bullet in the thigh. The^greatest 
 havoc committed on this occasion was bv Wells himself, and it was his boast 
 that in Wavue's war Ik* had slain a far greater number of Indians than be 
 liad killed Americans throughout the contest with St. Clair; and coUindeed 
 must have been the determination of the man who could com{)Osedly sit 
 down alonu and in the fac.' of twenlv-two warriors, some of whom it might 
 liave been expected would liave recogni.-,e.l him, or to whom accident might 
 have betrayed the proximitv of his party, and resolve to dispatcb an ample 
 supiier betWre proceeding to the work of blood. But these were the usages 
 <,f the war in whi.di he had been educated, and a nobler and more generouH 
 heart than that of Captain W\dls never beat beneath the war-paint of an 
 
 Indian. , ., 
 
 Such wius the man the outline of whose story we haye necessarily con- 
 densed who now, at tlie head of those Indians whom he once fought for, 
 and subse.iuentlv against. <-ame u. protVer his aid to the unfortunate garrison 
 of Fort Di-arboni. What such an arm and such (hiring might have accom- 
 plished, had circumstances combined to second his ettorts. can easily be RUr- 
 inised ; but. unfortunately, al! was now of no avail, for tlie very smew.s of 
 succeaL hud been wrung from him, and lie felt tliat the utmost desperation 
 
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 of cottinsfe mimt f^, InmifncVni to Kt,.n. •». .• i t 
 
 in «uit fur ,h..ir ,,r..v ..,.". r, "'-'''* /'!''' ," ""r*""^ t''"' "^uM li« 
 
 «.HU... n..tl,ini would hav I. U V'^ '" *""' "'""^'""^ """''• 
 
 pmirit. with tl.., (hIh,. lV„t,.;,u ,, ' l' ''"'"" ••n<"»u'iN'r on th-op,.,, 
 
 oon.i.|..rati,.,,H timt w..i:;|,.'l ,: 1"' h" " '""" "! ^"l'*-; ^.n. wnv tl,« 
 
 «trnn. dH,..,io„ tor UU n 1> . Z^, , ' j' T! ' /*" T'"'" '"'"""^ '"" '''^ 
 l""l nevor iWr^ott,.,. tho oo. .s , tvl " h ^ TT '" '""' •"""1'""""^ '"' 
 
 nn.l oft..,. an,| .,,t.„, .i,,,;; ',''''';'"*'' ''" "■"' '"' •"■"•'"-■" "^ '''"'-'If; 
 
 ;h. ..i^a. ...,., , .;. :i:::.:u';;;;:'i;:i't;;:t:-.. ii.;;;r-;':i 
 
 «t an a.hantairo j,, J,.. „,or7,i J u- ,""" ""'>' "':'■" '""•"'■fain to tnk« 
 tho on., hoinsr station...! on ^ »J'^ 'liv,.!..,! into tw., >vatel...H— 
 
 f>,.,lin^ to all alvw U ; : 'C;*;^"' ." tl... n...;,nti,„., ,,,,,_,,,;: 
 bu.1 N.-ar. olv tasted ^ ''^ ''''"'' ''"■ l'"' 1'^^' "v..k th.-y 
 
 «clvanta.-..,H>. MKUHH.r to d t ( ,m MJ. mv ll^^^^'^^^^^ "'"" "' "'" '"'-' 
 
 ' •'«->^ta(j; a point wImto .hrJn- , / ' i" ' '"'^"" '"■' '"'" ^'^'l'"" "^•="- the 
 tho ston.l.„use. and other outKd.,s?5 'x^i" '"''""""^' '^> '•"'^'^» -^ 
 i'ot didindt for ,, cautions on... ' , ' ' ' ''^'i"''*'' = "'"'"'• «"ver it was 
 
 lie had n.,t l„...n at this i"h ij' ''' ' f i" '''f ^' .""l"''-'-'iv-l. 
 cover in tl... .larkn-.s ,|,e ,.,'",'"""■ "'"':" '"' »"""''^'l 1'^' '-'I'l cIIh- 
 ground uln-..h had heon L J th , „ ,' "T"'' •■''"'*'""'> "'^•■'- ^h" 
 gain th. rear of th., factor ■ U ' ' /"" , ^'""•""l'^' ^''"''•^'vonn. to 
 
 was no answer. Expedin'-. to s, e , i S r •' '""' "'""f"'.^' ^'''^ thero 
 Bite co,er.,f the buil hn,. h,. , i tu' "'"" :"'"'^""- '■''•'" "'- "I'P"- 
 
 «onje«tur..,l. it i;.ll upon U, ... It) .^r 7" "" """" •^''"•' ^^•'""- '•- '- ' "^ 
 Th.. d.all..n,r., was repe, 'd t 1 r """' I'V'-''""""^' '^ ^vi<l.■.• circuit. 
 
 P'^rfeetly .tationarv. V t ird i,.,. '•'"'." "Tf if ""^^"'■'"^' '•'™"inoJ 
 being returned 1.;. verv i ".■ mK h ell "S"" /j''"' I'"^-'' '"«' "- a.mwer 
 apparently sh..t d.'ad. " ^ ^ '""''' '''""' ^'"- ''o'»''e fell ,„ the earth 
 
 The r..port at that hour of t,ie ni.dit reitii.-.llv i 
 
 Jnotiun, and brou^d.t every one I. ti . <n , % "T'^, "^ ^"""^ ''"'*> ••<" ^om- 
 ro...n. but the w.:;t.d, that h d h, vn' tin "l -'"^^ ''"' "^r^ ^""^ '^'^''^ 
 upon then. h,.ds. R.,navne. who S • ! ^^ ^' T'T"^ "^ "'^>' ^^"^^. 
 he tune n the act of c.;mj,K.ti,.. a u J wu w [ "' ;'"; f"""'"^^"' ^^'^ ''^ 
 to Ins wife. ,n which, afte.' ,,ourh,„ ,; 7| j'' " '*! '''V'^"' »''"'-^" in .'..ply 
 expre.«;on,s of devotion, ho l.r.^ed h.. | .t n . ", "" '""'*' i'VI-'^-i'""^^'l 
 
 hope of lutiu-e happiuess on ...irth ' ";■ '" "'"^'^V"""'"-'''"'""^ ''V ^^^^ry 
 
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 und «iirc('ii«fiilly." he con<'lui|«'il, " if vou ur«i nut wur to flidtrmH m«» hy a 
 kuowli><lui( <if your proximity to duiii^t-r. II', on th«' eontrury, yuit, in your 
 griMit lintl (Ifiir lo\i', pi'mint m your i|i'»i(;r», J I'wl tlmt I f hull pi'iii^h iiV«» a 
 coward. I inclo«i' you n part of' mysi'lf, iu the nif»titimM — :i luvk yf niy 
 hair." 
 
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 hPHriiiK lh»> report "f the niuokt't u f'curful Tnilt^Jivitll,' 
 bilii, for ho krutw that thi* wan uhout tliu hour whttti W uunaii^iti had 
 prumiM'd to lomti for hi-* Icttnr, ami lio hurrii-d to ii«ct'rtairi «liat hail okU- 
 •iiiiii'il til" iliM'harj^i'. TIki rt'Hult of his iifiuiry vnut tint salisl'uotory. Had 
 the wlml. iiuiiuii I'urcii Ufi'ii ilincovun-il ^ti'iiliiij^ u|n,ii and surrniimlin^f tluin 
 for a nii(lit altaik, tlit-y woulil not haxf carritd half tin: dismay to hm houI 
 that hu I'Xptrit'Mci'd whuii I'orporal Coiliui told him that lie had tired at n 
 ■olitarv iiidiNidii.il who wnn cn-fping up to tlu' f>)it aud would not aiihwor, 
 ulth(iUi,di I'll illiriu"'il tliri'i' tiincH. 
 
 " L'oriionii," lit' haid, iu a low loni-, " I hav.* t-vi'r l»t'n a Hlauiicli fii<.'nd to 
 you, atid by thnt uuluc.ky (dint you havn di'»troyi'il m»'. 'J'hc ymni yuu 
 tirtd at was \V ,iu-iiaH-K»'t', 1 fefl iwHured. He wiw coniiiij; for u U^lU't from 
 ni') to Mrs. Uctmyii'- wlm is a |iri»oner, nut with utln-r liidiaim us wo had 
 HUppoM'd, hut in' tlu- I'oltowuloiiiio cainji. 'Ilit^ only way you lau i-pair 
 this wruiijr is by tfoiiii,' out «tt!i!if!tly throu^;h the isally-port and examining 
 the Ixidy to hci; if it really is lu'." 
 
 " Look, look, look !" said tli.- corporal, who had kept his eye tix<'d on the 
 dark shadow hitlicrlo iiiutioiili'ss <>n (In- '.'liiiuI ; " In' is not dtiid—soi', he 
 rises, and walks rapidly luit st<'altliilv in tli«' direotioii he was takiii;,' when I 
 
 " And that is to tlu' rear of the htockade, wIkto he has discovered soino 
 secret entrain e, perhaps in oonseqiienei- of thi- picketlnii haviiiix rotted awav 
 k'luw. Not. a word of lliis, Collins. If it is h.-. as 1 feel assured it is, he will 
 go out af^ain s.'oii, and you must see tiiut he is not interfered with. Ho 
 must l>eur my letter to my wife." 
 
 " Vou may depend upon it, Mr. llonayne. In' shall not be toui lied. 1 will 
 again keep (hat post niysilf." 
 
 The Vir,nnian was ri;,flit. He had not two minutes retcaiiUMl his room, 
 when u shi;ht tap at the window aiiiiouiieed his yniintf and faithful visitor. 
 He Hew to the door, o[)ened it, and taking the boy by the hand, let him in. 
 He was p.il.'r than usual, anil the expression of his eounteiiaiiee denoted 
 (•motion and an.xiety. As Uonjiyii'' east his eye downwards h.- remarked that 
 his left hand was bound round with a iiaiidkerchief of ii lij,dit color, through 
 which the blood was fiacing its way 
 
 "My God: Wau-nan-yee, is it possible;"' he exdnhued, ns ho grasped 
 him fi'rveiilly by tiie o)iposite palm ; " were vuu hurt by that shot fired 
 just llowV" 
 
 The Indian nodded liis head alliinialively, as with an air of ehau;rin and 
 disappointment, he said, " No good lire, llonuyn' — Wau-naii-goe no mind 
 him blood— Ingin I'ee-to-tum hear gun fire— .see Wau-naii-gee bund— know 
 Wau-nan-gi'e \isit fort." 
 
 llonayne, seeing that the youth was mortified at the manner of his recep- 
 tion after the service he had 'rendered, explained to him fully the facts of the 
 case. He, however, told him that he had spoken to the man who had tired 
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 of the sort wr.uld liappeii on liis return. Anxious to soe tlio extent of the 
 inJL-ry he had reoeiveil. he untied the handkcrehi.f, waslicd tho wound, and 
 found that the liullet had cut away the tl.^shy part M' the pahii ju'-t under 
 the thunil). but without touchi?!;,/ the liom?. A htil.' hnt and diachylon 
 plastcriHoon alfnnlcd a temporary reni.dy fur this, and tlie wiiole having 
 been covered with a light hnen bandage, he gave the youth a haltwuin 
 )>air of loose gauntlets to wear if he felt desirous to conceal the wound from 
 the observatif n of his fellow warriors. This done, aid Ins h'lter to his wile 
 folded and i,'iv(,ii to the safe guardiansliip of the boy, with whom ho made 
 his tinal arrangements for a reunion as circumstances" might rei.der prudent 
 and ex])edierit, he finally drew him to his heart, and expresscvl in tones that 
 could not fail to carry conviction of tlu'ir truth as well as deep gratilicatioii 
 to the generous heart of Wau-iian-gee the extent of his gratitude and 
 friendship. 
 
 When tii2 young Indian had departed, not before renewing his strong 
 persuasion to induce the officer to accompany him to his wife, llonayne, de- 
 tevmining that no mistake should occur in th(i comiiliance of both his direc- 
 tions to (V.rporal Collins, once more ascended to the bastion from which he 
 had soon the satisfaction to see Wau-nan-gee glide away in the direction of 
 his encampment, until his figure was soon lost in the distance. 
 
 CIIAPTOR XX. 
 
 Mounted upon a hot nnd liory steed which Ills uspiring rider aecmed to know. 
 
 liichnrd 11. 
 
 As if in mockery of tlie clima-t of trial thev were to be made to undoro'o 
 before its close, the 15th of August, 1812, dawned tipon the inmates of Fort 
 Dearborn with a brilliancy even Mirpassiiig that of the iirc-eding day. 
 Well do we, who chronicle these events, recollect it; for while the little 
 garrison, in recording whose fate we take not less an interest than our read- 
 ers can in the perusal, were prep.aring to march out of the fort— to abandon 
 scenes and associations to which long habit had endeared them, and with 
 the almost certainty of meeting xlealli' at every step, we stood at the battery 
 which vomited destruction into the stroniihold of him who had counselled 
 and commanded the iidvance upon Fort VVayne. ]• has been a vulgar belief, 
 fostered by his f nemies, by tli )se who were desirous of relieving tlTemselves 
 from the odium of i)artici|iation, and of rising to power and consideration by 
 the condemnation of their chief, that the position of General Hull was one 
 fraught with advantage to himself and of disadvantage to his enemies. 
 Xothing can be more incorrect. The batteries, to which wo have alluded, 
 hf.d so completely attained the range of the Fort of Detroit, in the small 
 area of .\liicli were cooped up a forci; of nearly twentv--iive hundred men, 
 thiit everv shot that was fired told with terrible ettect, anil not less than three 
 ofhcers ot the small legular f(M'ce w.^rc* killed or mutilated bv one ball passing 
 throuirh the very heart of their private apartments, into which it bail, as if 
 searchiiigly and i; Vidiou^ly, found its way. To the left, moreover, was ano- 
 ther floatmg battery of large ships of war, preparing to vomit forth their 
 thunder, and distract the garrison and divide their fire, which could be re- 
 
 
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 turned only f'oni their iinmcdiiito front bearing on tho river, that it soon 
 bocamo CNidcnc to tho besiogors that their em^my had no power to arrest or 
 eftei-tually chi'ck tfce fury of tl oir attack, ikit not this alone. Thousands 
 of liidiiins had occupied "tlieffround in the rear, and only waited tlie advance 
 of the JJriti-iii columns, furnished also with artillery for an assauU in another 
 quarter, to rush witli the ininiolating tomahawk upon the defenceless inhabit- 
 ants of the town, and complete a slaughter to which there would have been 
 no parallel in warfare. They could not have been restrained ; their savagi; 
 appetite for blood must have been ai)pease<l, and of this fact General Hull 
 had been aj'prised. Moreover, live hundi'ed of his force who had been de- 
 tached under Colonel Cass, were at no great distimce, and had an ell'ectuul 
 resistance bee-i made at Detroit— had blood been, fis they would liave con- 
 ceived, wantonly spilt, the exiusperation of tho Indians would have been such 
 that, in all probability. Colonel Cass wo\dd not at the jjresent day be a can- 
 didate fur presidential honors, nor would any of his force have shared a 
 better fate. All these things we state impartially and without fear of con- 
 tradiction, because they occurred under our own eyes, and because we be- 
 lieve that the people of the United States do not understand the true dith- 
 culties bv which General Hull was beset. It may be very well, and w 
 correct enough in tho abstract, to say that an officer commanding a post, 
 armed and -iarrisoru'd as Detroit wiis, ought to have annihilated their asaail- 
 ants, but where, in the return of prisoners, is mention made of artillerymen 
 sufficient to serve even half the guns by which the fortress was defended? 
 The Fourth Regiment of the line was theie, but not the gallant I<"ourth Ar- 
 tillery, and every soldier knows that that arm is often more injurious to 
 friends than to foes in the hands of men not duly trained to it. \\ ith the 
 exception only of the regiment fii-st named, the army of General Hull con- 
 sisted whoUv of raw levies chietlv from Ohio, expert enough at tho rifle, but 
 utterly incompetent to serve artillery with effect. Agani, the greater the 
 number of men the L^reater the disadvantage, unless at the moment of assault, 
 for it has already been shown that the British battering guns had obtamed 
 the correct range, and half the force had only canvas to coyer them. 
 
 We pretend not, assume not, to be the panegyrist of General Hull, but 
 we have ever been of o].inion that, as he expressed himself in his official 
 despatch to the comn;and!>rit atC'hieago, his pri-uijial anxiety was in regard 
 to the defenceless iidud)itants ; and that had his been an isolated command, 
 where men and soldiers oidy were the actors, no consideration would have 
 induced him to lose sight of the order of the Secretary otW.nr— that no post 
 should lie surrendered without a battle. If he erred it was from motives 
 of humanity alone. Ikit we return from our short digression to the little 
 party in Fort Dearborn. 
 
 As we have before remarked, the sun rose on their immediate i.ropa.ration 
 for departure with a seeniin<rly mocking brilliancy. None had been in bed 
 from early dawn ; iiml as both officers and men glanced, for the last time, 
 from the "ramparts upon the common, they saw assembled around nearly the 
 whole of the Indians, with arms in their lumdr., and though not ab^^olutely 
 dressed in war dress, without any of those indications of warriors prepared 
 for a long march, such as that meditated by the troops, while their tents still 
 remained standing. . , 
 
 'The prospect is gloomy enough," remarked Captain Wells, gravely; 
 
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 those {cllows have evulently bcpii up all nifrl.t an.l watchinj; the fort from 
 a disamct', to Hco whether an attom|.t niiiclit nut I,,; iimac to 'stral a mr.rch' 
 upon tlic.n m the dark-look yonder to tl,.- l,.fi. d(t you h... that i.an.l 
 crouohmf,' as tl.o light ixvutnes stroiijr..,. h.hind these sand hills ? Mark mo 
 w ,t that IS not the point from which th.-y will make their attack, if attack 
 us ti.ey do! [..„• mysolt I a.n prepan-d for the worst; and in urdor that 
 ey 8hail know how much I mistrust th.m-„ay. h.MN ...rtain I an, of what 
 hcvintend, shall head tho advanc with mv hravo warriors painted aa 
 black as tiie devd hunselt. And so to prepare ourselves " 
 
 _" Corporal Nixon, pull me down that tla-." ordered Ensitr„ Ronavno, 
 pomtini. to ,t when the commanding orticerJiad -lesccndcd to ffive d.reo- 
 tions lor the tormation of the line of march-" tiiat is my especial charge, 
 and he who may take a fancv to it must win it with mv life." 
 
 Ihe corporal r.,pliod not. He was not awan, of the" true position of his 
 young olhcers lady, and he was afraid to give him pain bv making allusion 
 to her. H,., however, promptly ol,cy.;d, and when the tia.' was' lowered 
 and the lines cut away, assisted him in enfolding it somewhat in tho tashiou 
 of a fecotch tartan romul his bodv. ^>^uwu 
 
 At the m.)ment when the tlag came down, the Indians on the common set 
 up a tremendous yell. It was evidently that of triumph at the mmiistak- 
 ablo ('vidence ot the immediate evacuation of the fort. 
 
 The hot blood of Ronayne could not sulfer this with impunitv. At tho 
 fu e.v ent ot his lungs he pealed back a yell of detiauee, which attracted the 
 ge eial no ice towards himsell, standing erect lus he did with (he bri^rht and 
 brilliant colors of tlie silken Hag tlashing in the sun. Amoii >• those who 
 weio nearest to lum was Pee-to-tuni. over wliose wounded eye liad been 
 fnZu '\"*''^''"'^. '';'>"Jl-'';«:'l'i^'f as a banu.-.ge. Tlie Chippewa shook his 
 om,ihawk menacingly at him, and motioned as though he would represent 
 the act of tearing the tlag from his body. ^ 
 
 The shout and its cause were lu-anl and known below. Captain Headlev 
 returned to the rampart and with much e.xcil,.m..nt in his manner an 1 to,,/, 
 inqnnvd ot the young othcer wiial he meant by such .mprudence of conduct 
 at such a moment-when they were about to place themselves, almost de- 
 lenceless at the mercy ol those whom h.; so wantonly p,-ovoked. 
 
 caliy, to talk to me ,.t imi>rudence, who but follow your example of yes- 
 terday \\ here was the prudence, I ask, which induec'd you to com,„-omise 
 not only your owr^hfe, but the lives of all, in spitting 'tirst, thm dashincr 
 your glove into tiie face of the Chippewa .'" " 
 
 " if you da,-e to (juestion the propriety of my cr.n.luct, sir," returned his 
 ^>m.nau,lmg oflice,- *• know that the act was provoked-unavoidabie. if we 
 would lespec ou,-.selves and command the respect of our enemies. Pee-to- 
 timi had insulted the American ).eople by contemptuously tn.mplin.r under 
 foot tiie med,.a that had been given to him l,y the President. .Join you 
 ompany, sir ! ^V hat toni oolery is that ?" alluding U, the manner i n wd, 
 the colors were disposed of. " Remove those colors •" 
 ],« 2 t^'mfoolery," returned Ronayne, his cheek paling with passion as 
 ho de eended to the parade " means that 1 know whit yo^ do not CaptaS 
 
laK MASSACRE AT CUICAOO. WW 
 
 '• Tills fills tho mpfwuro of your inaoleimo, Mr. Ronnyno," rotimiod the 
 cotnniiiinliint ; "yim will Imvi! u heavy account lu si-ttlc by tho timo you 
 reacli Fort Wnvne." 
 
