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As we are pretty near the settlement, and as there can be no danger between us and that, we will let the Lieutenant take my daughter home, while we go with Oonomoo to shoot Shawnees." "I must protest against that," said Lieutenant Canfield. "If I thought there could possibly be any danger to Miss Mary, I would not think of deserting her; but surely there cannot be.
"Oonomoo goes as the enemy of the Shawnees. He goes to save a pale-faced maiden who has fallen into their hands. My Miami brothers go as the friends of the Shawnees." "They go as the friends of Oonomoo, who saved one of their warriors, and they will carry him in their canoe." "The feet of Oonomoo are like the deer's, and his eyes are as the eagle's.
Upon learning the object of the party, he at once joined them, as he felt a fatherly affection for the Huron warrior. Being a skillful backwoodsman, he acted as guide to the men, proceeding, in spite of his years, at a rate which cost them considerable effort to equal. They had not gone a great distance, when the shout of Oonomoo was heard, and the missionary understood its significance.
In it was seated an Indian boy, not more than twelve years of age, who handled it with a skill scarcely second to that of his father, Oonomoo. "Niniotan, my son, is late," said the latter, sternly, as the boy came alongside. "I was chasing a deer this morning, and was carried further in the woods than I thought," meekly replied the boy.
"Shall he be a merciful warrior?" asked Fluellina, looking up in the face of the Huron. "Like his father, shall he be. He shall slay none but men in rightful combat, and no scalp shall ever adorn his lodge. He must drink in the words of the Moravian missionary." "He does, but his heart is young. He will be valiant and merciful, but he longs to emulate the deeds of Oonomoo his father."
This was the retreat and home of Oonomoo, the friendly Huron, where his wife, Fluellina, and son, Niniotan, dwelt, which was regularly visited by him, and where he frequently spent days, enjoying the sweets of home. No living person besides these three knew of its existence.
"Tell Oonomoo," said the girl, looking down to the earth, "that if he meets Lieutenant Canfield to say the same thing to him for me, that I am waiting and hopeful, and have a good friend constantly by me, which lightens, in a great measure, the gloom of my captivity." "Who ish dat friend?" "You." "Yaw, I tells him. Good-by; be a good gal till I comes back. I bees back burty soon."
Too well the sagacious Huron knew that the Shawnee was lying in wait for him. The canoe, which Oonomoo left behind him, during his interview with Hans Vanderbum, lay precisely as it was first deposited. Not a surrounding limb, shrub or leaf had, so far as he could see, been disturbed since he left the spot.
You see I expect Oonomoo to return to this place by nightfall, when I intend to accompany him to the Shawnee village where Miss Mary is held captive " "Goin' to git her?" "We hope to. I was going to propose that you should make your way to the settlement and carry the news of this sad affair to Mrs.
One or two Shawnees, however, were not satisfied with what Hans had said, and, after making several more inquiries, they remarked: "Oonomoo, the Huron, is a brave Indian, but could not enter the Shawnee lodges unless the door was opened from within. Our white brother " Hans' wife sprung up like a catamount, whose young were attacked. "You say my brave Hans let her go, eh?
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