The Trail of the Seneca

The Trail of the Seneca

A hatchet of stone, cumbersome and crude, but a dangerous weapon once, though now it is only a silent memento of the days of Captain Pipe, of Lone-Elk, of Fishing Bird, the scowling Big Buffalo and the graceful, pretty Gentle Maiden as well, lies on my table as I write. Of Captain Pipe, Big Buffalo and certain of the others, I have already told you something;but you have yet to hear of Lone-Elk, the Seneca,Lone-Elk, the outcast from the villages of his people,bold and strong yet crafty, deceitful, treacherous,and still, withal as ambitious and as vain an Indian as ever trod the long-ago forest fastnesses. It is of Lone-Elk that I am to tell you now. What part this tomahawk, which lies upon my table, had in the story may later be revealed to you, but as for that, it is not of great soon to feel the awful force of his evil power, calmly fished from their canoe at the opposite side of the water. Never before had the Delawares prepared so lavishly for the fall Thanksgiving. To celebrate the Festival of the Harvest when the corn and the beans and the squashes, the tobacco and the nuts had been gathered in was no new thing among them, but Lone-Elk had made the plans for a far more elaborate entertainment this year than the people of Captain Pipes village were accustomed to have. And notwithstanding that the Seneca was a wanderer from his own home country and might never go back to his rightful tribe, the chief of the Delawares had allowed him to assume the leadership in every arrangement for the happy occasion. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 42032
Author: Braden, James A. (James Andrew)
Release Date: Feb 6, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Vosburgh, R. G