 " The soont'r tho bettor ; but if wo do icncli it, il will bo from no merit of 
 arranjfcnv'nt of yours," ri'tunu-d tiio subaltern, as ho placed himself in his 
 allotted station in the company. 
 
 It may and must appear not onlv surprisinff, but out of character to tiie 
 reader, that such language shouki pi.ss between two oftieers— and these 
 unquestionablv gentlemen— of the reijular service— the cm in command, 
 the other tilling' the lowest [,'nide of the eommissioned service; but so it 
 was. 'I'he hi,<f|: spirit of tli.; VirL,niiiun had ever manifested deep impatience 
 under what h" considered to be the unnecessary irartinetism of ( "apt. 1 load- 
 lev, and there had always existed, from tho moment of joining of the former, 
 a disposition to run restive under his undue exercise of authority. This 
 feeling had hcon greatly increased since the resolution taken by Oapt. Head- 
 ley to' retreat nftor giving away the presents ami ammunition to tli.^ Indians, 
 not only hecaus,; it was a most imjirudenl step, but because while the fort 
 wiLs maintained, there was the greater chance of his again being reunited, 
 through the instrumenta'ity of' W'au-nan-gee, to his wife. Perhaps had 
 he known the sincere symjiathy which Capt. Ileadley entta-tained for him 
 at the grief occasioned by her loss, or the knowledge he had obtained of 
 her supposed guilt, which, notwithstanding all their littlo ditt'erences, he 
 guarded with so much delicacy, this bitterness of feeling would have been 
 much qualified ; but he w.ns ignorant of the fact, and only on one occasion, 
 and for a moment as lias been seen, suspected that Mrs. Headl.iv had, under 
 the seal of coniidence and from a presumed necessity, betrayed his secret. 
 If the history of that time did not record thes(! fre(iuent and strong expres- 
 sions of dissatisfaction and discontent between the captain and the ensign, 
 we should feel that we were violating consistency in di-t:iiling them ; but 
 they were so, and the onlv barrier to an open and more marked rupture 
 existed in tlie person of M"rs. Ileadley, whom Ronayne loved and honored 
 us though sh.' hud been his own mother, and who, on her part, often 
 pleadedliis generous warmlii of temi)erament and more noble (qualities of 
 heart in mitigation of the annoyance and anger of her husband. 
 
 CUAPTER XXI. • 
 
 Au. beim^ now ready, the gates were thrown wide open for the last exit 
 of i\w detaeiiment, and the little column sallied forth. In the van rodo 
 Captain Wolls and his little band of Miamis. whose lugubrious appearance 
 likened the march much more to a funeral procession than to tlie move- 
 ments of troops confident in themselves. :ind reposing faith in those whose 
 services had been purchased. Next came thirty men of the detachment, 
 and to them succeeded the wagons, containing, besides the w^men and chil- 
 dren and sick, such stores of the garrison, including spare ammunition with 
 the luggage of the ofhcers and men, as could not be dispensed with. Ihirty 
 mtn composing the remaining subdivision of the healthy portion of the de- 
 aichment, brought up the rear. Their rout 3 lay along the lake shore, while 
 
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 WAU-NAN-OEE ; OR, 
 
 the Indiiins moved in » parallel lino with thorn, separated only by a long 
 rani;o of sandiiills. 
 
 Unlh I'xi'i'lliMit horsewomon. and" motinffd on HpJendid clifiiL^i'i-s wlioao 
 pood |ioiiits liad for ywirs been jirow,! by (liutii in liuir mimi'iui's riiics in 
 tbn ni'i-,dib(irlio(>d, Mrs. Ib^adlcy and Mrs. Klinsh-y, with Hoiiavnt'on horse- 
 ba('k, bmiioht up the o.\trt'ine rear. The foriiKM-, iiabitt^d in a ridinuj drew 
 which fitted admirably to hor noblo and graocCid fiifure, wa.s cool and col- 
 lected as thouf,di her rido were one tf mere ordinary parade. [»e,.p thou!,dit 
 til- re was in iier couiitenance, it is irue. Less than woman bad >lie been 
 had n<.n(^ been observable there ; but of that unijuiet manner which belonj^s 
 to the nervous and the timid, tlicro wtin no trace. She spoke to Mrs. Klms- 
 '^J'T-who also manifested a firmness not eoniinon to a woman, to (,ao under 
 similar circumsiamvs, but still of a le.ss decided character than that of her 
 companion — of indillerent subjects, expressin^j;, among otiier tilings, her 
 regret that they were then leaving for ever the wild but beautifully ro- 
 mantic country in which they had passed so many happy days. " How we 
 shall ainuso ourselves at Fort Wayne,'" she coiiciiided, after one of those 
 remarks, 'heaven only knov/s ; for' altlumgh 1 spijnt a great part of my 
 girlhood there, 1 confess it is the most dull station in which i have ever been 
 quartered." 
 
 " How," remarked Ronayne, with an effort at gaiety his looks belied, 
 "can the colors !)o better llanked than by two ladies who unite in them- 
 selves !ill the chivalrous courage of a Joan d'Arc and a Jeanne d'Amboise. 
 Really, my dear Mi-a. Headley," glancing at the black ;norocco belt girt 
 around lier waist, and from which protruded the handles oi two jjistol* about 
 eiglit inches in length, " ^ wuiild advise no Pottowatomie to aiiprouch too 
 near you to-day." 
 
 " 1 think 1 may safely second your recommendation, Jlonayne," she an- 
 swered, as uncovering the front of her saddle she exhibited a short ritle 
 which her rding habit concealed, " or thev may find that my lif • has not 
 been pa^^M-d in the backwoods, without, .'^oine little practical knowledge of 
 the use of arms. vV'hen we were first married at Fort Wayne, Ibjadley 
 taught me to fire the pistol and the ritle with equal adroitness, and I have 
 not forgotten my practice." 
 
 " And 1," said Mrs. Elnisley, "though loss formidably provided, have 
 that 'lich may serve me in an emergiiicy— see here," aiid she drew from 
 the l.jsom of her riding dress a double-barrelled pistol, somewhat smaller 
 than those of Mrs. He.ulley. 
 
 •'Well provided, both <>( you," said the Virginian, "and 1 was correct in 
 saying iliat the color and the color-bearer were well iruarded, but hark I 
 what is that !" 
 
 Several shots were fired. They were <lischargod by the Indians, wan- 
 tonly destroying the cattle browsing around the njad by which they 
 advanced. 
 
 Such will be our fate," exclaimed the officer with the excitement of in- 
 dignation ; "shot down, no doubt, like so many brutes." 
 
 At th.it moment Captain Headley grdlopcd up from the rear, he having 
 been the last to leave the fort. Ilonaync's words were overheard by him, 
 and he demanded, hii'^tily and abruptly : 
 
 " Are you afraid, sir V You seem well protected." 
 
THE MABHACnE AT CHIOAOO. 
 
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 " Sir !" tlinndrr^d tlio onmgn, " I can mnr -li up to tlio oncmy whore you 
 
 dart' iii)t show your face." , , , <• • i 
 
 And, Hpolotriziri!,' hurriodlv to (Ik; liuli.a, h« .la>.li(<l tho spurs hinously 
 into liis horse's tliuiks iin(.' followed his caplaiu, who Inid hastened to tlio 
 
 As til!' latter [raitK'd tlie head of the column wliicli was only rendored of 
 finy Ifn^'th hv the dozen bullock wai,'uns conlainini,' the stores and lu.urgago, 
 he saw 'C'apt.' WelN, who wiw about a hundred yards in the advance, sud- 
 (h'nly wheel round with his Miamis, and push rapi<lly back for the main 
 
 '"" Thpv nro prpparin;^ to attack us, sir," hn shouted. " There is not a 
 momcnt'io be lost in making your arrantreinunts." 
 
 Seareelv had tlifs«! words been Uttered, when a volley came ratthuij; ncroas 
 the si'indh'ill from tho level of the prairie, woundiuir, but not disabling, two 
 
 of his men. , • , , ., ,, _ 
 
 " We must chiir<yc. them," he answered, " it is our only hope. Keep them 
 n check Wells, while I form 'le. Now, mv lads, it is death or victory for 
 as Ha''"M<re wa.rons halt, and form hollow square, to shelter the women 
 and chii<TiT.irfrom ^he bullets of the enemy. Rear subdivision, to the front 1 
 Right fubdivision, halt !'' t xu i i 
 
 "Left subdivision, halt!" ordered Lieutenant Llmsley, when they had 
 
 '^''™ Fnmt '" i.ursued the captain, and the lino was formed. « Men, throw 
 off vour i)aeks— vou must have nothing to encumber you m that sand ; the 
 drivers will c;u-ry them into the square. Ladies, you had belter retire there 
 
 '' To a soldier's wife the field of battle were preferable on a day like this," 
 calmly returned Mrs. lleadley, wh.^ with Mrs. Elmsley, had ridden up with 
 the itar. "Better to be shot .lown ther' than tomahawke.l near the^wa- 
 irons Hc-ides our presence will encourage the men— will it n...t, my lads .' 
 
 A loud cheer burst from tiio ranks. Each man, certainly, feV, greater con- 
 fidence than before. . ,. if^fn,:„ 
 
 "Then forward, clmrgo!" shouted Capt. Headley, availmg himself of this 
 moment of ..nthusiasm ; " recollect, you tight for your wives and chddren ; 
 if vou drive not the Indians, they perish !" , . , „ ,, • 
 
 '"N-iv forget not, you tight for your colors!" cried Ronayne, galloping 
 furiously tluo.igh the'sand to the front, and beading the centre. 
 
 The ascent was not very steep, and as tlic colors, tightlv gut over the 
 shoulders of Ronayne and hanging from the ttanks of his horse, hrst ap- 
 peared crowning the crest, and then the little serried line ui bayonets ght- 
 terinolike so many streams of light in the sun's rays, exclamations of 
 woncFer, mingled witb fierce shouts, burst from the Indians. -|'o up to th s 
 moment had? after their fii-st volley, been wholly occupied by ( aptam \, ells 
 and his parly of boivemen, whom they seemed more anxious .0 make pn- 
 .soners than fo f re at, and this in consideration of their horses, which they 
 were anxious to obtain unwounded. ,. , ,. , t j- 
 
 "Wells" shouted Captain Headley, on whose little line the Indians now 
 began to open their fire, " send half your peopl . protect my right fiank. 
 Charge, men ! It is all down hill work now, and we are tauiy m for it. 11 
 ■we are to die, let us die like men." 
 
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WAU'NAC-aRE; OR, 
 
 Simulfnncoutly, nnil witlioul: tli- ord.-r, flio nion Hlioutcd the fhnrga am, 
 witli llii'ir lommiimliug olHcir md tlio colors t'lill iti vi.w hcluix' tliciii, they 
 diwhod furwiinl where their encmicw were the ihicktst, and such was the 
 f|fi'Ct i)f their unswerving cniinitf.' that th.' latter, iilthoii^'h in nuniliirs sufll- 
 oit'Ut to hiui .•.nniliiiat.'.l them, wcrt^awed l.y lln'ir rooiution ; and in many 
 instanct'i, thusti wiio wi're no. 'n the iniine<liate hne of tlioir advi.nco, stood 
 leaninu on thttir guns watcliing theni and without firing a nhot ; no, wju 
 tliis strange, for it must ho reoolh'cted that the hcMlih- I'cehng to thegiirrisun 
 had not heen shared hy all the I'ottowutomies, espooiHlly hy tho cliiefs and 
 more elderly warriors. 
 
 Hofore tho determined advance of tin'" gallant littlo hand lhi> Indians gave 
 way, until lliiiy had retired ngain nearly as far as their own encampment, 
 but the ranks wore fast thinning \>y tlie distant tire of the enemy, whom it 
 was found iin|)osHihle to reach uith the havoiiet. 
 
 "This will never do." thundered ('a|,.. 'llcjvljey ; " halt I form square !" 
 
 The order was speedily oheyed ; but on hearing" thing Ixhind and looking 
 round fur his wife and Mrs. t^lmsh^y, to place them in the centre. (Japtj.i;: 
 Ileadley Haw that a great number of the Indians whom t'.ev >a. ...,- r. 
 before them had turned aside and reunited behind— thus cuttin.ii them otj 
 from their party. It has already been observed that the hoi-se Mrs. Head- 
 ley rode was a inagniticcnt animal, d..cile yet full of life and spirit, .-.nu ♦bo 
 excitement and sound of battle had, on this occasion, given te hin -ui .u'i- 
 mation— a grace, if it may be so ex|)ressed. which, nmdere 1 cvei mrf') 
 remarkable by tho sup..rb tlgure of his rider, excited in several of th. Indiar*. 
 a strong desire to get poss.ssion of liim uninjured. Her own licalp .hey 
 were burning with eagerness to secure; for iVom tho tii-st nionient of the 
 charge down the hill, .she had used her little ride so succes-fnllv that of 
 three Indians hit by her two had been killed, and they had eviiiced their 
 deep exasperation. The anxiety to extricate herself, without the horse bciiig 
 wounded, in all piobabilitv saved her; for they tired so high that almost all 
 the bullets jiassed over her head, although not Irss than seven ditl reach their 
 aim — one of them lodging in her let't arm. The Indians were iumv pressing 
 more closely upon her, when Captain Wells, .seeing th.,- danger to which the 
 noble woman was exposed, da>hed back at the head of his brave hor,"' ;n, and 
 used the toinaliawk with such cil'ect without the enemy being able ^. guard 
 themselves against the rapidity of his movements, thiit he soon cleared a 
 passage to her, cleft the skidl of a Pottowiitomie who had reached lierside, 
 and was in the very act of removing her riding hat to scalp her alive, and 
 lifting her oH" her horse, covered with wounds and faint from loss of blood, 
 bi.re her rapidly down towards the lake. As he approached it, he met 
 Winnebeg and IJlack I'artiidge returning to the scene of blood, to .save her 
 tf possible, as they had previously saved Mrs. Elmsley, who had had her 
 horse shot under her, and been wounded in tlie .ankle. Hoth were Imrried 
 into a canoe, and cJoiicea'.ed under blankets by those good but now pt)wer]es8 
 chiefs, while the brave but desperate captain returned to head his warriors 
 and try the last issue of the tight. 
 
 Meanwhile, Cajjlain Headley had been again attacked .and with great fury 
 by the rallying Indians, while the only diversion in his favor was that made 
 by the little band of Miamis, who, however, could not be expected to render 
 efficient aid much longer ; besides, whatever immediate advantage miidit be 
 
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Tni IIAM4<,lll AT 
 
 97 
 
 jfdinod, the final rwilt wh»>n tin darknoM of ni^^ht ihoiilil <n>t in, wm buttoo 
 certain. Nut only lib-, ulticeM ftrul liiniM;!!', Ijtit \m iiu'ri fult lliit, nnd tliqjr 
 could Bcurculy be Huid to ri'j^rct it, wIumi, HuirunndinK tlii-m fi<»m n dwtun«:o, 
 tfu< Iiidiiirm ronewcil « tin) which, from tlio morni-nt of tht^ir first being 
 thrown into Hcj-iuri', had in a ^rt'iU d'gruo hcon lulhd. During tluit hhort 
 interval thijy had !»>«•« mmif! to moiMteri thfir purthid lips from thi-ir oin- 
 tocns of water into which Imd been thrown a Nnudl quantitv of nun at ntart- 
 ing, and no onfi who ban cur donned thn biukk-r nc«;d Imj told the cxhi- 
 hiratinj,'. tho renewing,' intliit nee of this upon nieu jaded with long provbtu 
 wutchinii,' and lii,'htin;,' it di».ulvantai,'c. 
 
 " Men, husband your ammunition," enjoined Iho captain, " keep cool, and 
 when I give tlui word, htvcl low and deliberately. Our position cannot be 
 better, for the; country is all ci(!ar and flat around us. (lud defend the 
 right." 
 
 "Conmicnco filo-firins^ from tin) right of faces," ho ordered, iw ho rnmaiktxl 
 that the Indians, r(!ndered bolder by Lia inactivity, were evidently closing 
 upon him, as for the purposi? of a rush. 
 
 Steadily and coolly the nuMi pulU'd the trigger for the first time; and the 
 caFe( t of the caution he had givt;n wiw piirceptible. The Indiana* were no 
 less gallc ' than astonished when turning from one face to get out of thi- way 
 or danger, they found thi- bullets coming ujion them from every point u( tho 
 coi pr V— not very many, it is true, liul (piite enough to stay and to warn 
 i'hcr^ i:j\t a nearer approach was dangerous ; •••id before tho liltlu band had 
 discharged a do/cn cartridges each — few failing to tell — thoy had with- 
 urawn Ciitiroly out of reach of danger either to tiiemselves or to their 
 cnemitH. % 
 
 Wliili! tluis they stood, as it were, at luiy, t'ley for the first time had lei- 
 sure to look around and observe the havoc tiiat had been done along the 
 slope of tho sandhill and on the plain below. Nearly half of their gallant 
 comrades lay there scal|ied and tomahawked, and with their bodies and 
 limbs thrown into those strange contortions which mark the last jihysical 
 agony of the soUlior struck down by the bullet in llie midst of life .uui health ; 
 but for every private l;iy two Indians at least — a few of them who had been 
 overtaken in the furious charge down the hill, but most of them sutl'erers 
 from their lire whiii; formed in their little but compact square. Capt. Head- 
 ley and his lieutenant looked anxiously, but silently, towards the sand bill, 
 Avhere they had last seen their wives exposed to the most imminent danger, 
 yet gall.ntly defended by Captain Wells and his Miami warriors, three of 
 whose horses, shot under them, encumbered the ground, but nothing was to 
 be seen of either ; and the bitterness of sorrow was in their hearts, for they 
 helieveil them to be dead, and that their bodii'S were lying beyond the crest 
 of the hill, whence occasional shouts were heard. As for Hoivayne, ho kept 
 his cyo fixed in tho opposite direction, for they were not far from the en- 
 campment of the Pottow atomies, and he felt satisfied that his beloved Maria, 
 who, after the great peril to which he had fears Mrs. lleadley and Mrs, 
 Elmsley were exposed, he docf)ly rejoiced to know wiis in a place of safety, 
 was then not far from him, and no doubt forcibly detained from tho field by 
 the mother of Wau-nan-goe, or by tho youth himself. 
 
 "'Twero folly to remain here longer and thus inactive," remarked Captain 
 Headley. "The Indiana are evidently waiting for night to renew their 
 
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^ WAt7-vAir-oni } opi 
 
 iittixjk, for th«v are tcw\hh HxU, rw f.-w of thr-.n nrf provii!..<! w!th Mm, <m 
 
 un.UI,outin« of tl,., iM-ll-houmU in th« fort » U » well or uk hut nourly 
 half tl>oir for.-o I.hh Ih- -n mrwU-A thith.T hy llio tl.ir«t o» i^luti. W uihI the 
 hopo of »l,taii.in« rutn. H»t 1ft us r...um.' our p.mition on tl... hil . Now 
 thHtwc »hall »H) cnal.lml to coiumumwI .vry llunjr aruuml uh if w.Mir.* 
 10 di.i l.-t iw full to.'othfir liko in^u ami hoI.U.th in our liul- M"rm><l Kfjuaro. 
 '• Lonir liv.> our l.ravn cptuiu !-huzztt ! Wo will h-bt to thn hi^t c.irt- 
 riilj^o. an.l bayonet iii han.l." exclaimed i'nul UfKarnio, raising hi« cap 
 
 **Tho ciieor was tak.^n up and proloiij^cd until tlio forest that bounded the 
 plact'H tlu'v w.T« in Hont back tli.i I'l'ho, • , i .i 
 
 8carc.>ry had this Hubsid'il. whon torritic .hiickM and cru's mmtrlfd with 
 Qorco yolk burst from tl..: opposit- sido of Ww h.u.. lull. I his la^to.l f.,r 
 about tivn minutes, and thon gradually di.-l away. 'Ihon many .trau^hng 
 8hi>tM wpr.' hoard, and thoso difd away m dwtanc. 
 
