Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 9: what you’re looking at

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THE OLD FRENCH WAR. : "iil The, period at which our story commences is.that dismal time in colonial history known as the “ French and Iydian War.” During this struggle, the fearful massacres which oc- - curred have made it a blot upon the history of the times.. The French, under their able but unscrupulous leaders, ray- aged the country, capturing forts, and. letting the lawless bands of Indians under them riot in blood. The historical reader peruses with horror the records of the period in which Oswego and William Henry gleam out. : There was one prominent man upon thie English sk and one only, who ungerstood the nature of the Lndinn-tribes and treated them accordingly. The control this man gained over the “ Six Nations,” and especially over the more powerful tribe, the Mohawks, was wonderful. Through all the long and trying wars between the English and. French for posses- sions in America, the majority of these tribes stood firm for British interests, and served as an effectual shield against the’ aggressions of the French. It was in the Indian country that the bloody. battles were fought, which have a place in history. The English had early erected a chain of forts along the Hudson, and ‘the Mohawk. Against mee the Cis of the French were mainly directed, General William Johnson (afterward, Sir William) hid early laid before thre Government the necessity of a chain of works in this region; both to keep the Indians, in order and to drive back the French. Proverbially slow in every thing regarding the Colonies, the English Government did gothing for some years. Those whom it sent. over to command the armies were not the right ones; they did not understand how to deal with the Sadisita or the ptonincial troops ; who were, in real- ity, the main dependence of. the nee in wars apne the Savages and the French. With this prelude, we will eau the mission of the two brothers. They were known far and wide. along the border, as fearless wood rangers and daring scouts. The set- _tlers on: the frontier blessed them, for many & time they a: saved life by giving warning of the coming foe. | They were born to a different heritage. But their father, ; a gentleman of broken fortunes, had left the home of his nativity behind him, turned his back upon. the graves of his Comicbookss com