Red Belt, the Tuscarora — page 87: what you’re looking at

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General's arrival, our friends, the hunters, had soon conti miunicated with him, offering their services at the same time. RE - They were gladly accepted. + Still, Red Belt had not returned, and the dreariness in the hunter’s heart was deepening. : At length the eventful time spriectibibas The eve of the 2 ~10th of October settled down over the dark woods. The lit- | ‘Ue army, perfecting its plans, lay—unsuspecting any hostile rs z 7 —- A BOLD INTRUDER. 89 5. General Andrew Lewis, of Botetourt county, Virginta—who » ‘commanded this army—had for some time past entertained ceep suspicions against the faith of Lord Dunmore. These sus- Ppicions, as subsequent events proved, were weil grounded. Lewis’ aim was to cross the Ohio, and administer to the un- x ruly tribes a needed chastisement, before Dunmore could pre- 8 So, here we find him, on the 30th of September. After the movement on the part of the enemy—at Point Pleasant. The hunters sat around their camp-fire on the bleak, chilly bluff; their eyes were bent upon the fire, and their faces were * clouded with a shade of foreboding anxiety. ‘The night grew deeper, and still the hunters spoke not, as they sat around the smoldering fire. Suddenly Eagle pricked up his ears—then springing to his feet, uttered a low, angry growl. At that moment a dark form dropped lightly from the top of the palisade, into the e ‘interior of the inclosure. Z In an instant Roydon Howe and the old hunter, with their Tifles, covered the bold intruder, who had come so noise- . nae “ Hold, white warrior! Hold! The Wild Hawk is un- | armed,” exclaimed a deep guttural, voice—a voice in nowise ee tremulous or shaken with fear. =f “The Wild Hawk !” from both the hunters. J “Ay, my brother! Oo-lum-lah, the Mingo brave, He . has come to repay the kindness of the white braves! He has come to stand with them én te coming batile/ He has come,” ' -and his voice sunk low, “ to tell the white braves, that the Min- ‘ goes, the Délawares, the Wyandots, the Cayugas, and the Shaw- anees, are coming like clouds in the air! This night, led on - ss a oe will sweep across the Big River, — comicbooks.c cone