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Just why Boone had been compelled to accompany the Indians the scout did not yet understand. However, on the day before their departure, Governor Hamilton summoned Owaneeyo and Daniel Boone to his quarters. After a few preliminary words the Governor said to the Indian: "I will give you £100 for the ransom of this man."
For a moment there was an expression of anger or suspicion in the eyes of the stalwart young Indian, but it quickly passed, and he said: "Big scout no lie. Owaneeyo go without gun. Tell broders what Owaneeyo say to scout." Turning to his companions the young chief gave his command for them to encircle the springs where the white men were at work.
Now tell me about the Shawnees. Are they coming?" "I think so, but the attack will be delayed several weeks." "Why is that?" "Because you escaped. They tried their best to overtake you, but when Owaneeyo and some of the other warriors of the tribe came back and said they had not found you, then Blackfish declared that you would come to the fort here to warn the settlers.
"I would rather go," said Daniel Boone, "than have you pay so much gold for my release. The Shawnees have been good to me, and though I am a white man, my own friends and country could not deal more kindly with me than have Owaneeyo and his tribe." "No take gold," said Owaneeyo, and strode from the Governor's quarters as he spoke.
No hurt," repeated the Indian, nodding his head several times to add emphasis to his words. "Big scout go with Owaneeyo tell broders." "You want me to tell them that you are here, and that if they do not shoot then you will not shoot, either, and that you give your word that they will not be harmed if they go with you to your village?"
March had come and the snows were beginning to disappear from the depths of the forest. It was in this month that Owaneeyo came to Daniel Boone one day, saying eagerly: "Broder go with Shawnees." "Go where?" inquired Boone. His anxiety for his family in their faraway home by the Kentucky by this time had become almost unbearable.
In spite of the fierce glances of some of the braves, there was slight fear on Boone's part that the word of Owaneeyo would be broken. Cruel the Indian might be in his own way, and treacherous according to the standards of the whites, but his promise, once having been given, was binding. The band moved rapidly, stopping only occasionally by night.
"Been heap mad," said Owaneeyo, frowning in a manner which betrayed his rising anger. "You come down." "I shall be very glad to go with you, my friends. Tell me, how is Blackfish these days?" "You come down!" repeated Owaneeyo. "I just told you," said Boone, "that I shall be glad to come down. I prefer, however, to have you wait until I finish with my tobacco."
"I am hopeful," said Boone, "that we shall not be treated severely. Chief Owaneeyo gave us his promise when we surrendered that we should be treated with kindness both on our journey and after we arrived at the Indian village. I believe he spoke truly." "What I am afraid of," said Peleg, "is that some of these braves will not listen to him.
With apparent eagerness he accepted the invitation, and soon many of the warriors were assembled, keenly watching the contest between Boone and three of the braves. Daniel Boone wisely was shooting well, but not too well. Two of his competitors he easily outdid, but the third, who was Owaneeyo himself, and no mean shot, he permitted to beat him.
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