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No sooner were the winnings safe twenty thousand beaver-skins stowed away in three ships' holds than Pierre Radisson's foes unmasked. The morning of our departure Governor Phipps marched all our Frenchmen aboard like captives of war. "Sir," expostulated M. de Radisson, "before they gave up the fort I promised these men they should remain in the bay."
I ran forward, and just as I got up to the hut, out darted the thief, almost knocking me over; before I could recover myself it had made its way round to the back of the hut. I sprang to one side, hoping to get a shot at him, but he had disappeared. We hurried in, when we found our beaver-skins scattered about, most of them being so gnawed as to be utterly valueless.
Why, you must know, Master Kirby, that the Leather-Stocking and I thats Benny Pump you knows Ben? well, Benny and I no, me and Benny; damme if I know how tis; but some of us are bound after a cargo of beaver-skins, dye see, so weve pressed the cart to ship them ome in.
As he was descending the river with his peltries, which consisted of one hundred and twenty-five beaver-skins, besides some of the otter and other smaller animals, he overtook three Kansas Indians, who were also in a canoe going down the river, as he learned from them, to some post to trade with the whites.
These, as it was not their cue to fight, lent them a deaf ear; on which, in disgust and scorn, they paddled off, calling to the recusants that they were women, fit for nothing but to make war on beaver-skins. Champlain and four of his men were in the canoes.
This absence of her captors; and, besides, my band has been most opportunely strengthened by the arrival of a number of trappers from the eastern plains. The beaver-skins have fallen, according to their phraseology, to a `plew a plug, and they find `red-skin' pays better. Ah! I hope this will soon be over." And he sighed deeply as he uttered the last words.
They were splendidly mounted they were dressed in beaver-skins and they were armed with rifles knives and pistols. What could I do? What could a poor old orphan do? I'm a brave man. The day before the Battle of Bull's Run I stood in the highway while the bullets those dreadful messengers of death were passing all around me thickly IN WAGONS on their way to the battle-field.
With this and good store of beaver-skins, Le Sueur now began his return voyage for Louisiana, leaving a Canadian named D'Eraque and twelve men to keep the fort till he should come back to reclaim it, promising to send him a canoe-load of ammunition from the Illinois.
I paid a man in the settlements to make and put a graven stone at the head of my father's resting place. It was of the value of twelve beaver-skins, and cunningly and curiously was it carved! Then it told to all comers that the body of such a Christian lay beneath; and it spoke of his manner of life, of his years, and of his honesty.
After remaining in camp four or five days, the general resolved upon dividing our party into detachments of four or five men each, and sending them upon different routes, in order the better to accomplish the object of our perilous journey, which was the collecting of all the beaver-skins possible while the fur was yet valuable.
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