 I'aptain Jb-adl.y, 'vhohad 'MVmd bi« raov.mient towards tl.o sandhdl 
 durinff this manii;iHiai;..n of the prcsonct. o*' tho .-nemy on the othor h.-m of 
 the ridK.., now moved his men to its has.-, and tlu-n- halted thnn A.er a 
 lifle timo or.lerinL' a rash with the bayon-t ou the lirst Indians who sh..uld 
 show th.^mseUvs in a-iv force, ho stepped out of tho m,uarc, and moved m a 
 ,toopincr posture to f 'lin the 8umnnt, that he miuht reconnoitre the enemy 
 und seoVhat they were about. Mut scarcely had he rca.hed the top when 
 ho ajrain rapidly de*cen.U.l. His face was pale_hw lips ...n.pivs.j.. . fo 
 had seen a mght to shako the mjrve* of the .ternest soldier, and gladl;. did 
 1,0 swallow, from the .anieen of Sergeant Nix-n, who oilercd it to him, the 
 cordial beverage that carried i-nowed circulation to his veins. 
 
 " Forward, men, with as lilile noise as possible, and gain the crest of the 
 hill ; but, whatever you see, let not your nerves be shaken int.. in.liscretion. 
 If you lire without orders from mo. you are lost without a iiope. Ho cool, 
 an.l when I do give the command to tire, let tiic front face ot the square 
 exchange their discharge.l tiiel.H'ks f.>r thw,o of tho rear face, m order to be 
 always loaded. Now, men, be cool." , r. .. • u* 
 
 t'aptain Headl.-y was wise in issuing this p.?cautionary order, tor thosigtit 
 the little square beheld, on gaining and baiting on tho ri.lg.'. was one not 
 merely to render men recklcsH and imprudent, but in a great measure to 
 drive thein mad. 
 
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 CHAPTEIl XXII. 
 A .-rimson rivor of warm blood liko to a bubbling fountuiu »*J^^^;J,'^j;J,',^'^i"'.';^ 
 
 To uiKlerstand the horrible nceno that met tlie vi-w. first of the oomn.and- 
 iiig otfi(U»r, and Rul.sequenlly of the little scjuare, it will be nec^.saiy t.) go 
 biu;k to certain events of the past half hour. 
 
 When fai^lain Wells had r.iturned from delivonng over his wounded 
 niece to the charge of Black Partridge an.l Winnebeg, both of whom had, 
 with deep sorrow, behold the fiendish excesses of their young men, but with- 
 
TttI 1UM4CU AT OlUCAOOk 
 
 I b«int;abK< to prp?«irt thwn. ho wn pnrsiitntf hU « 
 awMstUinct! of ("upt.'iin H.'!».|U'y, Hii.l.l.r.lv, win . 
 
 ... , -, «* IfinwndTMnUi 
 
 tlM awMstUinct! of ("upt.'iin H"!».|U'y, Hii.l.l.r.ly, wh. . - iir.'uii<i to iirui 
 
 out in wh.it piirt ..!' tli- (i.-ltl hi^ Miamw w.'ro,"h<' »nw »«>v.!riil I'oltowHtomiai 
 i»pi>rn;u-|i th,, i,|,ot whort' tho U^^;^^t^I>i wif^otw w.ni tlruwn Uf», i.'ui com- 
 m«nc.) tomiklinwkii)({ the eliiWr.'n. The cri«'H nrid nht'ukn of ih.i molliurt, 
 tw tht> holplosM vicliniH |i«triithM(l urio iift.T th<' othtT, uikLt ili"ir oy.-H, until 
 iicaily u tlozon liail lullfii, l.roii^Mit with it all lli.- r.'ric-wnl of ih.i horror he 
 «>yur t'sijHti..ti.<'.l wlion wrmji'ti and childriin w»r« tlio (PM»i!ml. and drovo 
 liitii alnumt fruntiu. 
 
 " Ih that your K«m<! ?" Iio «»cl(iirnt'd furiously in thfir own languiige I— 
 " tliaiik (f.J, wo can play at thai too." 
 
 Th.i att.>nipt to ciictik tlm utrom; party uwM'riiblnd round the waj^onn, he 
 felt would hu unavailirl^^ hut rem)lvln||( U) vuntarp, HinfflM-botidcd, itit(j iho 
 i'ni'arnpn>(mt of iho t-n.-niy, wIkto their childr.n hud ln'on l«*ft unj^uurded, 
 ho turned hi>i horsis's hcail. daxlicd pant the fort ajrain ut Win fullest iip«.'d, 
 an<l with reven^'e and a threat of retaliation raekinj; hin very heart (ttrinjpi, 
 nuwh' tor their wiguant.-*. Alarmed, in turn, t'ur the safety d thfir sipiawn 
 and children, tlu* inurdorerH nuw deniHted fVoin their work and followed uii 
 rapidly as they rould on foot, the rhjjhf, of tlie Miami leader. Every now and 
 then th.y «to|iped and tired, hut at the outnet all their mIioIm were in vain, for 
 the captain, aecuHtonied to that **..rt of warfare, tlnowin;,' himself u\>u^ tho 
 neck of hw horse, loading and tiring in that p.wition, haHled all their 
 attempt)* to bring him down, v.tiilo he waved his tomahawk on high, a« i»' in 
 triumph at the »ueces.Hfid insue of what he niediiated. As tho pursu. jf 
 Indians juissed the gale of the fort, now tilled lilh plunderers, many intox- 
 icated, ree-totuin, who had been there from the tirst— his love of drink 
 being eveii stronger than his thirst for revenge— camo stagtferin'» forth, sud- 
 deidy aroused to a conseiousnesa of what was going on without, and de- 
 manded to know the eause of this now and immediate tumult. The young 
 Iinlians hastily iiiformtd him; when the Chippewa, <lropping on one knoc, 
 and holding his ramrod as a rest upon the ground, ran his rigl.'t and uninjured 
 eye along the siiflit, pulleil the trigger, and brought down the burse of tho 
 fugitive, which fell with a heavy plunge. A Lremendoas shout followed 
 from the band who had lost four warriors by his tire, and who, cimsequeiilly 
 deeply enraged, now made tiio greatest (-tforts to come up with and secure 
 him. before he could disengage himself from his horse, under which he lay 
 "severely wounded hiinselt', two other Indians came up from an ofiposite 
 '[uartei-, and, t:iking him prisoner, sought to bear hir otf before the others 
 Could reach him. These were the chiefs Waubant and Wiimcbeg, th«i 
 latter of whom, seeing the danger of the captain from the moment when the 
 massacre of tho children comnu'nced, had left .Mrs. Headley and Mrs. Elms- 
 ley under the care of Mlack I'artridge, and hastened to b<' of service to hiiu 
 if possible. Hut all their ellorts to save him were vain. With rajiid strides, 
 and shouts rendered more savage than ever by tho fumes of the h;iuor he 
 had swallowed, and with the scalp of the unfortunate Von Voltenberg — who 
 had been killed while returning to thi' fort for a small llask of brandy which 
 he had forgotten — dangling at his side, I'ee-to-tum advanced with furious 
 speed, and, stabbing the captain in Uio back, put an t'nd to his misery. No 
 sooner had ho fallen, than, like a vulture, the Chippewa sprang upon the 
 lifeless body, and, making an incision with his knife upon the gtrong and 
 
too 
 
 wAiNVAii in ; rm, 
 
 full hi»ir"«| crown, U)r<f th-^ wnVintf eovMngi nmny, nml Ihun iwMml unolkir 
 trophy to his «U»i(iwiin;^ upoih. Th'» wiw ihw niiftinl t>>' t'urllf*' iMitnwti 
 K»H«|n'riUi«t by th" ktmwl.dj^i' «<f th*> ri«vpn,fi' In- hiwl mrilitiitfl. iin<l tn<' 
 liMH h<' liful iilri'rtclv (►ci'ii'Hiniii'd th'tti, tlu' wurri ir« wlin imil l'r<t fnllnwi'l ih*- 
 iU-t'iilt'd Mi.ijni Iriiilcr, riit «»|m'Ii lli- l<l'r «ti.lc with llifir knivf-i, and l.r.fnrtb 
 the y«>f witrm and hl<'<'(li;if( hwirt, whirh, M wbII iw the boily ifw'f, thoy 
 born bark in triumph In ih" \»«ry Hpot ivhtni'p thty had «••• iMit, IV>' ta-tmn 
 cnrryinf^ \m h.'urt, pit-n imJ liy thf r imntd, ha it pn trudi'd n cnu\>U' of fi-r. 
 from ihi* hur.. 1 of his riHi'. 
 
 Hipmti. d in n circio, nmi witliin n fi'w U'H of thr wn^on in which tito 
 tomikh;iwk"d ihildreu l:iy r-ovorcd witli hi hmI, and funl iittifl'cnin(( in tho fold 
 m'HH of (li'alli, now nnt ultniif twenty lnihiin% with I'fi'.tt.-tiim id ih'ir hi'ud, 
 pikKKiti;^ from himd lo iiiiiid the ipiiMTin^,' ''mirt of lh« «h»in man, whmc I'viw, 
 Htritinin^', in* it wi ro, from thfir Hockot**, nfi'tiu'd io wiitih tlu' horii'l rcpn»t 
 in which llicy w«ire indiili^iti^, whilo thn hlood utrcumcd ifi'^u^tin;;!/ ovor 
 thiir chitiH mid hp!<, iinil Iriikl'd ovi^r thi'ir p»r«on!*, Ho niiiiiy woIv«i or 
 tilLfiT-* coiihl n^t liiiv.' lorn iiwiiv nn'i.' vonicioiixly with thtir ticih, or 
 Hmuck d ih'ir \\\>f, with ^(roat^'r d<'li(<ht iti ;ht' ri'li^^h i»f hiimun iiHid, than did 
 thfio lo:tthiiom« crtBtureii, who now moisti-nrd the tmmeoiw ropiist from u 
 bhick hottln of nim which hii.i Im'<>ii found in on of fh<! wni^ons conliiininj^f 
 Ou- mt'dii'ino for tiii> »ii>k — iinti what ^{.ivii a>l<i iMiial <lis;,Mji t wiw thf hiih'ou* 
 ftwpr t of the inMiinii'd »•>%' of i\\i> ('hi|ii.i'wa, from which thi^ hiitnliii,"' hud 
 fall, n olf. mid from which the ht>ut of t !•■ nun'n ray was fast drawii g a 
 briny, r«>py, and copious dincharj^c, rt»st>ml>linj» rathir t)io groy ond ilimy 
 laucuH of the toad than tho tears of ii liumm \tfiu^. 
 
 Atlho moment whin the little Hcjuare thus r«',ipp{''»'c'd tinoxpoctodly be- 
 foro Ihi'm the rpvillcrt, who had supfoicd them ciili. r in the hollow oelow, 
 or iont( Hinee disposed of by tln'ir comraihs, were almost instnntlv Mohered 
 and on their feet, (iuickly they flew to necuro their guns, which lay at a 
 little distance licliin<l ihcm; hut, before they could reach them, a volley 
 from tJi" I'ront face of the square was pouri'd in with an effect which, at that 
 Hhort distance, could not fail to prove destructive ; ai-dof the twenty Indians 
 who had composed the circle, more than a dozen of them fell dead, or so 
 dc^perattlv wdundi'(!, that thev couu! not crawl olf the "ground. 
 
 " (lotid," men!" Nhmlderi'iLtfy remarked (,'apt. Il.'adley, "we have re. 
 venged this sliiuj,'hter at least. Cease tiling. Pull not another trigger until 
 I order you. If there bo n hope left for us, it must depend wholly upon 
 our coolness. What a pity you missed that scoundrel I'ee-to-tum. Hark, 
 Elmslev, do you hear his i)rutal voice calling upon the Indiatis lo renew il;o 
 attack (" — and then in a lower tone to the same ollicer: " What tan have 
 become of our wives? Yondi r rides a Pottowatomie mounted on Mrs. 
 Ueadh-y's charger. 1 pray Ood tliey may not have made them prisoners !'* 
 
 "Heaven grant it may be so, sir !" solcmiily returrie<l his stdialtern; 
 "but, in liieir present exuspernted state, 1 fear the worst. Why, while wo 
 were in the hollow, I distinctly saw Mrs, lleadley bring down two Indians 
 with her ritle. 'I'hoy would not ea-sily forget that." 
 
 •' And I, sir," said Sergeant Nixon defeientially, as if fearing to intrude, 
 "saw Mrs. Elmslcy's horse shot under her; and when an Indian came up 
 and struggled with her, she threw her arm around his neck, and presented 
 and fired a pistol at him, and then tried to get at his scalping knife which 
 
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Vn MAItACM *T CMICAOn, 
 
 101 
 
 'f. tlwy 
 
 mm ■iH»^'><t '>*••' Wii cli*-*! Whrtt th« rMult wm, T eon!d not mirfft ont ; 
 iNttQtf Iwt I ^!iw of lu-r, mIui miu muuvA \iy MMrthfr tiitliun kikI • trric in 
 hk urini* fccniM the very spitt wl'«r«» w« (i"W kUihI Hi-i-, »ir, tlitt U hiir 
 horm!" iiikI ho poititMl u> im miinml. which Uy <mly u T-w fini I'l mi the 
 ».jiii»r», ntui wliu-h. niw>n>f l\\>' iliud bo-iiM wf noWic-ro, P..Ui)WiiU>mii.'s, uiij 
 NiamiM, hiiJ hith.-n.. i th.-ir iitti«titi..ii. 
 
 " Hev., »jr, tht-y nf "»rf i" Ki"'"' f>''i'i' '»«^'"f ''•'* 4<"^'" '>'>«»'rv<'U the 
 
 lietttfnHni— " I c»ii <h»liiu'lly ««« I'eu-to-tmu, *ho hut joined Uwm, inytiun- 
 in|4 with hiH hiiiul to rKlyHnc*." 
 
 " Thtti H thi» ilu) Ih'hI pcmition we could httVH chiMit'ii," returned Cuptiiin 
 IL'ttdh'y; " i;ouriiK«', iifii ! A t(L.t'! of lii-«;uil fmiii your hiivi-ntuikn Hhil« 
 you hiiv.i'iinu!, a ii'm»|)<H)iiful of mm, »n.l th.n ^^»l muni »tt it nt{ttin. Miiid| 
 «»)ovi< lill thin^ft, timi vou kf«p ctxil, and do not Uro n nU >t without oid.ir* 
 
 Kroni thf nto.iu" " "l Uoii.kvno hud pluct'd himxi'If, with th« lolom, at 
 the hwhl of lh« lit( , irl-' wl t'n Uilvmiiiiv^ u|> thf wmdhiK, im liad not 
 upokuii H word, but ••'Xitinutd to t;a«) fiudl-; un-l ulmlra.i...lly u|m>ii lliiit 
 • iiri of tho phiin or p'iUiif which l.-d to the mtK-r oucuntpMifiil of tlu- Iii- 
 (liaim. Hit vvh.)h) tl.. .u^fht— I i<» ui.di\id.d nttflnli' n wiw jji-cn to hw wife, 
 wh«».'< luuitt), 111) .iiifui"!'. -t liiuriii;; ihn KouniU of conflict which d-noU'd 
 hi« immiiwiit p.-ril", h. km-w muit Ik- intenm.. Truf. Ii.t nimsolf was span-d 
 the unxi.'fy and unc-rtuiiitv whi.-h tilh d th.< !)rf:i»lN of his con. ■- -u on »w\ng 
 Utoue tli.'V loMid hcHt (»n i'l'.rth .'XpOM.-.l to all llui fuarful •' u; of battle, 
 but I'v.'H in lliit th.Tt! wan an .xcilem.'nt wiiich in wj:' u-dTM compen. 
 Miti'd fi>f 111'' risks tlKV run. 'i lio v.-ry fact of tli-ir (,ic>'<'i.«.^ lK»d Mistained 
 th.'in ; hut now that the tinul rc>,ull H,.tm'd no |..n><.-r doubtful, uiid that the 
 unuihiution of tho whole party wii» to be .nutn.'ntarilv cxpcct.il, h,- I'U ihat 
 one last h.ok. one lik.sl embrace of Iht he luvcd, would rob deutli ut halt its 
 horrors. Hut this wan but the momentary stltishiicits of the mun. >V hen 
 Mrc Ileadlcv and Mrs. JOIinslcy were kn..«n Im have dlsai.pcare.l, he muro 
 thar, evT r.joiced in the circun'istuncs .vhich had r.m..ved his bduv-d wifo 
 from the horrors of tho day, and placd her under ho tV »'ful u guardianship 
 MB that of tli'","'n"rous Wau-naii-uee. ,., . 
 
 aut there wiw annllicr naHnii for the culm, the serious silence whicii tho 
 Virifin^an hiui prosersed. liuhpindently of the .nchiti.; inter- st he to-.k in 
 •ill tint he suhno^cd to be j assiii-; at that moni-nt iii tl).- mind o' Iih absent 
 witV- he had been deeply i,'alled by the last insultin;,' remark ot Captain 
 ll.adlev tu which h- had, il is true, r.plied in u .imilar spirit, yet which 
 nuverlheiess h.id continued to |,ri\e. him much annoyance. Hi. oulyiw 
 hearer of the coh)rs being rather passive than active, he had nut luuii.l it 
 necessarv to open his lips, except to utter a few w..rds of encourageiiieiitan.) 
 •i,,|,roval to tl • m.-n. Kurm.d in IkjIIow square, as the little torce now WM, 
 there was no opportunity f'-r di>play nf individual or persuiml prowess, or ho 
 certainly would have soUKdit an opportunity to t. st with his onimaiuling 
 cfHcer the extenl of their respective daring. lUit now an occaMon ut la»i 
 presented itself, and in a mani.er le:ist expcctwi. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII [. 
 Peom tiie position now occupied by the devot ■■' little band, a view of 
 
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 WAU-NAN-OKE ; OU, 
 
 the who'" mljacent country was distinctly commiindoil, ovon to the 
 very >,'atcs of the fort, m.m whicli tl\t7 hatl never advimced more 
 than half a mile on their retreat, and within a mil.' of which ihei'- move- 
 ments had attain brou^'ht them. On looki?ig anxiously around to s.e from 
 wiiat direction the most imminent danger would proceed, Captain ileadlcy 
 remarked a large body of Indians issuing frota the gattiway, and moving 
 slowly from the fort towards them. 
 
 " Give mo the glass, Mr. Elmsley," lie said to that ofheer, who had it 
 slung over his shoulder, '• let luo see if 1 can make out \diat they intend. 
 Ha ! l>y heaven they arc moving one of the field pieces towards us. Could 
 they hut manage a few rounds of that, they would soon make short work 
 of the alfair, but the simpletons seem to have overlooked the fact of the gun 
 being spiked — even if they knew how to aim it." 
 
 '■ If it is the gun that was in the block-house, it is not spiked, sir," re- 
 marked Sergeant Nixon. 
 
 '• Not spiked ! how is that?" asked the captain quickly — almost anfirily. 
 
 "The spikes were too large, sir; and Weston, whose duty it was, broke 
 a ramrod off instead." 
 
 " I la I is it so ? Whrtt a thought strikes me I Could we get hold of that 
 gun, we might yet make terms with those devils. Who will load a forloi* i 
 hope and volunteer to take it'.'" 
 
 "I will," thundered Kouayne, with svidden vivacity, his eye flashing 
 fiercely as ho met the glance of his commanding officer. " Spare me three 
 men fiom each face of the sepiare, and 1 will bring it to you or die in the 
 attempt." Tiie captain colored and looked annoyed with himself. 
 
