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Updated: June 7, 2025
Let him be punished. We have no place for the wrongdoer. No; they did not say this. They said, 'The lost is found. He that wandered from the fold has returned. And they welcomed the lost one, and bade him repent and lead a right life. Have you forgotten, Teganouan?" The Indian had slowly lowered his musket. "Teganouan has not forgotten," he replied.
It was still early in the evening, but the fort was as silent as at midnight. Menard opened the door and walked out a little way. The lamps were all burning, but no soldiers were to be seen. The barrack windows were dark. He stepped back into the house, closed the door, and said in a low voice: "Teganouan." There was a stir in the loft.
In a moment the three men had lifted the body of the Long Arrow and laid it away under the low bench. Teganouan scraped a few handfuls of earth from a corner and spread it over the spot where the chief had been. "How far is it to the lake, Teganouan?" "But a few rods." "And the forest is thick?" "Yes." "We must cross the lake. Is there a canoe here?" The Indian shook his head.
But when Teganouan came to the white men, and asked to be made like they were, he left behind in his village a brother and a sister and a father who said that he was a traitor, who said that he was false to the trust of his blood and his nation, that he was not of their blood." "And did he believe them?
Over the hills to the east the dawn was breaking, and all the sleeping birds and beasts and creeping things of the forest were stirring into life and movement. Teganouan went ahead of the party and soon roused a member of the Cayuga branch of his clan, the family of the Bear. Through the yawning services of this warrior they were guided to an unused hut.
Then you will be glad to flee to the white house of the holy Fathers, knowing that they will protect you and save you when the braves of your own blood shall pursue you." Teganouan's eyelids had drooped, and now he was looking at the ground, where the chief lay. "You will come with me, Teganouan.
Perhaps he had hoped for aid from the Captain, remembering his pledge to bring punishment on La Grange. If so, he should learn his mistake. "Teganouan's words are idle." Menard moved the latch. "The Big Buffalo will not open the door. Teganouan has not delivered his message. He is not an enemy to the Big Buffalo. He is his friend.
He heard the words of the Fathers, and he believed that they were true; but when the white Captain took from the Onondagas five score of their bravest warriors and called them slaves, when he took the brother of Teganouan, borne by the same mother and fed by the same hand, to be a slave of the mighty Chief-Across-the-Water, could he remember what the holy Fathers had said, that all men were brothers?"
Menard raised the latch an inch, then looked sharply at Teganouan. The Indian stood quietly, leaning a little forward, waiting for the decision. The Captain was on the point of speaking, but no word came from his parted lips. The voices were now just outside the door. With a long breath Menard's fingers relaxed, and the latch slipped back into place.
Then he motioned toward the wall ladder that reached up into the darkness of the loft. Teganouan turned, picked up the hatchet and thrust it into his belt, took one quick glance about the room to make sure that no telltale article remained, and slipped up the ladder. There was a loud knock on the door, and Menard opened it. The Lieutenant came in. "We have no word yet, Captain," he said.
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