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"Certainly," added ,jasper, who was
talking apart w'th the •Pathfinder, as
they tnoved towards the wind -row,
"they cannot .know anytthinlg about
the Sergeant's daughter, int the
greatest Secrecy has 'been . bsetwed
on her account."
"And they will learn nothing here,"
returned Pathfinder, causing, his com-
motion to see that tie trod with the
utmost care on the impression lent on
the iea'vea by she little foot of
Mabel. "uulr.a this 01,1 .aIt,\:nee
i1.9h ha., I,een taking his niece about
*t the •Rind-r•rat. 'ike a fa'n playing
1-5 ,he side <I1 t!le• old •foe"
"Ruck. you mean, 1'athhn,le""
'•i:n'f hr nteerity "r Now 1 can
:;,'1.,'r' with 5111th a sailor a: t'oltrself,
:,u-d"tics, :mot dial nothing eery
•ltrar• in oar gift., though CYu-s
"plane; to the lake; matt :nine to the
c„1.
d•. llark't Leper,' c,mrinnesl the
▪ t;a:tr:t'u4 in 1)i.. noiseless :can-
ner, sur nose we try Che. temper 111
• 'blade, and run hum over the.
,.lis.
"lll Altai ,•1114 l,r dour' aith tar
-'retty niece is the rat, 01Abile
"Nay. nay, no harm -hall ce(nu to
'ler: .Tie rlla.t tale reel l the ,,.,rta4r
.111; rate: ,inti ytei and. I can try
this .\tlanti• „eraner.. and then all
'r,ritr. •af'? 1,eciimg- hetter aeonainb.
d. (We slut"! :1'1 l 01,1 whether his
'wi!l -,. ,., ti^I 'i'lll 11C •1;;t1
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]a -per laugh -d. tiodtle; 'u- 'I,r:ui 1'rr
'a of i,".11.t't.... and thenthe-nl,irt't
ass Ilrt);(•,c•a, 5-. ;ier party h:( rrtiel)..
3(1 1110 t.,„ t sa ,.,furl •'.icn!inuc,1
anti f1.; t, aerd5 had Iletcrininiid
:gr. ti,•r :'slings be,. A, ,r11 the
t:rtir..
fl \I'Ttik 111
1 t an,rr all 101,eA it lilat :'1• -
ler. , In:'"tfltlee the .,:torn
'tl, ,1 °mart., irt. are, 'n . n r.tl, iar-
awl
ave e t,ltimis to this rule, ;or
.,an:' .,f the :titers lase rapi•ls, or. as
th,y arc term( •1 in the lan;alag- of the
regirm, "rifts." and some have falls.
Among the latter was the .particular
stream on ';which our :: d'rentarera were
iut:c journeying. The Osvc',i is
formed .by the junction of the ()twirls
Pad the 'Onondaga. both of'which flow
root lakes: and it pursue, its way,
through a gently undulating country,
sonic eight or ten miles until it reach -
vs the margin 1,1 a sort of natural ter-
race, drown which it tumbles some ten
or fifteen feet, to another level, soros,
which it glides with the silent, stealthy
progress of sleep ,water, until it throws
its tribute into the 'broad receptacle
of the 'Ontario. The canoe in which
Cap and his party had travelled from
Fort Stanwis, the last military stat-
ion on the Mohawk, lay thy 'the side
of this river, and into it the whole
party now entered, with the except-
ion of Pathfinder, who remained on
the lanes, in order +to shove the light
vessel off,
"Let her starn drift clown stream.
Jasper," said the man of the wood:, to
the young mariner of the lake, •w'ho
had dispossessed Arrowhr,cl of his
paddle and taken his own station as
teerstnau; let it go down ,with the
current. Should any of these infarnals,
the Mingos, strike our trail, or follow
it to this ;point, they ,will' not fail to
look far the signs in the ,r uci; and if
they discover that we 'have-' left the
shore 'with the nose of the canoe sip
stream, it is a natural !belief to think
we 'went up stream."