 " One motnent, Mr. Konaync. Have we the means of removing the bro- 
 ken ramrod if we shuuld get the gun ] Where ia the armorer V 
 
 " I have them, sir," returned th<' man. " I thought a drill and a hammer 
 would he useful on the march, and so 1 put them in my pack." 
 
 " Pi;di ! there is another .lifhcnlty. \vi\v pack is as difficult to reach as 
 the gun. It is in the wagon, is it not?" 
 
 "Yes, sir, and the hammer in it, but I have the spike thrust throngh a 
 piece of beef in my havisrsack." 
 
 '• All right. There are stonca enough around to supply the absence of a 
 hammer." 
 
 " Volunteers to the front !'' said Ilonayne, in a low, firm tone, and with 
 compressed lip. "What Hardscrabble men will follow mc T 
 
 Simultaneously, Sergeant Nixon, Corporals Collins and Green , Phillips, 
 Watson, Weston, and Degarmo, stej^ped forth, with several others, anxious 
 to be of the party, until the number was made up, and again the diminished 
 square closed upon its centre. 
 
 " Not vet," cried Captain Ileadley, who, having once more applied the 
 glass to his eye, was closely watching the mmements of the Indian mass. 
 " Nothing jnust be left to mere chance. Mr. Elmsley, what is tlie position 
 of the wagon which contains the ammunition?" 
 
 " It was the leading^one, sir," returned the officer addressed. ''What 
 alteration has been made in the act of throwing thtin into square, I catinot 
 possibly tell." 
 
 " See, is not that it?" asked the commsuidiug officer, pointing to one from 
 the top of wljich several casks protruded. 
 
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THE 1IAS8A0RK AT CHICAGO. 
 
 jm 
 
 " IV;." r. t:;S ^.t load yo«r party to the wagons and let each 
 min bud'hin self iVcm liic k.-.^ of ball cartri.ltr., and as many grenade, aa he 
 Tai car v-t" CSC munt supply th. placo of larg.r nhot if we feot the gun 
 Lose K7ti.m There is Zi an Indian on that side of the Banda.U now, and 
 vou w elJ ly ac ..nplish your object. Sampson," addressing the armorer, 
 ?' Vm7;llay as well ava.l yourself of the opportunity to get your heavy hum- 
 mer The stones aboutliere art brittle, and may br^ak 
 
 Z^l^ t hSniS^d dllgLSng spectaclf of the slain^ children. 
 
 rheI.ts,"not only wUh a view to shut ^^^^^ ^V^ ^ t^^ 
 derod oftkpring, but to seek ^''-"l-'^Jreeatus that they could not 
 was the perception of those poor, unhappy J^^^^^^^^^ '^ ^^^ ^^.^^ them 
 
 ^";^X tin. the party ^^f ^I^S^E^Sl.TJl^^L^^SJgS 
 keg of ball cartrKlges, and some ^tty ' '"^^'^'J . J. "'^VJ „^,, ^.^^^ out to be 
 numbers had brought the three P^'""^;^ ' ;\' l*^ C^nt 1 eSuev had first 
 the calibre of the gun, to the very spot ^^e^e Cjt 1 ca it^ 
 
 fo,nu.d the s.,uare, a..l just ^^> 1';'"V IvCJ n d bustk ^ -nanner 
 
 of the men. There v;as a g'-a ch-.d c. ^^^^^^^ ^, aistincrty 
 of manceuvring the P'^ce aud ^^ it t he f^^lAorch to the breech, for, 
 seen that th..y ^^'Z^Xi^f^^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^'^^ '^^" 'f 
 SwwS; ,;:r o.:t,h;;'Tdif J e^plod. seemed ^r the first t.me to 
 
 be'^e-sible of the . .use, and "J^'^^^f^f;!;^ ";;;![,;• Headley to the young 
 '■ Now, Mr. Ronayne, is your tune, sai ^ ' 1' " \\*-, ^ ^ .^..^j^ in ea h 
 officer, whc.e volunteers twe ve >" n;™,J ' '^^ stood re dy', with their 
 haversack, and a second ,n Ins '-'S^ V/ nd TsceX 
 nuiskets at the trail, to igmto the port ^ '^''^l^ ™ ^e .mn, drive in the 
 nuiss below thorn. " Sampson, the 'l';^' f >Xo te e, enut Every bullet 
 
 
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 104 
 
 WAU-NAN-UKE ; OK, 
 
 mies. Takencom pl..tdy by surprLso, and dismayed at tlio sight of the hiss- 
 ing port fire, which tlicy did not co.nprdit.nd, iho Indians at first drew 
 back and opened a running tire from tiieir inferior guns, but seein-^ how 
 small WHS the number of the.r assailants, th-v asrain advanced and waited for 
 leir nearer approach, detennin.d apparently to save their powder un.l make 
 the tomuhawk alone p.-rtorm its work. S.uldeidy, IU.nayn., who had .lis- 
 mounted on the lull h:ilte.dwi,|,in twenty paces of th. spot, and wilt, his 
 men at exLendod order Jh. Indians dared not to provok., a hand-to-hand 
 encounter, tor that would have brought them witl.in the range of the mus- 
 ket,, they saw l.nelled above. This was a most eritieal and mixioas moment 
 to the young othcer. He had dese.nded the hill too rapidly for the port 
 ine to be suthciently consum.-d for ignition of the shells generally, and for 
 nearly a muiuto they stood thus, their muskets still at tho trail, and at every 
 moment cxpectmg the Indians to make a Hnal spring upon th(>m 
 
 At length, after the lapse of a few seconds, which seemed ages, the fire 
 rapidly approached the iron. 
 
 "Now. my lads," shouted the Virginian, "throw them in lustily " 
 . A loud cheer burst from the lips of each, as, after having hurled tho mis- 
 sives ot death into *!,e dense groups ,.f the astonished savages, they followed 
 up the advantage created by tiie .-onfusion of the bursting shells, by a rush 
 upon the gun, the drag-ropes of which were seized amid many distant shots 
 and so effectually used that, before tlui former could recover f'rom their panic' 
 the piece was withdrawn under cover of the (ire Irom the square, and its' 
 muzzle turned to tho enemy. 
 
 A second loud an.l triiimi.hant cheer followed from the jiill, and tho 
 strong voice of Captaiu ileadley could be distinctly heard when it had 
 ceased. •' 
 
 " Quick, quick, Mr. Ronayne ; there is anotlier strong band apiwachinir 
 the wood on your left. The work is but iialf done. ' 
 
 " Light your second grenades," ordered Honayne. " The siHit of the 
 burning port fires will keep thtm in check. Hampson, will you n,.ver have 
 finished with the gun ! what are you fumbling abuut that you do not drive 
 in the ramrod ? 
 
 But the man spake not; ho reclined motionless over the breech of tho 
 field piece. The next moment the brazen plated cap fell from his head, and 
 a white forehead Wiis exhibited, with a slight incrustation of blood on tho 
 temple showing wh(;re the fatal rille ball had entered. 
 
 " Ila ! dead !" exclahno,! Jlonayne, excitedly, i.s he caught the man by the 
 collar and gently lowered him to the ground. '• I must then perform your 
 
 lie caught up the drill and the heavy hanim..r whicli the stifteninjr ar- 
 morer bad t^ropped, and s > .veil and powerfully did he us.- it. that after a 
 ew.blows the end of the ramrod, broken short off at the touch-hole fell into 
 tlie body of the gun, and the veiit-hoh; was clear. 
 
 "All right," ho exclaimed; -quick, Colhns, a couple of cartridges to 
 prime with." ' o "" 
 
 In another moment the gun was ready. The officer passed his eye alons 
 the sight, and saw that the muzzle pointed fully at the large body "that was 
 approaching a small patch of brushwood to take him in flank 
 
 "The moment I tire," ho ordered, " throw in your second grenadci, seize 
 
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 TUB MABS&CRK AT CIUCAOO. 
 
 105 
 
 the draj?-rope9 and retire with all speed with ihe f^un. I sec the fuses are 
 nearly bmiii out ; this ia rather a short o\n for my purpose, Collins, but it 
 must answer." 
 
 SU'p{)injr to the rij^ht side of the gun, he lield forth the grenade with his 
 left huiid, and apjilicd the port lire to the touch-hole. There wiis a fizz of 
 a few seei-ialH, and then the gun went ofl' with a loud explosion, and a lierco 
 recoil. Yells and shri*'''s rent the air, and in a moment the whole of the 
 new hand wore scampormu: away in full flight, leaving behind them some 
 Hve-and-twenty of their ptiily killed and disahli'd by the discharge o*" the 
 piece, loaded, iw has been seen, with musket bullets. 
 
 Profiting by the consternation into which this murderous fire had thrown 
 the whole body of Puttowatomies, the men pealed forth another cheer even 
 louder tliiin the fiisi, hurled forward their grenades, not yet ready for ex- 
 |ilosion, iLs far as Lhey ei>\ild throw them, and ;jeizing the drag-ropis, run 
 fleetly with it towards the hill. 
 
 Stricken with disappointment, the India »s lost sight of their usual caution, 
 and rushed furiously forward to recover the gun, which, however, being now 
 discharged, was of iiu actual use to them. 
 
 " Leave the gun where it is, and bring off your officer," shouted Captain 
 Ileadley in a clear voice. "See you not that he ia .vounded, and the In- 
 dians advancing to dispatch him ?" 
 
 Tliis was the iirst intimation the men had of the fact. In then- anxiety 
 to secure tli(! gun, they had not observed that Ronayne, hit by a rifle bullet 
 while in the very act of tiring his piece, had been brought to the ground 
 with a broken leg, and rendered unable to follow them. But, no t,ooner 
 liad Captain neadlcy attend the order than all h-usteiied back to the spot 
 where the Virginian reclined on onc^ side, with the uiusket of the armorer 
 ti'duly grasped, and his look still bent upon the distant forest. 
 
 "just as thev had rc^ached. and were preparing to lift him up, the Indians 
 again rushed forward to dispute his possession. They wore wilhm twenty 
 paces, and brandishing their tomahawks triumphantly, when, suddenly, and 
 one after another, burst in the midst of tiiein, the grenades which had been 
 hurled prematurely on the discharge of the field piece, and striking panic 
 into their body, caused them once more hurriedly to retire. 
 
 But this check was oiilv momentary, llendered reckless at every moment 
 from the li.uu.r which all "had more or less imbibed at diflerent periods of the 
 battle, and ashamed that thev should be kept at bay by so mere a handtid 
 of men, the dark mass now fiercely closed upon the little party that bore oil 
 the wounde<l officer, and commenced their attack. 
 
 M(;anwliile, Cai)taiu Ileadley, seeing this resolute forward movement of 
 the Indians, and anlicipatin- the certain destruction ot the whole moved his 
 little souare rapidly towards the gun, causing his men to take with them tlie 
 ammunition which had been collected there, tuid soon the piece was again 
 hjaded and turned to his front. But it was found impossible to discharge tlie 
 .rim without endangering the lives of his own men more than those even of 
 the enemy, for the Indians in immediate pursuit kept themselves so cau- 
 tiously in the rear of the former, that, in the position he then occupied, it 
 was impossible to reach them alone. The only movement that could save 
 them was a r d change of ground, so as to enable him to take the enemy 
 in flank, and oi this he hastened to avail himself by again occupying tUe 
 
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 sandiiill. Tliis was dono; but in the nhort timo taken to (ift'cct tho move- 
 ment, tho Moiidliuiintla hud too well ))ri)fitc'd hy tlunr advanlMi^fi'. 
 
 At tho head of the ])ur.siiors wiis tlio (Jhijjpcwa, l\'i!-tu-tL'in. His voice 
 liad hofn loudost in the war whoop, us hix foot had been tho most forward in 
 thi^ advance ; and his deniineiations of tiin do;^ Mtiuiley, as he (•ailed hitn, 
 were liittcr, and ho called loudly for him that iuj mi^ht kill him with his 
 tomahawk. 
 
 "Save yoiirf elves, men, and leave mo to toy fate," exclaimed tho Virgi- 
 nian, as he heard tiio voice of tho Chippewa almost in his car. " Nixon, 
 remove the colors from my shoulders and take them into tho square, 1 
 shall not die happy until I know tliem to he si'cure." 
 
 "Nay, sir," said the non-comtnis'<ioiied oliicer. "wo will not, cannot de- 
 sert you; and, if we would, it is now out of our j)ower — wo are too closely 
 pressed — we must tii^ht to the liist." 
 
 " Thfti drop iik;, and turn and liirlit. Let us not be struck down like 
 da.stards, with our backs to tlie enemy. Where is that musket ?'' 
 
 " Here it is, sir," said the serjeant ; " but in your present disabled state 
 you cannot make use of it." 
 
 "At least I will try," returned tho Virginian. "If I could but slay the 
 black-souled Pee-to-tum, I should revenge the treaeherv of this day, and 
 perhaps be the tneans of saving the renuiant of our brave fellows." 
 
 " Oh !" gasped Nixon, as he fell suddenly dead upon tho body of his 
 wountleil otKcer. ITe had been sliot through the back and under the left 
 rib. A tierce yell followed, and Ronayne beheld the hellish face of the 
 Chippewa, '.ooking more disgusting llian ever in the loss of his left eye, as, 
 ■with sliining blade, he bounded forward to take tho scidp of his victim. 
 
 The body of the serjeant lay across his shatttired leg, and not only gave 
 liim great anguish, but impe<led his action, faint, niorecjver, as he was iVoru 
 loss of blood from several subsequent wounds received during his transit 
 from the spot where he tirst had fallen. Jiut the opportunity of avenging 
 his wife, himself, and his slaughtered companions — the latter all murdered 
 at his instigation — was one that would never occur again, and all his ener- 
 gies were aroused. Even while the half-diunk'n savage was in tlie 
 act of taking tho scalp of the imfortunate Nixon, Ronayne removed the 
 bayonet from the musket, and grasping it with all the fierce determination 
 of hatred, drove the shin'p long instrument with such f(jree through his ex- 
 posed body, that not only the jioiiit protruded several inches on the o]ipo- 
 site side, !)ut the innt^r edge of the socket itself cut deeply into the ilesh. 
 
 Absolutely roaring with jiain, tho Chippewa left his bloody work unfi- 
 nished. The knife fell from his grasp. He sprang to his feet, and having at 
 once seen by whose l\and tlio blow had been inllicted, a sudden thou^dit 
 appeared to occur to him. Dow ^igain he threw himself furiously upon tlie 
 body of the wounded officer, who, anticipating the act, had by this time 
 armed liimself with the knife that lay with its liandle on the liTound and the 
 trickling blade across the down-turned cheek of the serjeant. lb* sought to 
 encircle liim in his de.atli grip, but, in falling, tlie handle of the l.avonet iiad 
 struck th(! ground, driving the weapon even deeper in, ami thus adding to 
 his torture. But the greater his suffering, tho more desperate became his 
 thirs^ for revenge. He now nianageil to tlirow liis ,arins round the neck of 
 the Virginian, and said something in broken English, which, aecoinjiauicd as 
 
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 his liii<'u:i<'.' wnsby a fiendish lmi(,'h ronderinp; hiH countonnnce more hideous 
 than t'v'("r,''fiiiusoa tho laf'^r to make tho most furiuas end.mvor to relemio 
 himsrlf. whil." with his - (it aii'l disonjruiiHl hand ho stru.'k bhudiy witli 
 hiH kniiV at ihi. uncovercu Jiroat of th<^ Indian. Hut the -veapon wa« soon 
 wivst.-d tVotn his entVchlod hands, and tho Chini.nva, doxtorously turning 
 himsMf so as to L'Ct the body . f his enciny comi-lctely uncfr Imn, now tn.^d 
 to sc.dp him uhve. WeaK as he was, the young otficer did not h.se sight o 
 his i.n'senco of mind. Scarcely had the scalping knife touched h.s head, 
 when it was again withdrawn witli tho most horribl .3 contortions of the 
 whuh, body of tli.^ Chipp..wa. Fixing ..=s eye on the ndian s f"ce above 
 that he might fe.tst on the agony of the wretch who had just aNowcd ium- 
 self to be liie violator of his wife, while threatening a repetition o the out- 
 ra.re wh.'ii the battle should be over, the Viigini.'in had seized the handle of 
 the bavon-t, and turned the weapon so furiously in the wound as to cause 
 one general laceration, the agony arising from which could only be compre- 
 lion.h'.l from the spasmodic movements and wild bellow iiigs of tiie savage, 
 lu order to free himself from the torture he was too much distracted by pan 
 to think of removing by the instant death of his enciny. the (Juppewa 
 sprang suddenlv upwards, but this movement only .1'!"^- Vl"!r'r.n !« 
 tormcMits under which ho writhed, for. as the Virgmiai. held the handle 
 fjrmlv in his -rrasp, the bayonet was half withdrawn, and the siiaip point 
 S 'i, bv the down-hanging weight of the socket, mto a new direction. 
 Wild vitii revenge and p^^injie w4s at length in the act ot raising his toma- 
 hawk to dispatch the Virginian, .vho had abandoned his hold ot the bayonet 
 lieu a shot came from the front of the square, and Pe-^-'^'"; '•; / f 
 across the bodies of both his immediate victims, bingii ar to saj, tin l>- 11, 
 aimed by Cnptain lleadley himself at the upper part ot his person and du- 
 rim'th?only period when the Indians coind be reached without danger to 
 Tme one or other of tho men, entered his brain over his injured eye, and 
 
 forced out the utlior. i> .i ; i ..tii,. 
 
 The f:dl of the detested Chippewa-the liead and s ay ot then battle- 
 seem.^l .neatlv to dispirit the Pottowatornies, a baud . about fatty ot whom 
 iTfollmved them in\his lierce onset. Of that number, sonje .1 e.m had 
 Keri.l.ed both in the hand-to-hand encounter with the nnmediat. followeis 
 5 1. uu a^d several shots from the square. On the.otl.er hand, bu tour 
 the olunteers remained-Corporal Collins, Phillips, ^^^ -N.^'f J- 
 Lmo-the latter severely wounded. Ail the others had talleii, and, with 
 the excoution of Serjeant Nixon, been scalped. 
 
 A c sation of the contest now ensued, and the Indians, holding up what 
 was intende.l to be a dag of truce, asked permission to carry otf the body ot 
 ?ctp a Sensibl^how impolitic it !vould be to exasperate them with- 
 out n2sitv, Oapftin lleadley granted their recjuest. addinj: that now he 
 bad ma. ho counselled th.in Imd been stricken down by the anger of th 
 (iir.." Spirit, he hoped they would come to their senses and obey then 
 
 ^'^'irn^uin. among themselves ^as the only reply as thev placed 
 the body a UankT.t, drew the bayonet from the wound, rom which ob 
 K^ei^copious dark'stream, and leisurely proceeded -'tj ! :';":^^:';; ;;^ ^J 
 the scalps thev had s.'cured to iv e.in another bn.ly of their tribe « ho hat 
 been watching them iu the distance, and who now rapidly advanceu to meet 
 
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 them, evidently anxious to know why they returned unmu'.ostcd, and what 
 tidings they l)i-<)U){ht. 
 
 Atlviititagc wiiH taken of this cessation of combat to bring back what re- 
 mained uf th(! gallant hltle band of vuhuiteers witliin thosijuare. 'I'he dead 
 were htft to moisten the sands on whidi they hail so bravely fallen. Ilo- 
 nayne still lived, but he could not be removed. The slight(!st nmlion of his 
 body broULfht with it ngony little less excruciating than that which his 
 enemy had ex|)erieMeed. lie knew ho must die, and he l)ei'<,'eil Captain 
 Ilcadify to let him peiish where he was, under the sha(h>w of tiie guns of 
 his comrades, and in full sight of the forest wlii<ii he knew contained all that 
 ho loved on earth. What he asked to be spared to him was a cluak to shield 
 him from the burning heat t»f the sand, and a littlo water to moisten his 
 parched |ips. Oh ! what wuiild he not have given for a draught of the cool 
 claret of the dinner of yesterday I 
 
 CriAPTER XXIV. 
 
 Ho that comforts my wife i« tho cherisher of my fl?»«h and blooJ. — Alfi Will. 
 ^Tiat nearer debt in all humanity, than wife is to tlie huitband. — T.oihu and Creaiula. 
 
