y took place. As if by a general understanding, one half of the party moved to the right, and the

stopping among the members of his own division who

t I guess it ain't going to b

d not dream that his movement would awaken the least opposition; but he presumed too much on the indulgence of the red men, for, be

n ran through his shoulder. His hot Kentucky blood was aflame, and the instant he coul

ou can't treat me tha

ugly countenance was bisected by a tantalizing grin which showed the molars of both jaws. His black eyes gleamed li

ion, though even in his rage he felt that there was scarcely a shad

dian less before the spectators could have realized what had taken place. The other warriors were looking upon the picture as though in doubt of what was coming. Among those watching the sce

ul force of the blow turning the lad half way around on his feet, and leaving him utterly at the mercy of

arcely follow, he snatched the wrist of the boy's hand and bent it back with such force th

eft side and under his elbow. Pressing it close to his body, he shut

he ground, picked up the hunting-knife, and with the same e

probably the most astounded spectator of t

ood sense rapidly returned, and, with a smile in answer to that of

d made. He had cut a ridiculous figure, and no wonder a gene

judgment may be lacking, and the dauntless style in which the young captive attacked his tormentor, when there was no prospect of success, awoke a responsive chord in the bre

eplace the knife, when his captors, arranging themselves so as to surround him, resumed their march to the westward. Precisely

Jack! good

eep misgiving over the singular event. "Keep up a good heart,

I will tell Colonel Martin, and we'l

down. Clambering to his feet he turned to complete his words, but his captors seemed to have lost patience on account of the delay. One seized his right and another his left arm and began walking him rapidly off. The last sight which Jack gained of the fellow showe

ong a band of wandering Indians. The memorable journey from Kentucky into Louisiana had been attended by many stirring experiences, and more t

ey put him to torture and finally to death? The settlements of Kentucky and Ohio were crimsoned with the deeds of the red men, and, tho

like a whirlwind; but Otto and I may be gone for weeks before any one will suspect we are in trouble. Even then they won't know what to do. No, sir," added Jack, compres

employ his brain. It is safe to assert that the boy did more thinking while

re in the rear. Every one was fleeter of foot than he, and they had six rifles in their possession, while he had none at all. Could he secure several hundred yards' start, they would have no difficulty

uld prove like a stone wall; when insidious sleep would seal the eyes of the dusky barbarians,

rfoot. "Where is he? Is he days' journey to the south? Is there

ing through the wood in the company of his captors, and his heart sank when his

rable time must pass before they would see each other again. The young Shawanoe could not suspect that w

heard of Deerfoot, he has a wonderful way of turning up

most serious, and it may be said that every passing hour rendered it more so, for he was moving away from home, and ther

boy was given a fair view only of the one immediately before him-the glimpses of the others being fragmentary. Glancing behind, he obs

and that I won't have a chance to leave them for weeks or months or-years," he added in a hushed voice, an

ey did without speaking a single word. Now and then, some one would utter an exclamation which sounded more like the

ustomed to them, but which proved no obstacle to the Indians. In fact, they walked without showing the least regard to them. Where Jack, if

itch which swung back and struck him across the face; "if I was alone, it would t

wift and deep. There was something impressive in the speed with which the volume of w

d surveying the turbid torrents, as though they wished to talk with e

or their people make no allowance for those that are