This direction was followed; and,
giving a .vigorous shove, the Path-
finder, who 'was in the flower of his
strength and activity, Made a leap,
landing lightly, and .without .clistnnb-
ing its egllilithriann, in the show- of the
canoe. As soon as it had reached the
centre of the river or the strength of
the current +rite Ihoat mas termed. and
it ;began to Nide noiselessly down the
stream.
The vessel in which t:'it i and his
nitre ;lad ontharked for their ions
awl :Id\cmuttols iourncy was one of
the mole,. of (hark whish the Indians
are itt the ha!ri': of i•t,nstn(cting. ;ural
~lith. 1,y their isn't ling lighnte•;
and the cage with 'alien t1ie- are
propelled. are a,lntirullly adapted to
navi'aatioe in which shoal., flood
a„alt 3'111 t11 110. .nnil:u 11,1 n.
•,1 often acct r Thtau 1. e tat men lobo
composed its original strew had sews
eral times carried it, when emptied o1
it, luggage, Many- hundred yards; and
it wunld not have exceeded the
:troneth of a single ,nen t', Fit it,
weight. Still it ',vas long, and. for a
c50,w, aide; a. want of s•teadiness
'win: its principal ,it feet in the eyes
of the enieit:ued. .\ few hours ,pr;t'l'
ice, however, in a ;treat measure rrm-
0ditd this evil, and 11,4111 .\1;1601 and
leer -uncle had learn( •1 s„ far ;to hum -
one its l,tovelIlenl`:, that titer nos
maintained their Iplare, with 111 1., 1
colitposnre: ttor 414 the additional
weigh. o1 the 1115(.,• alt :1' i1.
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CHAPTER 111.
Ite1,, .. these fields were : brre and
tilt'd
pull le the 01'1111 our rivers tleW'et;
'1'h,• no lolly- of waters 1111',1
'1'h.- fresh and boundless weal);
Am 1 torrents dash'd, amd rivulets
pltty'rl,
Anti l'oumutins spouted in the shade.
Bryant.
1t is generally known that the wat-
ers which How into the southern side
of Ontario. are. in general. narrow.
sluggish. and deep. There are soots
f 530r11ti0ns to this rule, rm. 11111ny of
the rivers have rapids, or, as they
are termed in the Ianguage of the
region, "rifts." and Some 11850 lints
Among the latter was the particular
stream on which our adventurers
were now journeying, The Oswego is
formed by the jun,tion of the Oneida
and the Onondaga, both of wbic'h
flow from lakes; and it pursues its
way, through a gently undulating
country, some eight or ten miles, un -
111 it reaches the margin of a sort of
natural terrace, down which it emu•
Iles some ten or fifteen feet. to an-
other level, across which it glides
with the silent, stealthy progress of
deep water, until- it throws its trih-
nte into the broad receptacle of the
Ontario. The canoe in which Cap
and his
party had travelled from
Fort Stanwix, the. last military sta-
tion on the Mohawk, lay hy the side
of this river, and into it the whole
party now entered, with the excep-
tion of Pathfinder, who remained on
the land, in order to shove the light
vessel off. -
"Let her starn drift down stream,
Jasper," said the man or the woods
to the young mariner of the lake,
who had dispossessed Arrowhead of
his paddle and taken h15 own station
as steersman; "let it go down with
the current. Should any of these in-
ternals, the Mingos, strike our trail.
or follow it to - this point, they will
not fail to look for the signs in the
mud; and if they discover that we
have teftthe shore with the nose or
the canoe up stream, it Is a natural
belief to think we went up stream;"
This direction was followed; and.
giving a vigorous slrl»e the Path-
finder, who was in the dower of his
strength and activity, matte a leap,
landing lightly, and without disturb
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Mg its equilibrium, in the bow of the
canoe. As soon as it had reached the
centre of the river or the strength of
the current the beat 1Vila - turned,
and it began to glide noiselessly
down the stream.