 Jr. Wits about three o'clock in tlu; afternoon, and a burning sun threw its 
 strong rays upon the sandhill where stood prepared, for whatever further 
 emergency might occur, the little band of American soldiers now reduced 
 to less than one half of tlu.'ir original number. The acijuisjtion of tlte three- 
 pounder had greatly eiicom"iged them for tiio moment, but, during the in- 
 action that succeeded to the death and removal of the body of the fierce 
 Chippewa, each had leisure to retlect on the but too probable issue of the 
 struggle. As long as day remained to them, lliey filt tliat they could, 
 while ]u)ssessed of the gun and a sullicient qu;inlity of ammunition, defend 
 themselves ; but wiicn ti>o darkness of night should come on, enabling their 
 enemies to approach and surround them from all quarters, it must be vain 
 to expect tliev could maintain the contest with the same succes. that had 
 hitherto attended their extraordinary efVorts. liuictivity, in a position of that 
 kind, ever brings despondency, anil tVoui one evil the niiml is ]iroiic to revert 
 to another. Tlv' married men thought of their wives iuid eiiildien and the 
 horrible fate that awaited them, and from the men of strong nerve which 
 they liad manifested themselves to he while in positive action, they now were 
 fast becoming timid, and irre-olute, ;ind anxious. Tiie sight of the many 
 d.'ad and scalped liodies of their comrades around them^vas not much cal- 
 culated to re.^ssure them. 
 
 Meanwhile, Captain Ileadley had kept his ghiss almost constantly directed 
 towards tleit ])art of the common adjoining the fort, where the griNit body 
 of the Indians had now collected, and appeared to be in earnest ilelib,-r;ition. 
 Among the number of those assend)led he could distinctly make out W'in- 
 nebeg, Waubansee, and Tee-pee-no-bee, the former of whom seemed to ho 
 addressing the younger Pottowatomics in energetic term-^, while be fre- 
 quently pointed to the blanket which contained the body of the slain Chip- 
 
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 pewn. At lensth, when he had been succcodo.l by th«> two oth.-rchinf* just 
 nnni.-(l, who sr^nicd to (lpliv(!r thcnis(;lv.!s in a similar spirit, u yfll appn- 
 rciitly of assfint and approval camu from tin- dark inat"s, and in i\ few mi- 
 nutes a parly of about a hundred dt>ta<'hi;d themselves from the group, and 
 preceded by the samt; tla^r tluit had been raised by the immediate followers 
 of I'ee-to-tiim, slowly advaueed towards tlm little wjuare. 
 
 " Cmirajze, men," said Captaii>lbndley, " wo have not foujjht our steady 
 battl.^ for nothinff ; but let us «iv.. th<! credit of success when- must it is due. 
 Wc owo our preservation, if we are preserved', wholly to the gallanti7 of 
 Ensiirn Uonayiie. Had If not removed the spike fror> that j,'un, and tired 
 it at 'the eventual sacrifico of his own life— nay more, had he not slain Pec- 
 •to-tum, our most bitter and relentless enemy— wo should all have slept 
 upon thi-i (leld— ///"/ si^rht we should never have seen;" and he pointed to 
 the rude Ihi-,' of which Winneb^i,' was the bearer, and which was then half 
 way from the point of departure of the liand. _ 
 
 "liven so," observed Lieutenant Elmsley— " to poor Konayne, if this rag 
 means anvthint,' pacific, and, from the fact of its being borne by Winnebeg, 
 [ have no" doubt it does, must be a'^ciibed our exemittiou from the fate of our 
 unhappy comrades. Your ball wius well aimed, Captain lleadhsy, and hast- 
 ened the death of the loathsome and vindictive savage; l)ut never could ho 
 have survived that bayonet wound. Life must have ebbed away with the 
 bloo,l that followed its removal ; yet," and this was said with a significance 
 which his commanding oRicor seemed to understand. " it must be not .-i little 
 satisfactory to you to know that your shot saved him from the tomahawk 
 that was already raised t<.) dispatch him." . -.t ji 
 
 " Would that in doing so I had saved his life," returned ( iiptain lleadley, 
 leriously " How doubly unfortunate is our position— without a surgeon to 
 attend the wounded. Von Voltenberg 1 have not seen during the day— 1 
 creatlv fear he has fallen also." 
 
 A* this moment the Indi.-uis had come within about twenty paces of tho 
 snuare, one fare <.f which Captain lleadley had ordered to be opened to 
 make a diMilav of the gnn behind which stood a man with a lighted match. 
 Here they h.alted, looking "ith mixed regret, awe, and anxiety up.m what 
 they had so recently had in their own possession, while Winnebeg advanced 
 
 a few paces to the front. . xr n -n a' 
 
 " What would the chief Winnebeg?" asked Captain Headley, with dig- 
 nlty. " He brings with him a ilag. Are the Pottow.atomies sick with 
 
 "°The rottowntomies are strong." returned the old w.arrior, in the figur- 
 ative laiioua-e of his race, " but they would not slay the brave It the war- 
 riors of The white chief will lay down their arms and surrender themselves 
 prisoners, their lives.shall be spared." ,. « ,i u * i * 
 
 "This is well to promise," rejoined the commanding officer ; but l^ bat 
 reason have we to believe that the Pottowatomies are serious? 1 hey know 
 that we will light to the last, and they se'>k to save their own lives by lair 
 
 *""0n the faith of a chief, 1 pledge myself th^t their word shall be kept. 
 Pee-to-tum is dead— he has no longer power over the young men, and they 
 will now obey the voice of their own leaders." ^^ 
 
 « The word of Winnebeg is always good,' replied Cant. Headley, t>ui i 
 
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 distntHt his vounjjmi'n; they received preoentu from tliflr Or«nt Fiithor, 
 itui |iii>t»isr(l to t'si'iirt Ills »<>lilii'i-s In Fuit Wiiyni>, How li.nn tlicy kopt 
 tlit'ir word '.' Look Hroiiml. Mort' thiin half my soidicrft li.' IIkti- ; hut not 
 fliono. If this Pottowiitomifs count well, tli^y will fmd moni than two In- 
 dirni!* for cvory whito nmii." 
 
 " Our Father's warriors aro hravc,'' roturncd tho chiof, •'and »o th^ Pot- 
 towatnnii( •* would sparo tlidr lilood. If they surrender their nrmH, I pro- 
 mise, iu thuir name, that no more shall b(! spilt." 
 
 " I will (lonsult my brave soldiers— they mhall decide," observed tho com- 
 mandant, " not that I doubt )our wonl or your j^ooti intentions, \Vinneb<y, 
 but as yuu had not tin" power to restrain your younj; men at lir-t, li.»w am 1 
 to know tliat you can do so now? At present wo have arm-, in our hands, 
 and can defend ourselves ; but if wo yield them up, we inuy bo toniu- 
 liawked the next moment. However, as I said befort>, my l^nive followers 
 Khali decide." 
 
 " Mr. Elinsley," ho added, turning coolly to hia subaltern, " count up our 
 litile force, and ascertain how many men of the detachment remain." 
 
 " Two-.nnd4wenty, sir," returned liLs subaltern, who hi;d taken but a few 
 minutes to enumerati! them." 
 
 " Two-andtvvei''y out of sixty with wlioni we advanced to the eharifo tiiis 
 mornini;, besides two ofhcers — one mortally wounded, the other missing. 
 Well, this is rather hot work ; but you see, Winnebeg, that if our loss has 
 been nuae th.m forty, including the .Miamis, the Pottowatotnics killed are 
 more than double in number." 
 
 Winnelieif replieil not, but he looked implorintrly at Captain Ileadley, as 
 if desirous that he should accept tlu! otfered terms without irritating his 
 people with allusions to their heavy loss. 
 
 " Well, men," continued that officer, who had rem.'irked the particular ex- 
 pression of the countenance of the cliief, " what is your decisiou '! I am per- 
 fectly ready to act as you shall say, either to fight to the; last, or to surren- 
 der, with the chance of being knocl id on the lu'ail afterward-i." 
 
 " Had v.-e not better put it to vote, sir T' suggested Lieut. Elinsley ; " tho 
 responsibility •will then rest with the majority." 
 
 " A good idea, Mr. Elinsley. So be it. The majority of votes shall de- 
 cide whether we fight or surrender." 
 
 The votes were accordingly taken, and the result was an eipial division — 
 eleven for surrendering and taking the chances of good faith — the other 
 eleven, chiefly the unmarried men, for fighting to tli<! last. 
 
 " Tlie casting vote is with you, Mr. Elnisley ; that given, wo return our 
 answer," remarked C;ai)tai.i Headley. 
 
 " Winncljeg," said the lieutenant, addressing him fur the first time, "one 
 question I would ask you first: know jou anything of our wives — are they 
 deail — and where !s Mr. McKenzie ?" 
 
 "They are all alive," returned the chief with animation — "bad wound, 
 though — Winnebeg help save him himself." 
 
 Human nature could stand no iriore. Hoth officers, as if actuated by the 
 same connnon impulse, met and em()raced each other warndy. A mountain 
 weight seemed U) be taken fr >m their oppressed hearts, and those two men, 
 who had jireserved the most cool and collected courage through the fearful, 
 the ai)palliny scenes of that day, stilling all their more selfish feelings, now 
 
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 wfTere.! the warm team to ««Hh m «il....ee from thoir eye. Tlio mon }M<1 
 JS^uht with an omolio!; litll. inf-riur to tluMr own, rwul uu.ny - t jr 
 
 !.v the bitten c.rtria««.«H they to. rejoiced in the HHf..ty of th.-.e bruv. and 
 
 "•'1: T:r;:;;„ ,... no <,o«bt w^t n,y d..i.ion in tl.iK mat... wjin- -<' 
 
 u^.-»nn,it »»nl tlic |.™er to «ve oum.-lv.». My ".w » l..t IM 
 
 ass,.nt..l to the con.litions uf surrcn-kr ( Hi-tu... H .. I > 
 
 ho confidently b-.p- t'-'. ;;^ ';:;tu J lu^^x-te.n.nt of their young men 
 miirht not h;iv.> had the .owor to ir^tiain u • ,, .^ ,vould to a cer- 
 
 in the tlrst outburst of th.Mr ™«« ^"J^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ had b.cn 
 
 tain extent b. re,.unod, ««,. that t e "'; [j;;^ ;\ ^ , n,,t ,,,,tecl uneasi- 
 playea. and the ciuef '-^or vv»^no nu. • ^^^^^^^^ „,„ ,,sh tni^ht 
 nesH in bun waa the 'M;P>-<'1^'-"^'"»/i^;\ ^"^„ ;,^ .,f\,„ .varriors as to ca,>e in 
 induce such a <h-ne o vvn-eance m ^' « ™ "'j^. ; T^f ^,,,. ,,j -en of tlieir 
 then, a n.,..wal of tbeu ♦"'•>; ""^-.^^^.f^Sttft'to d,ance. As 
 loaders. Sonietlun- ''"^V 7 tv d if the iidluence of their sager 
 prisoners tbj'X .n;^ -;^ -'j;^. ^ p ::fnJd. til" , us eon,batants, every 
 warriors and their own tiettei letm.}, j AT,,,.eover. tlie reason which 
 
 n,an. withov.t an exception must '.'f «• ;\.,/^;," ^'an .lual innuenco 
 hadd..eided Lieutenant hlmsley .n ^''^'"S b'^^^ Then- wives Nvere pri- 
 iu sustainiie.' bimself in the expediency o ^""-"J • . ™ ^^ jf lliey bad 
 soners. audi, reunion svith them -^^j;^'^^^;^^; :i''^ tba^hopo 
 .esolved - defeiidui, Uten. >- ^^ jtuo tl^t^Jn-not io speak of the 
 
 titnihu fate. 
 
 
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 And nowr cominpncod th«» mo<«t humilmting pnrt of thn movprnpntu of (he 
 
 dny— ih.' l.r.Mkirij; ii|. ,,( th.' ^Mllant liiili. m|u:iri', mid th.^ ntiirii, lliitikfcl hy 
 th<'ir Indinti ciipfi.n*, of tin- r.mniii<» nf the di'liuhmi'til to tin- f.irl. liuorri- 
 plinmo with tht< viM\ of Cuptnin ll.'ndl.'v, i'xpr.'*t«'d nl th.' «uirjj;imli.,n of 
 his rn. n. iiiHifiid ..f takini; tli" route »<.'l.it.rl l.y Winm hr.,' in hi-, u.lvimco, 
 thu party w.-ro huH'.t.".; to n-liini pa'*t thf wnj^/ins, 'llu- hww which t<H.k 
 place ht'ic was fimt of rjiingh-d c<in««olati.>n and dcupnir. Huch of tlu- nmr- 
 ricd men as had fturvivod ih.' conflict anxiiamly Houj^ht ih.'ir wivc«. many of 
 whom, with pah» ehi'i'kn and unnki-n pycn, and hcartM nearly oni«ht'd liy'tho 
 pitil.'ss miir.lcr of their rliiidren. siiU'wrnn'^ conif.al in tin' nnd-.t of 'their 
 despair, us tliey j^azed once niore on the features of thosn wlioin ihey had 
 Kiven up as losi for ever. Hut tlii-n, on thn otluT hand, wiw the souf's mi- 
 miry lornplete of th« pfior womin, widowed within the past few hours, who 
 soufjht ciiLjerly hut in vain to distiniruish the features of him who alone coulrl 
 console her under a similar hereavrment. and who, with leai-s and sohs. sank 
 hack H{r:m into tli< waj^on. in all th.' aj,'ony of increased and contirmed dcs- 
 pftir. It required stern hearts to hehoi.i all this unm.m'd ; hut thu know- 
 It'djjc that their wives had Ii.in mdiarmed. wliatev.-r the savai-o (h'struetion 
 of their children, lirou^dit soine litlle r.lief to the ove,chart,'ed hearts of 
 such of the married meti as had h.'.n spared, and in their secret hearts thev 
 returned thanks to the I'rovidence that had guurdud not only their own 
 lives, hut the lives of those most dear to them. 
 
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 CIIAPTKIl XXV. 
 
 And with what feolincrs did they now re.e..tcr the fott. and what an as- 
 pect .lid It tires.. nt! ihilfdrunkenFndijins were yet enjraj^ud in the work of 
 plunder and destruction, insoniu.'h so that it scaV.-elv appeared to them the 
 game place from which they had salli.-d out in the m'ornini,' : an.l there w.re 
 moments when th.- stoutest-hearted wis}ied (hat ihey hadnever retuni.'d to 
 it, but perished on the field wh.-re th.'ir .'onira.les lay, unconscious of the 
 past, rej(ardless of the future of des.dation, of which all they saw seemed to 
 give promise. The officers' (pinrters, and the hlocklDUses, which had 
 aflorded them protection and shelter .luriuir many a lut'^r year, wove now 
 burst open, and every article of heavy l.eddinjr and furniture hiirl.'d into the 
 square— the latter ripped open, and Jaoken, and th.. tVathers and fra.'menta 
 strewn around as if in mockery of the neatness that had ever heeira dis- 
 tinctive characteristic of the well-swept purad.) uroun.l, when- heretofore ii 
 pin might have heen pick.'d up without a finger beiriif soiled in the act. 
 Ihese were, seomuiirly, too minutts considerati.>n3 to have weighed at such 
 a moment when higher and more important interests were at stake ; but. to 
 the well-regulated eyo of the soldier, accustomed to order ami decorum, 
 they were now mountains of in.-quality and discomfort, -.vhieh contributed as 
 much to the annoyance and morlitication (.f his position as the v(!'y fa.-f of 
 captivity itself; and if this was the feeling genarally of the men. mow deep 
 must have been its effect on the officers, and particularly on Capt. Headley 
 who had ever been punailious to a nicety in all that reg.uded the interaai 
 
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 arran-cmenU of Fort l)«ftrlK>rn. Hut, offi-ti^i^i' «• thi« wna, how much mora 
 »u will it tu ImIu.I.I iiuuiv of tlu' »>.m.l (Uiilu,>.ti<ullj- arra>e<l, not only m thm 
 own dotliiiiK, but ill iluil of tli.ir wiv.-n, ii»'M'crutinj<, a* It wwr.-, tlu- tcirrlblo 
 ».»l.miiiiy ol' ill.! .lay. iMul nimking iit iIhi iwivwity of •ufft-rinK t.i which lb« 
 luttir hii'l Imxii (Hilntrt.'tl. 
 
 ( >f th.) InilianH who liml formal thiiri-tcort, w.m«' utopin-il outhi.U) tlu> Kiite, 
 othi'rn iiiixc.l with thf (.iMMiiiior!*, iiiul only ulntut n «loto'n followcl thitn to 
 thu nuiM r.H)iii. wlii.;li \Vin.Hl»-.c MiiU h.^ ha.l nvWu-A for tiittir ti-mpiriiry 
 quiirtoM, «» h.iiiK the l-iiint iiahl- to int.'rru|.lioii or inoh-ittiitiuii. II.! pro- 
 mU.-.l lo H.inil Ih.-ni SmmI, and latir in the; i-soninir. wh.-n ail wa* .lui.a, M 
 contlatt l'..« two oflkcw to fhoir wiven, who, for Kre»t.'r (jUh't md nccur- 
 ity wiM-.' Hlill lyin.^ .oii.oi.'.'d in thf .mi»<" wh.T<' ho had flrnt platvd llu'tn. 
 
 " W inn.bi),', W iuti.lH'X," »aid ('aj-t. Ilcadl.>. nolenmly. "how can wo 
 over sullioiiMitly r.'|.tty you for vour noble .ondiirt to-lay J l|u|Nnd ii|.on it, 
 I Hhall not fail to niak" known to our <Ju-al Kallair that you haxo miv.d th« 
 hve» of on.' third ..f thf d.-iuchm.-nt ; but h'l n»> remind you of the flr^t pari 
 of our .•oi.tnicl— th.' burial ..f tlu- doad. 'I'Immv is pl.nty of .layliuht, and I 
 wish to s.tid out a dozon .u-n for tlu; pur|K)^-..f di«;;n.g one coninioi. ^ravo 
 for them all. Mr. Uoiiavnc must, if not dead, b« broUKht in o.. a lilt.'r; if, 
 how.'x.r. lu! is no luor.'.'no K^'v.- can b<' nion- h..norable to him than that 
 hhari'd with his followurs. You know, Corporal C'olliim. whore th.i spade* 
 
 and picki* aru k.'pt.'' .111 
 
 •• V. s sir, I knotv whor.; th.'V are u«ually k.'pt, and when^ it U not hkcly 
 they have been dinturbud. What men, At, am I to takoi" 
 
 Almost .'vory man in th.- .l.'tadim.'nl .xpr ssed hi» anxiety to bo of the 
 party ; but the remainder .-f th..M' wh.. had Inion \s' '■ the V irgmian when 
 ho fell, and a few (,ther«, all unmarrie.l m.-n. were sc ed. 
 
 "I)., you not think, sir.'^ai.l I.ieut.nanl Khnsley, " that I Hhould com- 
 maud thin parly aud .uiKirinteiid the arrungemenl. ? Poor Uoiuiyne must be 
 delicately haiidhvl.' . . . , ^ » 1 •__ 
 
 " If vou will do H.., Mr. Elmsley. I shall bo most «lad ; but not deeming 
 it abHolutely nec'ssary, I did not pn.p.we it ah a point of duty. Hut there 
 in an..ther tliini^ to bo considered : Winn.-bejr. what eseort will you give to 
 my p.'..|)le; Vou know your young men are exeitcJ, and many may not 
 
 know ot tim eonditi.^ns of our hurrenaer." , , , ^ ,. ^ ., . , 
 
 During lhi,s conyersatiun, alm..sl the whole of the Indians, to the number 
 of einhle,.n or twenty, who have b«!."n ullud.-d lo an having plund.red and 
 otlVnsivelv arrav-d th. m^'lves in the dre^M^s of the oP'cers wive., and who 
 were eviJ.ntlv the most turbul.-nl of th.. band, liad bi^en .Irawmg gradual y 
 closer around "the little i-irtv of pn>onois. .Ml w. re more or less ludicrously 
 p.iintod, an.l exhibited the most giot.scjue app>-araiice. 
 
