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One of the originals of the treaty was deposited with the Wyandots as the custodians of all the nations. At the last arose Tarhe to make this touching and final appeal: "Father: Listen to your children, here assembled; be strong, now, and take care of all your little ones. See what a number you have suddenly acquired. Be careful of them, and do not suffer them to be imposed upon.

"I met an Indian in the forest," replied Henry, "and well I am now he." Shif'less Sol laughed under his breath. "I see," said he, "but how did you get through the camp? It's a big one, and the Iroquois are watchful. Timmendiquas is here, too, with his Wyandots." "They are having a great feast," replied Henry, "and I could go about almost unnoticed. Where are the others, Sol?"

Braxton Wyatt, whose soul was afraid within him, did not strike, and he put the pistol back. It was Timmendiquas, the great White Lightning of the Wyandots, who with his little detachment had proved that day how mighty the Wyandot warriors were, full equals of Thayendanegea's Mohawks, the Keepers of the Western Gate. He was bare to the waist.

Notwithstanding the magnanimous conduct of the Miamis, however, they, together with the Wyandots of Ohio, always regarded the Shawnees with suspicion and as trouble makers.

"The land of the Shawanoes is beyond the rolling Muskingum," said White Buffalo to Dave. "They have come hither because they know my tribes are weak. But some day we shall drive them back to the lands that are their own." "Do they claim the land up at Lake Erie?" asked the youth. "No, that is the land of the Wyandots and the Iroquois." "And how far to the west do they own the land?"

They lived along the rivers Miami and Maumee and were subdivided into three clans, the Twigtees, the Weas, and the Piankeshaws. Chiefs of all three clans were present, and they could control many hundreds of warriors. The Wyandots, who lived to the eastward in Ohio, held themselves back modestly.

Although but a boy in years, he has strength, courage and skill that few men, white or red, can equal." The eyes of the young chief, full of somber fire, were turned upon the renegade. "Since when, Girty," he asked, "have the Wyandots become old women? Since when have they become both weak and ignorant?" Girty, bold as he was, shrank a little at the stern tone and obvious wrath of the chief.

Reluctantly Timmendiquas, Thayendanegea and the Mohawks, Senecas, and Wyandots, who were most strenuous in the conflict, gave ground. Yet the battlefield, with its numerous trees, stumps, and inequalities, still favored them. They retreated slowly, firing from every covert, sending a shower of bullets, and now and then tittering the war whoop. Henry heard a panting breath by his side.

The face of the great chief seemed stirred by some deep emotion, which impressed Henry all the more because the countenance of Timmendiquas was usually a mask. "I believe that you tell the truth," said Henry gravely. "I and my Wyandots," continued the chief, "followed a trail through the woods.

It shall not be said of the Wyandots that they brought to the ordeal a broken prisoner, one whose blood did not flow freely in his veins." Henry's bonds were loosened, and he stood up. Although he had been bound securely, his thongs had always allowed him a little movement, and he had sought in the days of his captivity to keep his physical condition perfect.