The vessel in which Cap and his
niece had embattled for their lung
and adventurous journey was one of
the canoes of bark which the Indians
are in the habit of constructing, and
which, by their exceeding lightness
tool the ease with which they are pro•
polled, are admirably adapted to a
navigation in which' shoals, flood-
woetl, and other similar ohstrtttlinns
so often occur. The two menwho
composed its original crew had sev-
eral tinges carried it. when emptied
ni its luggage, Many hundred yards,
and it would not have exceeded the
strength of a single ratan to lift its
weight. Still it wes long, and, for a
ranee, wide; a want of steadiness
being its principal defect in the eyes
or the uninitiated. A fete hours' prac-
tice, however, in a great measure re-
medied this evil, and both Mabel and
her uncle had learned so far to haut-
eur its movements, that they now
maintained their places with perfect.
composure; nor did the additional
weight of the three guides tax its
power in any particular degree, the
breadth of the rounded bottom allow
tug the necessary 11UM) tlty of water
to be displaced without bringing the
gunwale very sensibly nearer to the
surface of the stream, its workman-
ship was neat; the 1hIlheu•s - •welt.•
small, ant) secured by thongs; and
111•• whole fabric, though it was so
slight to the eye, was probably ealt-
;1ble of eonveyiltg double the number
of persons which it 110~ contained -
Cap was sealed on a low thwart, itt
the eent•e of 111e canoe; the Rig Ser.
pent knelt near hila, Arrowhead and
his wife occupied places forward o1'
both, the former having relinquished
his post aft. Mabel was hall reclin-
ing behind her envie, while the Path-
finder teal Eau -donee stood erect., the
one in the bow and the other in the
stern, each using a paddle, with a
tong, steady, noiseless sweep. The
C011Vel•sat101) W(14 ca1'1•fed On i11 10w'
tones, all the party beginning to lee]
the necessity of prudcnt•o, as they
th'e0' nearer to the oniskiris of the
fort, and had no longer the envier of
the woods.
The Oswego, just at that phlee,
leets 111le4.11 rltlrlt St ' l'I'UIll Of Iles Brew
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1540
width, its still, gloomy -looking - cur-
rent winding its wkly among aver.
hanging trees. which,, in particular
spots, almost sunt out the light of
the heavens. Here and there some
half -fallen giant of the forest lay
nearly across its surface, rendering
care necessary to avoid the limbs;
aid most of the distance, the lower
brandies and leaves of the trees ell
smaller growth were laved hy its
waters. The pictttt•e 80 beautifully
deserthetl 1)5 mut own admirable
poet., and which we htive placed at
the _head of tIlls chapter, was here
realized: the earth fattened by the
decayed vegetation of t'enturies, and
black with loam, the stream that
tilled the haults nearly to overflow-
ing,_apd the .fresh and boundless
wood," being till as visible to the eye
as the 11111 of Bryant - has elsewhere
vividly presented them to the Imag-
ination, 111 shore, the entire scene
was one of It ricfi and benevolent
nature, before. 11. had been subjected
to 111e uses and desires of man; lux-
uriant, wild, full or promise, and not
without the charm of the pictur-
esque, ever) in Its rudest state. It
Will 1,'e remembered that this was i)1
the year 176- or long before even
speculation bad brought any portion
of western New Yo'It ~•111111) the
bounds of civilisation, At that dist-
ant day there were two great chum
nets of military conunlulicati(u he•
1Wt't'n the inhabited portion of the
colony of New Yorlo and the Prang•
ices which -!ay adjaeeut to the Can-
ticles,- that by Lakes ellampla%at an11
George, and That by 11101111a 111 the
01111
1t. oh 115It, 11'00111 ("reek; Imo 0111.11111,
and the rivers w'1. have' been dest•rih-
lua;. Alcan„ bout the.,, lines rt' enml-
nnlmieatit'n militaryposts had been
established, though there existed a
'blank spine of a hundred )Miles be.