 Wh.n the r.n.nant of the detachment tirst entered the fort, it was re- 
 nuirk.d thai one of theni-a nwre youth-had dosoly, almost imp»y inently, 
 examined the features of the odiceiN and ha.l followed with mo«t of Ins com- 
 panions. When Captain IIeadl.;y Muule his re.iuest f..r an escort, this indi- 
 tidi.al suddenly went up to Winneln.g, tappe.l him ..n the shoulder a-' -aid 
 something, not in PotL^walomie but in Shawnee, accompan od by much 
 gesticulation, wni^'h s.enud t,> have great w.-ight with the chief. 
 
 " (iive him eseort, dis," said the latter lu reply, as he glanced bis ey« 
 quickly upon the group, aud with seeming inUlhgence. 
 
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 '♦ V«», nil ,(o«k| Poitowa tort t all bniv« w«rrioi^-no ^•^ him din,'* Ai4 
 
 h« fxMtit.'*! lo thn^o who hM(I MMmpuM llMm ix^^\\ th«' fli'hl, " «|| too 
 rniu-li iir.'.l witli fi^jfht ttlr.-iicly -ilb mtn tUjr U«r« nil .liiy. No H«lit." 
 
 Alli.ouKh hy tiomMM pcnuu' :>ri by the loMoninKof WinriMf>.-tj, imt men 
 who hnd Wn plumlerii^ mm; drinkin^f wh.it ihi-y .nul.l Hn.l, «liiriiitr th« 
 wholn I th« morning, w«« th« n\m\. pruper pHrnoiiH to uurd prwnni'r* from 
 th« viol..nco of fxrit.rl . . '',,|,t. H,.Hil|..y f.lt thi»t it would \w impru- 
 
 dfiit to urgrt any turtlH i , , ..i: Kor n iiniflo mimii'tit, it o,urr.'d to 
 him thill the chinf hnd oir-md thm r>.»cort with ii hiwtil« motive, but it wm 
 » lhoiiy;ht which, invoiuiitftriiy fo^ -.I upon hij mind, whm im iimtrtntlv dia. 
 <»rd.Hl M unworthy of tli.i .•hi.'f, mid, whiit.'vor niij^ht hnr.- b.'.ii bin |,ii..f)t 
 m»givinj(>t, he no \on<^\\x oppiw'd im obji-i'tion. 
 
 Tho prximrnUonn wiiro ».Hin mide ; tho httcr, nnd miit-rmit (..r ds -'iti - 
 found, (in(l ihf hitl*" party, wh< hnd taken off tli.'ir uniCoririi i(» av..ul jwir' 
 ticular romnrk, and to Ihi iiioro t'rc<i in their inovorai'nN, wiilicd forth. On 
 p«««inx near th<t j^aU-. and in a din-ction opposit*! to that by which they had 
 just .ntcr.'d, thov b«hc|d th.i l)i>dy of Doctor Von Volt.idH.rf<, within a few 
 pacm of tho iKUhway by which they now advanced, which wan tho route 
 Uken by tho Indiann with the thrc...p(jundcr. II,. wiw ntri|)pcd to tho nkin, 
 HCttloed, and with a profu-nioti ■ f lurj^'ft j^'ivcn tlicn and aiitn of the pmirio 
 Mttlod on and nwrr.ingly disputing po»m»»ion of lh« dark and coagnlatod 
 bloo.l that wiw already incrusted on tho feate-ing wourui. '.' " hmly was 
 fwt b«!Coming bloated and discolored under the rays of an Aug .^t -^un, but 
 no nno ct.uld mistakes the black and the peculiarly cut wlusker, and the good 
 natured and sniiiing oxprcsHion of fac« which oven in death had not wholly 
 deserted liim. ' 
 
 TheT Lad now reached tho point where the Indians stoo<i when the first 
 grenades were thrown in among thorn by the follow i-s of Konayne. From 
 this could be commanded a full view of the theatre of contest as far ;"* tho 
 crest of the sanrlhill, being a full muskeUhot frorr, tho spot where he had 
 laat fallen. 'J'ho intermediate space, as has alret.dv b.'en remarked, wm 
 thickly strewn with dead bodies amounting in all ',o u])WardH of a hundred 
 
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 una tile pittc.i cluwen for int. riiient by Li< ut»Miarit Elmsley was tho small 
 copse ol underwood, from which the fUnk mo/ement had been made upon 
 Konayne by tho fresh band of Indians upon whom he liad directed tho fire 
 of the three-pounder. 
 
 While occupied in digging a grave of about twenty feet square, their 
 •tra»i,(0ly attir d looking escort amused themselves with examining tl ! dead 
 ttluforni(-.l h.).'ica that lay ^tr vved ihickly around, and it was remarked that 
 ttey showed no r- h. curiosity in regard to their own people who were in- 
 discrnniiiately mixed up with tbem. Gradually they approached the crest 
 of the hill, and Lieutenant Klnisley, who was distrut^tful of their intentions 
 aiK kept a close eye upon their movements, saw the youth, already noticedi 
 suddenly bound with uplifted tomahawk towa..:s tl/e spot where poor Ho 
 nape was known to lie, and, after addr<>8,^i„g a few word, to his companions 
 stoop over hi.s body, with what intention he could not i-mke out, but henre- 
 sumcd to dispatch and to scalp him, for the crv uttcnd bv the Virmnian 
 and heard even at that distance, was piteous to hear. DesJnng the men to 
 
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 hurritul mi.i.l' " -c^iwi of tliiii naw wtlon, *nd M be •dvWMJfd tW 
 
 •bothrr and « n. '•«•> t'W^y '»' ''"'"♦"» "PP"*" '"«»«»• ••»• •P*^ 
 
 Rftnidly theire«s«.lcl.m..«l in Uj.on th.< offlrrr on. . '^123S?JII!I1 
 
 Hor wHii kr.i'i'ling, nnd .lo«.pit.(( down. .In-w from U - _ •> •W>Ml«r mOM 
 
 of i„..,pri.ihl.,!; :.KU..h, All tl,..n r.«.. «nd groupd InK.th.r. mov-d awg 
 ,nral!-f wilh (I... «au. rid. ■ unl.l th.y were iaally l-t •' hmd « .udden el.. 
 v.itioi, tliut conti'.u. .1 ll..' hill i" nn «>btl»e Mlgl.< Umurd. thn W. ^ _ 
 
 Sturtl-d by ih..- «pp«>arniic'< of th^«c {TvnhiH,tmm, I. ■ ut MmhI.': p.iii 
 ;» ,„o„..nl ." hi« »dvtt..c.. hut f.oli„« tha' mu- .....■■.».,.. c.f mu.lrt«t nn. _ 
 u.,favo,Hbiy u,..m th- l«nd, h.. r^-n.-wcd hi. . |.. «tln« at ^•;«7 ";"^;;» 
 
 to roftch th« man«l..d IkkIv o,' hi. fiiend. 1 h- Ina.ur.H ,,,prc«rh.Hl th.- Mm. 
 n„i„t nt Ih. «««.. L.S «n/h« .'. w ul on... that . h. umy. .-y ^'•'■'; -'^P'',;';' ;' 
 hum' who hu.l mcumpunietl VVmnJ "<J when h« c.*m.. to ofr-r •■^' » J;' " ' J 
 n..,ull..v. TrustifiK, thc'rofMr*>, that ♦ '«-ro wm no v H>Unc« to 1« . ppfh. . -lia 
 rum tl o... who wm. Hwarc of thr .«rt ,^ tbo ^urreudor, toward. >. m.df or 
 prny. b« proceed to M-arch for hi« fri.;-,. i . nn -"H'^l^l^ »'"''. ^fX 
 
 WH nut to be tern. He or.uhk not be- mi.. ' . ih- •p<>t w .cro it had 
 
 km cimX^Bnt Nixon ; but. 'houKh n ,• Intter w,« n-Hrly m ih. .um« 
 SioTin wht.U..' hn.l full.;, th« knif. vM, '. had u«,..l u,«.n the throat 
 7 oC »HK WH, and th. imprint of hi. l>o.ly . ..on tho nand, d«.ply m<.«t- 
 Jred •• th t^. bU of both. w.m th. only in.lication of H.>nayn«'« havmK 
 Cn h r. It WHM cvid..n: that h. had teen carri.d off by the s.nm|5e 
 jTrty who had formcHl t.M.ir escort, and that thn ^l^^ ^^ ^^^t sihlx 
 Jim had b.on produ.vd bv the tortun. of moving hw broken irab What 
 ;r.Sv: for'thi. r.. oulra«., ..ould huvo b.on, t .a, ^'f - *> -'J- ' 
 turc unloM it wan to iocuro at thuir lemur.-, unMbrr.r^ahc other party .r 
 San"c me up to dispute poKsr..ion of the h,«.'U w.th them-not on ly \m 
 Ijal? bt^'X. hUd.HtaL.d Joiors w:.ich ho bure-perhap to .ell the la:t«r 
 
 "w;[£f.t£c:^!::i^tobe.towthc.ii.b^st„ouc^^ 
 
 Indi-ms approach -d the bodios. and leiHur< ly proceeded to ntnp tin ■.- of 
 ScltSg^^^^^^^ leader, utU-rin, a yell of del ^ht and surpr«e a., he 
 r.mVr^ u t sprantf upontlu- s-rg, unt and secured the ncalp, which IWto. 
 „Th:d"faUoKuke^ Thi. picl- ,.f K<K,d fortun. ''^ t-J;;-/«„ X 
 for sometl'Miu Hiniilar, imd th. y uccordmglv disp.m'd themKelves rapidly 
 ov >r U ' s nJ o ,-on,bat, ex. minin:; every lead and str.ppmg ovorybody. 
 All t iH wa. do, without Lieut. Elmsley having th. Hl.ghte«t newer to m- 
 te fen for he kn.-w tluU any attempt at remonstrance wouM '>"ly »f « 
 provoke a Hin.ilar faU-. und thus the party pas.e-< on, stnppu.g every sold.er 
 
 *'' WhUe hV, lingered hesitatingly near the .not -''-- 't'S'lelS 
 
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 from the further extremity of the underwc..d m wh eK t^^ 
 
 riok from the further extremity of the underwoou m ;"""'"='";•*; 
 
 « .li L and which ext..nd..d about two hundred yards on the left of 
 the Kfow M^nc^ he kne.v the cry. and comprehende^i '^f whi'-h^ht 
 aig dovin th. sandhill without thought of en. -- f S^tr Sk ab! 
 m:.rbt be exposed, turned the cornci of the small wood, and ^^mV?: 
 ^ptly at a plit where ho could nee wilhc ut being noUced hunself. .eheld 
 
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 Jocifd! "" '^'"^'■'"'"'*'' ''^' '^ f«^^ •"'""'^nt'* J^efuR., it had been uiu>*. 
 ro,ro.'?,''ir?''"'?r"f ^'^■"^^l').'»'«lv ''"^-d. '"Hi reposing upcm iW prujectin-r 
 
 of do u g ionneJ of (1„, y..,y (ln..ss...s ,1..L I,,.,! ,„.w l,,..,. .luff.d f, r tl,. p'u • 
 
 ox„r -, ^V "'"'^''r '.'"'"'^''' '"'^ -"'■'""' "'^« '"^ I'«l'^ f'H.. with u .sih-nt 
 W.LS ,vai, and hiH ojT gradually l,.si„g its |„stro, the a,-„, of th.. ullicT 
 
 pabs,unat.?ly so conv„ls,v..ly to his hoart that a now fire seemed at these 
 mom.., s o be enk„.dl..d Im both-a„d to p.-ove all the ituem ty J . u, - 
 dm„„..h..d love ho bo.'o he,.. Neither sj,oke. Spe.oh eo«Id' not h,. Z\ 
 convey what wa« pussnig in their sad souls as amid th-ir looks wl. il the ex 
 hausted state of the w,>.„hI,.,1 „nu,, ,„.d.,..ed exertion of , ny ki,! It me.vlv- 
 pa,„ful but ■mposs,bh.. < ),. the other side of the Vir-nnian h hdd h^^ 
 Uul ..fl....t.onately in hi. i^vble g,-,w.p, stooped the yomTl^l ^ v.d v 
 
 scene we,;c h,s compa,uons. The youth ua. \Va!,.„an.g.e. J li. connv, iom 
 r,L m"""''^"'' ""^ ^'^^■°'"' iViends-thoso who had soug . Z Z 
 
 his S 1 of h\'"'r'"' '" ' '■"!■"?'"■ "'^'-'"'''•^"' ^'''^""' '-J thev succeeded, a^ 
 this t„,il of the wile s agony „„ght have been spared. On Ih.- first exit of 
 the t,;oops they had ntshed into the fort on the pr.tenee of p In, a,fd ex 
 cess, .1 the hope that their exam,,le would be mitated by mZ an that 
 
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 ^t ;LhTt'd rM"''?'^"'^^ ''^>'.''^' •"■^^'-'^ they iK,d r zSt 
 
 alll rn Jetaehraeiit a.s iTmauied. for had all bee, e„,.-a-ed— h,d 
 
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 eC; f ,'^^'"'^,'^:«V' l^'^"^>ne, he had p,-ofre,ed hin.self a,ul f.^iend , le 
 by tie of ir £r^'"';"^'.""<-'"f 'K to bear off the bo,!y, without b t'. Jen 
 
 A fi . i ^'".' '''""^ ''"'' ■•'ttent,on of his 0-1, wife, 
 
 nebe tLSous tr.^""'; f-^'T''T subse,iuently ascertained from Win- 
 Zl,t~.^- ""'T ''' ^^^ ''''!'* to t.ake a last 1-Mive of his dyin.r Wend and to 
 
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 trlt^.sr^;:i ds r r^^^^ '"•"■'^1 •^.■^^ ^^--^ ^^-^^^ '^^'^l -er entertained the 
 
 seen hin se f it hfi ^' . *'*''J '\r ,'*''"l^ *'' '"°^''^^ f''"^'" ^^^ 'P^' ^^''''''-^ "»- 
 he sh S k f J/'t'"^^^'^,^^ '111- l''«t by suddenly exciting and n-nta in,r 
 
 clos^To n.;''?'l^'''r/^^; iifo which wa... evidently fast d,-awmg h* 
 he felt leu! ^'■"'^«" hat soler.^n and silent communion of spint.. would 
 
 he Biih 1 r ^ U '■■'"■',''»'' '"'^ ^' ^b^'-^i"^^ • '^-^d vet, ,..s if Leintted ,; 
 the 6,ght, he oould not leave the spot-he could not abandon his dearest ad 
 
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 best fricncki without lingering to know liow far his services might yet be 
 avaihihlc to l)otii or oiw. 
 
 Apimrently, Mrn. Hdiiayne hiul not uttered ii sound since tiiiit piercing 
 cry liad tscaped her which attested \u-v tirst knowledge of the liopeless con- 
 dition of her wonnd.d iiust.and. The attempt to carry him otf tii.^ lield, 
 witli the viow not only of jireventing him from t)eing scalped, m heceitainly 
 would have b.cn hy tlie party then advancing, but of conveying him to the 
 Indian camp of the women, had been productive of the greatest suffering ; 
 so much so that when he had gained the point where lie now lay, and where 
 his wife had lirst met him, he declared to Wau-nan-gee his utter inability to 
 proceed further, iuid prevailed on him to place him on the ground that be 
 might die in quiet. 
 
 It was now near sunset, and the condition of the Vugmian was momen- 
 tarily becoming weaker. He suddenly made an attempt to rally, and for a 
 monient or tw(? raised himself tipon the elbow of the hand that still encircled 
 the waist of liis wife. 
 
 " Maria, my soul's adonvl !" he murmured, " I feel that I have not many 
 mom.'tits left, and I should die in despair did I not know that there is one 
 who will protect you while he has life, tiod knows what has beun ihe tate 
 of our poor companions, but even if living, they cannot sixield you from 
 danger. Wau-nan-gee," be said, turning biintly to the youth, " two things 
 I am sure you will promise your friend— tirst, to conduct yoursdl a all 
 things as my wif( — your sis'ter— desires ; secondly, to conceal and guard 
 these colors until you can deliver them up to the nearest American lo^rt. 
 Then, when the youth had solemnly promised, with tears filling his dark 
 eves, that he would faithfully execute the trust, ho turned again to his wite, 
 .•uid said in a tone that marked increased exhaustion at the eilort he had 
 made, " Maria, sweet, it is hard to die thus— to leave you thus ; but yet you 
 will not be alone— Wau-nan.<ree will love and protect you, obey your will : 
 yet you need not now fear, 1 have avenged your wrong— that wrong ot^ 
 Which the ruffian boasted when I slew him— t.n-tured hnn--th.; monster. 
 How different the gentb love of thiu aliectionate buy! But 1 have not 
 strength— oh, what sickly faintness comes over me ! surely this must 
 
 " Death '" he would have added, but silence had for ever sealed the lips 
 that never more would speak his undying atfectiou for his noble, graceful, 
 and accomplished wife. _ ... 
 
 I'or some moments the unhappy woman jnntmued to gaze upDii the still 
 features of her husband !.s though unconscious of the extent of her great 
 misery, and when the reaction wane, it was not exprc>^ed m shiieks or 
 lamentations, or strong outward manifestations of emotion, but in the calin, 
 .eivne condiMiscd silence of the sorrow that stultifies and anmhilat^^s. Her 
 chck'was pale as marble, and there was a fixedness of the eye almost alarm- 
 incr to behold, as she rose erect from bvr bending position and said, witti 
 soveritv, "This and more have your cursed people done, W au-nan-gee i 
 siudl ever hate to look upon an Indian face again ! Ye* that body must be 
 burie.l deep in the ground, and in a spot known only tons both, whe/e none 
 may violate the dead. Vou have promised to obey me m all things. 1 his 
 IS the first charge upon you. Lot us go- the night is fast Hpproayhing. and 
 the place remains to be reached, and the grave is to be dug. by lo-mor 
 
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 row's dawn we travel together and ulone tliroujrh the wilderness, in execution 
 of the will of your friend and my husband. Mark that, Wau-nangee I It 
 k his will that vk travel tojrether— that you shall he my guide and orotector. 
 See this dress, how well it disj:,ui8eH m-.'. I shall be taken, as we" journey, 
 for yoursqua-v. Ila ! ha! That will be excellent, will it not? Maria Hoy- 
 wood— Ronayno's wife— the mistress of a tierd— then Wau- nan-gee's squaw 
 — and not yet six weeks married to the first !" 
 
 She suddenly paused, put her hand to her brow— seemed to reflect, and 
 then turning to Wau-nan-gee, inquired why ho lingered so bag and where- 
 fore ho did not replace the body in the litter and depart. 
 
 With a pensive and serious mien the youth, who had Imjcd still kneeling, 
 absorbed in sorrow at the strange coldness of Mrs. Ronayne's manner, and 
 afraid to disturb her in ii di.straction which he comprehended more from her 
 looks and actions than her language, now rose, and saying something in a 
 low tone to his companions, who had also regarded her throughour with 
 silent surprise, the covering on which the boiy of the unfortunate officer 
 reposed, was placed upon the blanket,' which four of the party held ex- 
 tended, and at the directior of W.o.vnuu-geo tlie whole proceeded towards 
 the forest. 
 
 When this strange and dispiriting scene had terminated, Lieut. Elmsley, 
 who felt at each moment in a greater degree the uselessness of any inter- 
 ference in his powerless position, was rejoiced that at hsast the last moments 
 of his friend had been con-aoici by the presence of his wife ; he was led to 
 hope that it had been the result of'a momentarily-disordered brain, on which 
 despair had now wreaked its worst, and which, therefore, might be expected 
 to rt;gain a stronger if not its wonted tone when the bitterness of grief should 
 Lave somewhat subsided. . 
 
 Proposiiig to prevail on Winnebeg to obtain for him a meeting with her 
 on the morrow, when the remains of her husband should have been con- 
 signed to their rude resting-place, he returned towards his party, whom he 
 found in the act of covering up the bodies which they had, unmolested by 
 the Indians, brought in from the diflerent points where they had fallen. 
 The grave was soon filled up— a short and mournful prayer read by the 
 officer from memory, and the party returned full of glorm, and with hearts 
 bowed down by sorrow, to the dismantled and desolate-looking fort. 
 
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 CHAFl'ER XXV. 
 
 Thio ttct IB an ancient tale twice told,- A7ny John. 
 
