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He moves on again, and, ah! here he goes into the woods. Beyond question he is now engaged in planting an ambush for those who would follow St. Luc. Shall we go back, Great Bear, or shall we meet the Ojibway's ambush with an ambush of our own?" The black eyes of the Onondaga sparkled. "We ought to turn back," replied Willet, "but I can't resist playing Tandakora's own game with him.
Rangers and Mohawks, Robert, Daganoweda, Willet, Black Rifle and Rogers at their head, burst into the glen and the Mohawks began the pursuit of Tandakora's surviving warriors, who had followed their leader in his flight. But Robert turned back to meet Tayoga and cut the thongs from his wrists. "I thank you, Dagaeoga," said the Onondaga. "You came in time." "Yes, they were making ready.
I shall come to see them many more times all through my life, and when I am an old, old man of ninety summers and winters I shall lay myself down on a high shore of Andiatarocte, and close my eyes while Tododaho bears my spirit away to his star." It is possible that Tandakora's eyes expressed a fleeting admiration.
Nearer and nearer came the Indian fleet, partly of canoes and partly of boats, and he counted in them sixteen warriors, all armed heavily. Now he prayed to Manitou, and to his own God who was the same as Manitou, that no thought of pushing among the reeds would enter Tandakora's head.
Now Tandakora's whole world was overthrown. The French were withdrawing into Canada. St. Luc, whom he did not like, but whom he knew to be a great warrior, was retreating in haste, and the invincible Montcalm was beleaguered in Quebec. He would have to go too, but he meant to take scalps with him. Bostonnais were sure to appear on the trail, and they would come in the night, pursuing St. Luc.
He is not so sure that friends are here after all, but he does not understand how an enemy happens to be behind him. He is angry, too, that his own pretty ambush, in which he was sitting so cunningly waiting for us, is broken up. Tandakora's humor is far from good, but, because of it, mine is excellent."
But since the arrow has sped wrong he will not loose another shaft tonight. If it had not been for his wounded shoulder the arrow might have gone true. It was a treacherous deed, worthy of the savage Ojibway." "I hope the time will come," said Willet, "when I shall send a bullet not through Tandakora's shoulder, but through his heart.
Twice they found little painted feathers that had fallen from a headdress or a scalplock, and once Tayoga saw a red bead lying in the grass where it had dropped, perhaps, from a legging. "We shall have to pass by Tandakora's band and perhaps other bands in the night," said Tayoga. "It's possible, too," said Willet, "that they know we're on our way to the fort, and may try to stop us.
Tayoga, who had been moving about the far side, came to them and whispered: "I am going down the northern face of the cliff!" "Why, it's sheer insanity, Tayoga!" said the astonished hunter. "But I'm going." "What'll you achieve after you've gone? You'll merely walk into Tandakora's hands!" "I go, Great Bear, and I will return in a half hour, alive and well." "Is your mind upset, Tayoga?"
Wilton stared as if he had seen someone come back from another star. "Lennox, is it really you?" he asked. "Nobody else." "You in the flesh and not a ghost?" "In the flesh and no ghost." "And is that Tayoga following you?" "The Onondaga himself." "And he is not any ghost, either?" "No ghost, though Tandakora's men tried hard to make him one, and took a good start at it.
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