preen the last fort at the head of the
Mohawk and the outlet of they Os-
wego, w11ie1t etnbraeeti most of the
distance that Cap and Mabel hail
jeni'aeycd under t)1,„ protertiun or
Arrowhead,
"I sometimes w•isil for peace
again," said the Pathfinder. "when
one can range the forest without
searching for any other enemy )amt
the beasts and 1ishcs. :\l's mei
)many is the day that the narpent,
there. and 1 have passed ltitppily
tunou0 the streams. living on 50111 -
son. salmon, ,tnd 1•(011. without
thought of a Mingo or sculp 1 I
sometimes wish that them blessed
days alight come back, for it is not
my real gift to slay my own hind.
I'm sartain the Sergeant's slaughter
don't think me a wretch that takes
pleasure iu preying on human
netur'?"
As this remark, a sort of half in-
terrogatory. was made, Pathfinder
looked behind him; and, though the
most partial friend could scarcely
term his sunburnt and hard features
handsome, even Mabel thought his
smile attractive, by its simple ingen-
uousness and the uprightness that
beamed in every lineament of his
honest countenance.
"I do not think my father 'would
have soul: one like those you mention
to see his daughter through wilder
mess," the youngwoman answered,
returning the smile as frankly as it
was given, but much more sweetly,
"That he wouldn't; the Sergeant.
is tt ratan of feeling, and many is the
m.u'rb and the light we have had -
stood ahouldet' to shoulder in, as he
would call it -though 1 always keep
my limbs free when near a Mingo."
"You aro, thea, the young friend
of whom my father has spoken so
often in his letters?"
"His yomag friend -the Sergeant
has the advantage of me by thirty
years; yest, he is thirty years my
senior, and as many my abetter."
"Not in the eyes of the daughter,
Perhaps. friend Pathfinder," put to
Cap, whose spirits began to revive
Whim he found the water once more
Moving around him. 'The thirty
ycrttrs that you mention are not often
thought. to 1m an ;advantage- in 11tn.
eyes of girls of nineteen."
112,1101 coloured; and, in luritlg
aside her face to aloud Ihe looks (1'
those in the how of the 4111101. she'
t11 V011111 It t! the admiring gaze of
111e young 1111111 hi the stern. As re
last resource, her spirited but soft
blue eyes sought refuge in 111e
water. Just a1 Ibis moment a dull,
]Navy stmntl swept up (111. 1151,11 11V
formed by the trees, borne, along ht'
it light air that hardly Inculuced n
t'Iptlle. • 1(1 the water.
"Thai sounds phits01111)-' said
Cup lynching up his eau's' like m dog
that helms a distant baying; "it is
the surf on the shores of your lake,
I suppose?"
".Not so- not so," answered the
Pathfinder; '11 is tnc'rely this; river
tumbling over some Ia1rk1 belt' 1 nth.
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below les."
"is there a fall in the stream. 1' de.
mantled Mabel, a still bright Clash
glowing in her face.
'The devil! Master Pathfirdsr, or
you, Mr. Eau•douce" (for so ('ss_it be-
gan to style Jasper), "had you not
better give the canoe a sheer, and
get nearer to the shore? These •viat-
erfalls have generally rapids above -
them, and one plight as well get
into the Maelstrom at onceasto 111/1 -
into their suction."
"Trust to us, friend Cap," itr1ay701'-
ed Pathfinder; "we are but fresh-
water sailors, it is tette, and J eon
not boast of being much even 011
that; -bat • we understand rifts .rind
rapids and cataracts; and in gang
clown these we shall do o01 endeav-
ours not to disgrace our edicat.ien."
"In going down!'" exclaimed Cop.
"The devil, man! you do not dream
of going down a waterfall in this
eggshell of barks"
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