 The wretchedness of that night who can tell ! the despondency tliat filled 
 the hearts of all, not so much in regard to the present as from apprehension 
 for the futuni, who, untried in the same ordeal, can comprehend ? but the 
 feehngs of the remnant of that little band, who were indebted fur their safety 
 to then- own urave.y, were not selfish. They lamented as deeply the fate 
 of the fallen, as the dark and uncertain future that awaited themselves— uiv 
 certain because, although the chiefs had promised, and with sincerity, that 
 
IHK MA88. X* AT CHICAaO. 
 
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 their p'-« "^7-tt,r ^^t^^^^^^^^^^ ^T 
 
 frSS^het^^^^^^^^^^^^^ looked upou. anoo-co^batant. 
 
 and, therefore, spared from all P;:'=^7.^^°"^;j?''iyes_both the former also 
 The meeting between the b-bands^ |^»d ^^-^ ™ ''^^j, most affecting, 
 slightly wounded during the '^^^y-^^'^*'/ '^."^''^ ", • J\o behold each other; 
 Neither had ever -expected, on parfng in ^« ';«"2;';^f4,e preserved, 
 and now, although more or le«« injured, to fand t^o «J*^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ 
 as it were, by a miracle from a ^'•"f d^"^'^' ^"f;.*' Sude to God for their 
 piness. the pa«t was for the moment orgot^^^^f ^'^^^t^Zn^lu.n of the 
 JreservP.tion the dominant ^J '"S^^^^^^^ ^^^a^lon Most fortunate was it 
 wounds of the heroines was ^^ ^ "ex c nsiaerauo ^ ^^^ 
 
 that of all the wounds received by '^'II'T^J^ZZmo or impede the 
 three by Mrs. Elmsley-not one wa « ;- -J^^^^^^^^'f^ ^er arm, fiowever, 
 motion of their lower limbs. A bjdl bat had o g ^^^^^„^ ^ ^ut 
 
 ^S; at hS^^^d tLt he woul^ Foca;^:"::; Xsbmen^^ which 
 Meanwhile the party were enabled *« P^^ ^^^^ ot ^J™^^^ ^^ . ,nd ex- 
 had been ordered on the 'l^P^'^^^YJ^^'f^^^tSn.from the moment ^ 
 
 sis:!:.sr 1? r;:st^rt:u .cepub., especially 
 
 ^ S\r::SrS the repast, allusion was ^^^.l^^^ 
 
 feigof the unfortunate l^onayne .vhen on ^ 
 
 the first time, what had been don ^ f^^J ^74^0^^^ j^veviously. 
 
 to relate all that he had heard and ^^^^^^'^o. ^ f;. -^^ esneoially in Mrs. 
 
 ThU singular detail ^-'f -^ ^^^ JlE^f Uoth Sand'and wife 
 Headley, whose deep frundshipfo, and mtecs .^ ^^^^ ^ 
 
 had already been so strongly "^ibited. It is not 'on others; but 
 
 our keenest suffeiing. we ^a- ™^f,^^ 7^\1\^^^^^^^^ her 
 
 the noble woman had known the ^^^r^f .^.^ ^^^^"^i^"^^^^ under which she 
 
 ,,0 well-not to feci deep '^o^ow to the double^mic ^^^ ^^^_ 
 
 labored. In the confession, if such it can be caUea. wmc- 
 
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 iWf, .h. had alluded to «omrU,C.,;r,ilX_,„i,l ,,,/'''' """"»"?» 
 
 :;rdT: rTr:!,™'"? r"^"Y ""' ^ '«'• "^^^^^^^^^^ ™t- >» - 
 
 a«p«,r lr>,m Mk. R„,„j.„„ h„^.|,, „,„ „„„ ,^^j ^^^^ ^.^ ^.^^^ ^^^J 
 her as ,,„,■,. i„ ,|,„„„|,( a,7,, I, , . „ r "" ','i "1" " """"' '•>°l' "P"" 
 
 her_»h!:. h„™„ „,; ;f;;;;:.t;i''r.;;™";',r.'''''"' "'"-"""■ ""' °'f" 
 
 speaker. •• I l,a 1 i,,to Xt, , t V ° , ''° f'"" " "'" "J'" "' "'« !«»' 
 
 to permit rae l» „c 1 ,„ ' to^ t m ±E, T '" t""'^^ >"" """"*■ "'" 
 her mv aid \V],-,t ll,.- , ' " ''"'™ '"'■ '"todion a„d offer 
 
 Headley." ^ '"' "'" oiKnition on you.' arm, Mrs. 
 
 re^^J^^Z^ ^i^^S:^::'^''' to retire hut Mrs. I^lm.I.y, sudci^nly 
 
 had come to -nt'r rose an7hn . ? V"^' ,''"", "^ '' P"-^"""'" ^'' "'^ l'« 
 attempt at a s,:" ! "* ^^''"^ °"^ ^"^'' ^"'"'^ *« him, snyin^.. with an 
 
 "Never n.. -although we have fought a hard battle together 
 
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 lo-dny. it is all over now. Let us U fr:«nd«. Winnebcg, explain this 
 
 '° Wrnobeir (lid bo, when, with a mingled look of astonishment and plea- 
 sure, the Pottowatomie war.nly lof.r.u.d her prossuro. It was the samo 
 ^varr'ior witl> whom she had Kr^ppU'd in ^''^f"P-'^^-." ";,';,: '"P*' 
 wluMi SO opportunely extricated trom her perilous pwit.on bv lilack 1 ar- 
 tridKO. As ho had ihe repi.taliou of much expertnesK .n mal<m,- .ncs.ons 
 and removing balls lod-ed in the tl.sh, his .tt.ndanc, had been reqnesU>^d. 
 
 C. n and"composed:although evidently laboring under de.p deject.oj. 
 for the loss of her uncle, the horrihle mode ot whoso death had, however, 
 b^en kept ba k fr,,m her, Mrs. lleadley, dre.sed in the lightlextured ndmg 
 habit in which she had ijon. forth in the mur.nni?. and which ■.t has already 
 been mnarked, set of her finely moulded bust and waist to the best advan- 
 ^u'^P F^^^ «"bmit hei^elV to the operation. As she ramed herself up 
 'the ot Oman on which she reclined, Mrs. Elmsley eut open the sleeve to 
 the sh.nildor. thus layim,^ bare ono of the most magmhcent arms that ever 
 ^i, app n led to a wo.muM bodv, the ,la/./,lin,. whiteness of whoso contour 
 It Iw dimmed in the tleshy part above, and in the immediate vicinity of 
 the SDot where the ball had entered, , , , , , ,i ■ ; i 
 
 A si> n from Captain lleadley. the Indian, who had been talkin^r aside 
 with his chie now approached, but no sooner did he beliold.the uncovered 
 ^ b wdie. ther da' iled by its brilliancy, which to him must 1'-^ ~1 
 n a Je t de-^ree superhuman, or shocked that anything so b..iutilul should 
 W been thus woi luled, he suddenly stopped, and while his eyes were 
 I'lnuSnated, the blood'could be seen suddenly to recede from his dark 
 
 ''''" n'o father " he said to Winnebeg, " I cannot do it. I cannot cut that 
 arm^Spen-"; very "ought makes me sick here"-aiid he pointed to his 
 
 '^'SuiIJh trh:^i;nLrv homage to the rich, full, and moulded Wv 
 
 of ah b which was but a sample of the perfection ot the whole person, and 
 
 whic a otan seldom attains its fullest harmony ol proportion be ore 
 
 h 'natueaL'e which Mrs. Hcadley .ia,l attained, was not exactly that ot 
 
 wi wk! Tt in earlier period/solicited the tamous Duchess _oi Gordon 
 
 he elt suppress a smile when she remarked the cftect upon the Indian. 
 
 Anlvi? his nan bad been one of the foremost in the attack, and at hi.' 
 watt's SrnlZgS more scalps than had been taken by any other 
 
 """'teU-'ldMrf Headlev,ontlie Pottowatomie continuing resolute iu 
 So .fc,c».;.,K knife on the bnlMo :m\ ll« bc» : do jou not Ihmk tl„,t joa 
 
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 WAU-NAN-OKI ; OR, 
 
 plunclored, so it is no use to look for aid them; and tho only thinff with 
 whif 1 I can try my Hkili w a common hut vciv .sharp penknife''^ 
 
 " I ry whatever you please,- said Mrs. Head! -v ; " only r.,iicvo me of tM, 
 suffering; that which you may inflict cannot possibly bo worso"_aPd uu- 
 flinchingly cxUjnditif? her arm, she waited for him to Iw-ijin 
 
 tor tho first time in his life Mr. McK.um fdt nervous. There was a' 
 greater amount of courage re.,uired to cut int., the delicate flesh of a woman 
 han even to kUl a bear or a In.flalo ; but ,^ he had promised, he summoZd 
 up his resolution and skill to the task. »ummonta 
 
 The Pottowatomio. bedizened with scalps as he was, had remained to 
 witness thecuttm. out of the ball ; and nothing coui.l surp^tss the ,xpre!! 
 Bion ul surpnse that pervadv.! his features, as he keenly watched the almost 
 .mmo^.lblhty of Mrs. Headley fron, the moment that tho blade of the pen- 
 kmle. dexterously enough handled, entered into the flesh and efiected tho 
 ncision iw^cessary to enable the ball to be removed. When the operation 
 was finished, and the ball produced, he started suddenly to his f5.>t and 
 uttered a sharp exclamation, denoting approbation of her wonderful couraire 
 Ue asked us a favor, to retain tho ball as a testimony of her heroism ; when 
 Mrs. Headley presontcd it to him with her own hand. And with this ho 
 departed, exulting its though he hi;d taken a new scalp. 
 
 This incident perhaps unimportant, in itself, was not without some mo- 
 ment in the results to which it led. On the day following the furt was filled 
 with Indians and their squaws not only endeavoring to assert th. ir claims 
 to individujd pns..ners, but infuriated at the losses, seeking a victim to the 
 n|anes of their oeceased relatives Among others was an ^.V^ aw ' w " 
 had hxst a favorite son n the battle, and who, having been told by a wvrrior 
 that ho had distinctly seen him killed by a shot from Mrs. Headley's rifle 
 repaired to the house of Mr. McKenx.ie, where she knew she then was. Ce, t 
 upon exciting the general sympathy of the warriors in her favo.', and 
 obtaining their assent that she should revenge his death upon the " white 
 squaw. I ' ^ niiii-i. 
 
 It happened, however, that the nible woman, feeling great relief from the 
 abstraction of the ball from her left arm the preceding%^ening a, d Sll 
 secure in the pledge entered into by Winnebeg, and confirnTed in a mea? 
 sure by his people, had fearlessly mounted her horse, which had been reco- 
 vered for her, and ridden alone to the baggago wagons for the purpose of 
 procuring some article which, at the moment, she much required As she 
 was returning, and when near he entrance to the fort, she was met by the 
 vixen, furious with rage and disappointment at not havin-r found her 
 
 Advancing with a cry that might be likened to that ot^i fiend, she .seized 
 
 he bndle of the horse and attempted to drag his rider by her habit to the 
 
 ( ound-shneking forth at the same time her determination to have her life 
 
 who had taken the life of her son. But Mrs. Headley was not one, Is he 
 
 timJhf'i %'^ ""* """''"'^ ^"'"''""^ "''■'■'^^'"•^ ''''•^'••'^ly knows, to be thus in- 
 timidatcd She possessed too much of the high spirit, the resolute nature 
 of her unfortunate uncle to submit quietly to °the outrage, and, moreror 
 she knew enough of the Indian character to be sensible that it w.;rnot by 
 any manifestation of submission that she could hope to escape the thivat- 
 ened danger. Her course was at once taken. 8he struck the gaunt and 
 shrivelled hag such a violent stroke over her sho-ilder with the honewhip 
 
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 MABIAOHB AT OMIOAOO. 
 
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 of cowhide .he held, that the latter was compel ed to reload he hold, and 
 M »ho u hod iuto the fort,callinK on tho Indmnn to rovonK. her Hon and 
 Eu the A^^ iU, HOUHW. the latt..r followed h.r completely round the nquare 
 us n^ he^ owhi le w th a dexterity and an effect, uh she leaned ove, her 
 3l e thiit drew bursts of iauKhtir and approval from the warr.orn eagerly 
 
 toeirrv out tho wIhIiob of the crone and kill Mrs. H.adlev ' ^"^ ^^y,"^"' 
 vii lere loud in the e,pres«ion, but sudcUly then «tood H»H,h he^o^ 
 towatomio of the preceding evenmg. the "ntagonrnt of ^ • ^^^ J^^^ 
 frnni his commanding appearance, not less than by tlw prcHiit,.. oi ni» 
 b a" ry impSby ^he tinerous fresh scalps at his .ule soon n.ade h.m- 
 LlTan ol.ject of attention. None of the cluets were present. 
 
 * Th whit.- s.,uaw shall not be killed," he pronounced, as he held up hm 
 tomatk authoritatively; "she is brave li^ ^ i'^'ttowatom.e wamor. See 
 here" holding up first five and then two nngers-' bo many b.ills ru.vc n j 
 her 'and yet Li here, on hon^eback, _.« if noth.ng had happened. W hat 
 
 t^'^tSS-^eh^^udh. took from his pouch and held up to view 
 i. a,»llv r.*d „p„n ''Vr,t/KnSl^Mr M:tt!:. tl b»t *-« 
 
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 WAP-JTAM-OBl ; OR, 
 
 tnwt.Mff as It (1(1 with tho Mtnundin^. whie(.no«.s of ovcrv othor j^.rtion of the 
 .m.. y,,v.. ,t tli.j fipp.v,rn„,-e cf h.mi^r rma-h more .(.voV,. than it r.-ully wm' 
 lUu It vvuH n..t t .., wound nion. tlwu ..nhMtcl fho fcoling, of th.. fn.lU. in 
 fHvor of Mrn H.adloy. t'onmctod with that wa. the cmln-sH .h I „," 
 cnnml thr,M,^.hout tho wh.,I.. affair fn.n, th. ,,c.r.nv..ri.,,r M,.^J\/Z 
 
 h. 1 hors.. wh,.n .... must hnv known that it wa. th.n a rmcMiun nndrr dis- 
 ouss.on whether her life .houl.l be take., .,r n..t. This, w th th,. faet of Z 
 wound which they then Haw. and th.ir no longer doubt of th ..x.'tlnee ot" 
 
 si I ud ..>er eonimnndr.1 ,„ J,e i,a!mi(.Ht days, of her husband's intlu.neo 
 Willi iiK* rrt('(!, 
 
 "No kill hin;." Haid Pwau-na-shig. cxultingly, as hn roranrk(>d the efr.,ct 
 pr(iduecd on In.^ .Kmipanions—" white chief's wife good warrior" 
 
 ^ o, no kill hiin,- answered another voice, in broken English also. •• | »um 
 fine sfjuaw— WLsh li.id hini wife— g..t bravo papoono." 
 
 A general .^xpression of assent ean.e fmn. (he band, when \frs IFeadlev 
 whosi, sleeve had agan. been rudt-ly tied by i'wau-na-shig, fearinr that f 
 she remained longer another re.etion might take place, preened the hand of. 
 the Int ban with a uarn.th of gratitude tha. brought the strong fire into hig 
 p and the wurrn blood into his eh-ek. turned her hors.-'. I,;,! and c,^ 
 (•red out ot the fort, followed by the .ild ravines .,f ,h<, b..|dan .\"lo to a 
 her .ng and matted gr.;y hair and sta-nped her feet in fury at ihe dis.^ 
 rmntment. n a tew muiut-s she was again at tho door of" Mr. MeKenzio 
 atul alighted m the arms of her husband, wlm. ala-med at her lon.'aUence' 
 w,ts m tho act of eaving tho house in search of her when she arriN;.,! ' 
 
 ranta 1,^.^11"' l"^'"-' ""^ "^^T^'^'}^' ''"^ •.nae,..o,„panied." remarked 
 aptam Headlev, wh.n. m ivply to Ins nuiuiry as to the cause of her long 
 . b„.neo she sa , she w'ould tell hitn later. "I f.ar that they have been 
 unable to prevail upon Maria to leav the new home of her olecion " 
 _ 1 am s.rry hir it." gravely returiinl his wife. " I must say her choice 
 IS not exactly what I should liav,. expected; but hero th(,y ai-e~wo hall 
 soon k„ow^ Well. Mr i£Im.s|,,," sh.l added, as that officriL-nd -d th" 
 sera^la. followed by W.nncbeg, " what news do you bring of the 
 
 "I scarcely know whether to consider it good or bad," returned the lieu- 
 
 Iheie seems to have b«.n mor. method than madness in her hm.rua.ro to 
 llnSt.'""^"' ""^ ^'''''^''y^ ^''' '^^' '"^^'•""'.^' ^''" *l^T'"-ted witirhim to 
 
 "Indeed," remarked Mrs. ITeadley; "you surprise me, Mr. Elmslev; but 
 does she perform that long journey on foot ?" '' 
 
 "No: Winnebeg =Lscertained from his wife th.-.t sh,' was mounted on her 
 Z,?'? '-"'^ Y ^^'y'-"'"-^'^^^^' ''^'-'\-? visited and returned from Ifard- 
 
 large packages, which were tied t> the back of her saddle, while the -outh 
 strapped two others smilarly prepared witb provisions, behind his own 'pony 
 r ms provided, and Wau-nan-ge<. with Ins ritle on hks shoulder and cSheJ 
 wise well armed, they sot out at daybreak. 
 
Tm MAMAOHil AT ClitOAOO. 
 
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 " Poor Marin ! what your orentfui (h-Htiny will \>o, heaven only knowi," 
 iijjhfld Mw, Ht'a(ll«7 ; "for not only th« roiul hut tin- c-ourH." y<>u pursue i» 
 ono hcm'l 'villi (lii'igfr. Hut our loU arc now ciwlin (lillV'rijnt liuinncls, ami 
 we hftvi! nfl«^(l <if atlvntion to ourst'lvtm. ('unit' in, Winuflx-ij, whili' I n-lau? 
 to yon till' soiiu'wliat narrnw t'scaiu' I have again hul fiuni tlio tcniuihawk 
 sine.) yiiu h-ft this niornin;?.'' 
 
 "(luod <»n(l! what do yon moan?" simultaneously i',t(;laim*'<l llu' two 
 oftioiTM. VVinnclK';,' slan-d'aiid look, d at if Im did not fully compn-liend. 
 
 "Oh I quite an adventure, I can at»uro you ; and who do you think was 
 my doviitid kniufhtcrrant i" 
 
 ''• What a (suhjrcl t.. jent ahout, Ellen !" remarked her husha.i.l, half reprov- 
 inj^ly. "Tft wlidiii <lo V(>u ailud(/i"' 
 
 "Only the lall wa-riiir who tried w) d.'Hperately to get your wile'd Hcalp, 
 Mr. Ehnslcy." 
 
 " What, l*wau-na shit;"?" 
 
 "The same. Vou cannot imapino what a conquest I have made ; hut let 
 us go in— the htoiy is too good tiot to be aild to all, and I presume both 
 Mrs. Elmslev and her father are in." 
 
 " They are," said Captain Hen 'ley, as the lieutenant gave his ami to 
 conduct her into the house. 
 
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 Little rem.VinR to ho. added to our tale. Of the incidents that occurred to 
 Wau-nan-u'ee and his cKiiige. iiftcr their departure from the camp of the 
 Pottowatoniies, we mii,'ht, and may, speak hereafter; but, as it is not essen- 
 tial to our present desi;;n, and would necessarily I'ocujiv far more space than 
 is consistent with the limits wo have been compelled to prescribe to our- 
 selves for the detail of the attack and partial massacre of the garrison of 
 Fort Dearborn, ve forbear. We had always intended the facts connected 
 with the historical events of that period to be divided into a series of three, 
 like the (Juaidsmon, Mousipietaires. and Twenty Years After, of Dumas. 
 Two of these, cmbracini: dilJereiit epochs and circumstances, we have com- 
 pleted in •' llMnKcrabble" and " Wau-n.-iniree ;" and whether the third, on 
 a dill'erent topic than that of war. and which, as we have ju-^t observed, is not 
 necessary to the others, ever finds embodiment in the glowin;,' lani^iia.^e and 
 thought of Niiture, nursed and strengthened in Nature's solitude, wdl mucdi 
 depend on the interest with which its predecessors shall have been received. 
 Yet, whether we do so or not. we trust tne sweet, the gentle Maria Honayne 
 —the loadstone of attraction to all who kiuw her, will have excited sufli- 
 cient interest hi those of her own sex who have foll.iwed her in her hitherto 
 clRMjuered fate to induce in them a desire to know mere of 'he destiny to 
 which she si'cmed t(» have been born. 
 
 Of the other characters, seanielv less interesting, we can si)eak with 
 gn'ater confi<lence. On the third day after the battle, the prisoners, includ- 
 ing Mr. McKcnzie and the m<'rabers of his household, were removed from 
 Chicago, and scattered about in small and separate parties, at various inter- 
 vals of distance from Mackinaw, then in possession of the British. Here 
 Mrs. Ileadley remained sometime, in order that she might recover sufti- 
 cientlv tVoiii her troublesome wounds, when Winnebeg, in whose immediate 
 chai-ge she and her husband were, learning that his jteople manitested impa- 
 
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 tl«nce at th« indnlgencw nhown to them, nnd with their iiitmil »i<klcnM« and 
 inconitiittt ru-y, donirod tj» have tht'tn ufivon vu to thi-ir own cuntody, paddled 
 them, iiidt'd only hy liin »quaw, from llu'ir villn^^i', n (iJMtnnctt of tlin'.' hundred 
 mikw alon^ tlm HhorM of Laki* Mi.hi((!in to ttio |«)«t of Miu-kiniiw, whence 
 the priikintrM, who Imd lx'"n rgcinv^d with nil the court»'i»y tho kmtwludga 
 of their }tostition ami the fatn« of thoir deed»« could not fiiil to iimpire, by tho 
 gentlemanly eoniinnnder of that post, weru «ub«e(|uentljr trannferrcd to tho 
 general thin cotnniamling at Detroit. 
 
 And j^nut w,w tho euri«wity of thn young Uritinh offlcern then in garrinon 
 nt tiie lalt<r i>o»*t, to behold thlH noble and acompliahed woman, th«3 repu- 
 tation of whose coohiei* and couratfe, under the mo»»t trying ciroumstanee!*, 
 had he.n wid.ly eirculatid by lu-r friend, Mrs. KInwIey, who, with her 
 fatlier and husband, had nomo weeks preceded her to the name «|unrtcr. 
 
 Little did we at tho time, an wo (ihare<l in the general aud sincere homage 
 to her niagiiiticence of nerson and brilliaicy of oluiracter, dream that a day 
 would arrive when wo should Imi tho chroniclor of Mrs. lleadiey's glory, or 
 have tho [.leatiing tank impoHtd upon us of ro.emb«)dying, after death, the 
 ininitable grace and fulness of contour that then hrod the glowing heart of 
 tho unformed boy of fifteen for thq ripened and heroic, alu ^ugh by no 
 means bold or masculine woman of forty. 
 
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 THE FATAL MARRIAGES. 
 
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 ATTTHOR OP • VALEN 
 
 I5Y IIEXKY COCKTOW 
 
 SXTIXK VOX,' "TlIK STKWAUL'," "SYLVE; 
 
 Sllusti-ntrO from tje Unalisf) Haition. 
 
 ESTEIl SOUND,' Ac. 
 
 NOnCES FROM THE KNOMSn PRKS9 
 
 The nmluir III ■• Valpii.il... v., v" i.„, r.:.i.. _. I, _ 
 
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 PLANTATION MEWDIES, 
 
 T,l"vrw AMD MOHT rOPUr.AH SONGS, 
 
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 Julius' Bride, 
 
 Ciil fiom lie feoutli, 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 lOoodbye, Linda lub, 
 Yaller Busha Belle, 
 
 IRoey Anna. 
 Gib me a Hut, 
 Uncle Gabriel, 
 
 .„.tfr'5e.» B.U. .IvSg-r^ „, «.„,f tX;- ^«. » --' 
 
 viiwing ' 
 D.' Menagerie is coming, 
 Sally White, 
 Sally Weaver. 
 (;;n!,WsWt.diUn?. 
 \i ,.11 all make a Laugli, 
 Julia TanmT, 
 'SUeeters do Bite, 
 .,„„,H,yV Uambles, 
 
 l"r\iiiu'a Maid, 
 
 Ole .law B'lne, 
 
 Cyiilbia Sue 
 
 Home, 
 
 Ahool Aboo! 
 
 Sally is de Oalfu- me, 
 
 'iLilT "f tl'« Valley, 
 We are here Tu-mgnt, 
 Snow-Uroj) Ann, 
 My Ole Aunt Sally, 
 O'.i, come back, 
 Ole King Crow, 
 Sailin- on de Ole Canal 
 Susan ob de Valley, 
 Commence, you Niggers all, 
 
 Uy nima ouc. Commence, you i^ .bb^- " - 
 
 Ole Ma«sa .s going to 1»^;, , U „ n^^I, (new vrsio^^) 
 NigijevH History of the V "^W- j^'^j^j je Ole Gim> Tr.e, 
 Work, Nitlgerx, work, j^^j,^ Haft^^man, 
 
 r(x>r Xeliv Ann, 
 Susanna, Ueiir, 
 
 The Jiillv Haft^sman, 
 Blue Tailed Fly, 
 Susv Brown, 
 
 Sn''iU-Cane Green, -Ht. Is ii:"er ti. 'eral, 
 
 VVT? down Sou'ii m Alabama,! De^I^^'ig^^^j g^,^,^^„^ 
 
 Gay, 
 
 Limpin' Sal, 
 
 KcUe ob Alabama, 
 
 1 Corns back, Steben 
 l'arody<.nthePhanton.Uiorui, 
 
 Let's be Gay, 
 
 Oh, come, nark.es, corne 
 
 iShoneepsintlw\»Uev, 
 'NebermmddeW. " loUa, 
 
 Miss Nancv I'aul, 
 
 Wilcliii.g l)mah Orow, 
 
 Comi to my Darkey Home, 
 
 ,Mv I'retty Floy, 
 
 General Taylor 
 
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 i Black Eved Susy anna, a ^/ N Y 
 
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 TUB LIKK AND AhVKNTUUKS ( >K 
 
 JOSEPH T. HAR_ 
 
 The Bold Robber and Highwayman- ' 
 
 ril 10 ELKUANT AND SPIHITKI) EXGRAVINOa. 
 
 WIT. 
 
 »V THB M-mOB OF "jOUN A. MLKUKLI,." " COI.. M.,NnoK KmVA.,DH," AND " IT. SEN JEWEPr " 
 
 'IilK LIFK AM) ADVHXTlTlUvS OF ^^"^ ' ^ 
 
 somm A. Ei p a ,vi B I, E, 
 
 The G.eat V7e3tera Land Pirate ■ ' 
 
 WITJI22 j!:n/:(r \\T wo spiuild lxlhavi.ygs. 
 
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 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURED 
 
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 ac(i>ropli5l|t!p /otjct (iniP 0mmiiltt, 
 
 COL. MONROE EDWARDS, 
 
 With Twenty Graphis Desrriptivc Engravings. 
 
 PRICE, as CENTS. 
 
 r n r, .»„ Fso Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine, th«s spral*". i" ^he 
 
 MoKROE Edwards: — ,. 
 
 .. WK p.,sed an hour in the Sin.-Sing State-Prison ;'«' f «' ^;,^ ' ^ ^'Juuir^r 
 with i.a.,si.tible sympathy the wretched --'-' ^/^^^ t" v s r T^l^e '^^ toil, the 
 an, c ' the actual suilerin^ of .mpr.sonmrnt s ^PP-^; °^ ^ ;^°;,,„, „f „.e convict ; hi, 
 coarse fare, the solemn silence, the averted look, h « ^^^ ^^'^ I ^,,^^,^ ,, ,,e naked 
 narrow cell, with its scanty furniture, h.s hard ^'^ ' '^^ 7;, „ , .^heart ' durin, the Ion, 
 eye' Ycr do but think of the demon Thought that mu. eat up h s , ^^^^^^ ^ 
 
 and tnconceivabty dismal hours wh.ch he passes '\" '"/^^^^ ^ ; "a, ' , n, nd but mo.st 
 Think of the tortures he must endure -m '.e ™^^ .^ t a„1 ^-adth. of a sensi- 
 ternble enemy, Imagination ! Oh, the height, the ''<^f "' » '^ ""'^ j „„ ^ ,,ill, within 
 
 tive captive's sorrow I As we came away from the gloom -"J; ^y^; .^J^, , „, j.,,„„„ 
 
 .he doLun of the guard, the Prison ^^^-(^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^-'^ "^" "^ -^■ 
 or any other mark, the bones of those who had '"' "^^ « ^"'^^^^^^^J f,^, ,,, ,.ad marked in 
 f.in, was ended. There sleeps ^^;>^^'>^^^^2 tZ H- -, well-dress.!, black 
 
 successive year,. We first saw h.m when on h.s » '-» • gentleman, and an 
 
 whiske.cd, ,«„.ing.self-possessed person. «;;^\f''=J^'''j;; „,,,„, eourt wUh courtezans 
 effrontery that nothin, could daunt^A^^^^ ^^^ ^^^_^^^^^ ^ 
 
 at the door of h.s cell, at '1 he Tombs tic J J pseudo-prince receiving the 
 
 .„orn.n,-,own, with luxurio..s .h.skers '^^ ^^^^^ ^J,^ ,,,„,, . ,e,on stripe , ' 
 honors of sham sub.eets. The next tune w ^ ^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^.^^ ^„ ,,,, 
 
 Ki3 head was sheared to the f^j' / .;;t f/ :nTp.-essed with an expression of remorse, 
 brow; his cheeks were pale, and h.s l.ps we e j ^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^„ 
 
 .a.e, and despaW. Never sha 1 -^'^;;- \ tfty i"Ls with a cat-o'-nine tails, four 
 endeavoring to escape, and had ^"^^^ ''"^^'^Jj [ .^ ,,, ^..^ hj^, aft^ the lapse of many 
 hundred and fifty ^-'^" "" "'" "f f ^"t ' i. wo k «non him. His once erect fra.r.e was bow- 
 n,onths. Time and suffering had done the.r ^"^'^ "^ J^nn- hair had become pray. And 
 ed ; his head was quite bald at the.top, ^'^ 'V't 'f^^e ' u'ntil he reached his last y-" ■ 
 thus he gradually declined to h;s -^^^""''^^ J"' , ' ,;;„„,i„ee himself that he was 
 dyin, in an agony of terror ; gnawuig h.s e.na ated fn. ers^^ eo ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ 
 
 .t.ll ning ; that the appalUn. change ^om ^^^J^^^^^^ I, ,,,,. „ not the way 
 \nd now he sleeps in a fdon's grave, with no 
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 CiniMKR U.— I>rl|!ln, niiiurt', »nil i'iir|i"'P«. iiicl ilii 
 ll('< if Mirrlnge; Kfllrillri iif th"' Mnrrinl fftiili-; lliv 
 I !!ili|ii;iHi (in-jirlnu; XfiTixltv cif .Mi.ti'rnn! ('iirr; I'm 
 i I'lT iiuf fur .\i:irriM»c ; l-Ml l!ciiiill< Irnrii Inn nirly Miir 
 riiit'c ; lliiriilliiii of t'riKliuilvr I'nvNcrs; Innliiiice^ of 
 Viniily 111 (till A((e; Viiliiiilile Prcrciilii ;.i niinril In 
 Miiriliige, I'nwcM of t'onci'ptinn ; U M»rrl;i!;B cniidii 
 civf In l.nnit Mfel 
 
 I'liM'iKR III— Tlio fnn<miiiiriilnn of Marri'ffp ; 
 IMU of ' inlciim on ihp imrl of ihf Miilr; 'I'nn lrir|inMU 
 r"(i|ii!.'iil iiiliiiiMry; 'I'hti iiinil (i|i|irn|iri!iln litiiK fur 
 Hi'Miiil n iiinicrrc; WhiM) Hlnlinciici' |« jiroiicr : in<tnn- 
 iri nf d«:illi during coliinn ; I'minT |irii|inrllonH of Die 
 ■•■\i'< In ihiirrluKi! ; liii|ierrillvi.>nc-n nf llie prnlt il fiinc- 
 lii.ii: l»<-vii"|iiiirnls ill rliildrcn; IVriili-loin liiilll of 
 .MiMurliiiliiin; <'ii«f rrlmni hy (JnH ; ri'iiinlc clrriimci 
 Sinn : HinKnliir ii|i('miinn ; Cure nf Ihf (imImI. 
 
 riuiTKK IV— IVrils of I'rcMiim.rn i'nliiililmllon ; 
 Willi i< till' |iro|i<T HBi' for Miirriiii;!' ; \.n\\% ii|«>n llif 
 -i|i|iii; fl.ili.iICK; Juvenile I'lirinii-i ; (liiinions of lli« 
 eirly l,c|:isliilnrs ■ I'liiln nn ilie iicrind for riniiniiiiiinn ; 
 \ii-lnlU' ; 'I'lie J.'VVh; The riivtnni'i i.f iliilirent .NihIihI' ; 
 Iri-h Ch^Klity : lli-|irii|iorliniiiiie M,irri;iv'e; CniiteiiiienC 
 liiMrioniliiy ; Yiiimi; Women mid njd Men; riirentiil 
 iiiiihiriiy in reanrd to Mnrrint'e : Kilh In he Avniih'd. 
 
 CiueTiK v.— Kvihnliiii rnhiiijiv .Marriiitfe MlneliK- 
 eil nn Seii-irirmii. rnrliine, ic. ; 'I'lie true Imsln ; Mim- 
 iiillnii Wiiiiien ni.d l.triMiiinnle .Men ; Men iiioredeprhv- 
 rd 111 111 Women : The crenl Cnnjiiifil Ihiiv ; lrr< >>uliiri- 
 ly in MiirrinL'e: Tho rliief end; Siiidv well the <'li.i- 
 ncli r of your Inlehded I'lirlner; An' Irreliuinus lliis 
 li'iid; Teiiiper; CureM of .Miilrimnny ; (;|.linrnp on 
 MMrri'iKe ; l^ivo Bt First riljiht; Kuuiidutinn uf True 
 l.ove. 
 
 fiuiTrR VI.— rolycnmy ; I.riw of Nniure In Tern 
 imnU! Countries; J.yiiiruus's Method nf I'revenliiii! 
 Jeil.iHy; Curinu.il ciKhiliH ; rnlM;:imv In AfrirH : 
 .•^.aiHof Vlri-inily ; The Umiilt l,nwn ; U'hM I'hysiolo 
 fy '.''eni-he< ; KxtniordinHry Cnne of Sedui'linn ; 'J'lie 
 HItrns of Virpinity iimy he Bh«eiit, Hnd vel the Keiintlfi 
 he H viriiin ; liirentives in Civilized l.ilb In Aiiiornus 
 Indiil'jr.iices; Women di«like nien, >.vhn lire Brei;iirlnu< 
 ill Ihiir Amours ; The iiiinnr iiionh of Women ; Their 
 iiii|inri,inee in retninini; (i llusliaiid's AlIiTtions. 
 
 liniTKii Vll— Keijiiiremenls of CnnjiiL'iil Fidelity ; 
 (iniimli for refiiiiiiv Cnhnhilatinn on Ihe (i«rt nf n 
 Wii:-; CiirioiH l;i\v« nf MuM-nv\ ; when the Cnnjniral 
 He'll luuhl nnt in he |inid ; (i|iiiiinmi of the Primitive 
 I'/iilnrs; Ciince|itii.n during I.nrt«tion ; Iliinu'er ol In- 
 ;ui llnence on the Utuhaoii'i I'lirl; Hyiniiathy lictween 
 
 linn: ri'jiiiliir Fiilliicy ; Olln<r Ciiiuen nf Cniijii^nl In 
 lUlily; Oelinite lienllh of Women ttflor I'leuiidiny ■ 
 'I'he rniisrii mn^ deri'il. 
 
 CiiAi'iKR VUI.-Cliiini(»ii In the System m Piiherly 
 A|i|inpiiiiiei ; llevrlniiment nf the Hriiln : Ftl'eri nn the 
 Feiiiiile liruiiiilziiilnii ; Niuiiru pninlH out her lliuhin 
 I'rednmlniim'e of Volupliioliii IdPHu ; Tlio Hedinl I'li^' 
 -Inn; Tim rrn(irr»i( of l.overn; Inrrenne nf I'liy-.!™! 
 l.ove; Advire In ihe Vmifif nf holh He ten ; Heernlion 
 nf the ^'e^lllll Flii.d ; Full Develniiiient nf llie MiOa; 
 IVrlN of Incnminenie iind rnmijiirnl Fjtrileme'il ' 
 I'lilirrly rniividered ; Origin nf Life ; fhy«iolo|;y of the 
 Hexiiiil ( irmin-. 
 
 CiuntK IX.— Cat!«e<nf Fecundity ; Aliment, »llii- 
 iitinn nnil chnmie ; Aillnenco nnil I'overly ; 'l'eiii|i€>r- 
 iiiiient. I'lmiionii, Vnlltljin ; lm|ire|innlinn diirinn Hleeii' 
 A .Mnlherof iljly twoClilldrin; llnppy repiv of Nn- 
 pnlenn . l'«n»e< nrHurllliy ; Hoe- Iiiipreuniitlnri de|i. nil 
 limit Ulion (ho Mhh> or Feiimlii? liiiiHUence Hnd .sierill- 
 
 ( IIAPTII X.— The Pensonii mo-it fnvnriilile to rnnreri- 
 tinn ; The Mmiiin ino«l iiliundiint In Hirlhii ; I'l.puhir 
 <ii|«>riliiinin nil the -iihject; Inlluenre nf Aliiiient; 
 AphrnilisincK; Coiiinn iliirlnu' llriinkennem ; Hemn nf 
 IHntrenen; Case related hy Cniiihe ; KllecH of Menial 
 Kiceriion; Compiile FfT.rtii on Ihe |.iirl nf ilu- Miiii; 
 Cniireplion : iiirh.in Faet.t in reitard In rrnsiiiiiies 
 .Uiilinenie Fiunnhln In Fi'ciindily ; An»..dot« of New- 
 Inn ; The AluKen nf enjnymenl. 
 
 Cii*piKR XI.— New views nf Marrinfe; A Woman 
 1^ mint aiiiioiiicl In the iinin who has tniliati d her in- 
 111 Ihe Myslerie* of Line ; Wwtt n('e dull Its Pleasures ? 
 The Coiijiiiieiinn of Siuls; The Hense ofl.oie iiUi- 
 niale'i in Ihe Touch; Proiwnsliy t<( lomh Ihe l.ned 
 
 Apaihy iiiler Mir- 
 , ,. . A IliisfiamlS Ihiiy 
 Hints to Wives ; 'I'he twain nhal. \» tine Fle'-li. 
 
 CiiAiTKR .\l— Further details hi regard In ihe Repro 
 ihiitue Feniininy in Men and Wnnien ; Chlornils Per- 
 verlecl ApiK'tites In Vniini! «iirls • .Meann of eiire ' .\i\ 
 liiral Deferts; I'.llects nf FMiiiKuish:.'!! the (;ei,erii'.ive 
 nrtmns; CaHiraiion ; ll.« Flleris ; (lri|!eii ; ll.'ilinn Cai 
 trati; Aneidotes nf Fiinurlis ; TheCiilamenl'i.or Mnnlh- 
 Iv All'ectiun of VVninen, I'seful innriiiatiun oiithu^iih- 
 ject. 
 
 CinPTiR Xin— Nniilllty; Si.Me of mind previous 
 to Love ; Phennmena nLservahle In Voiiiii; \\ i irien ■ 
 Analysis of l.nve ; Chastilv ; Natural Cn(|iielrv l!iM»-' 
 Sean's Cnmparisnn ; Aueciiole of .Mortaiirne ; Is Mnd 
 esty NalurilV Altrartlnns of the Sex: Hints in Parent.s. 
 
 ClIAi'TKR XIV.— Want of ollV'iriiig ; .Matrimoiial 
 M'limililirallon ; Illstinninn lietwren Impolenee muI 
 Hierility; Proiar .Mode of Treatment ; f^nit'iilar ease of 
 Impotenre riiied; (liher i"i.so« ; The true Prinrlj.les of 
 Kcstoratlon, lianKcrnf consulting Uiiarks , The end. 
 
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