. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. h he carried a small supply. He seemedto have forgotten a resolution he had made towin the prize of five hundred acres of land, orlose his life in the attempt. Thomas Penn had secretly sent out a pre-liminary party to blaze the trees along the lineof the walk for as great a distance as it wasthought possible for a man to walk in eighteen 390 CURIOUS STORIES FROM HISTORY hours. So, when the wilderness was reached,the walkers still had the best and most directcourse clearly marked out for them. The In-dians soon protested
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. h he carried a small supply. He seemedto have forgotten a resolution he had made towin the prize of five hundred acres of land, orlose his life in the attempt. Thomas Penn had secretly sent out a pre-liminary party to blaze the trees along the lineof the walk for as great a distance as it wasthought possible for a man to walk in eighteen 390 CURIOUS STORIES FROM HISTORY hours. So, when the wilderness was reached,the walkers still had the best and most directcourse clearly marked out for them. The In-dians soon protested against the speed, sayingover and over: That s not fair. You ruru Youwere to walk. But the treaty said, As far as aman can go^ and the walkers were following it chief, to send other Indians to accompany thewalkers. He angrily replied: You have all thegood land now, and you may as well take thebad, too. One old Indian, indignant at thestories of how the white men rushed along intheir greed to get as much land as possible, re-marked in a tone of deep disgust: No sit down. THE INDIANS PROTESTED AGAINST THE SPEED in letter, if not in spirit, as they hurried protests being disregarded, the Indians en-deavored to delay the progress by stopping torest; but the white men dismounted, and allowedthe Indians to ride, and thus pushed on as rapidlyas ever. At last the Indians refused to go anyfarther, and left the party. Before Lehigh River was reached Jenningswas exhausted, gave up the race, and lagged be-hind in the company of followers. His healthwas shattered, and he lived only a few years. That night the party slept on the north sideof the Lehigh Mountains, half a mile from theIndian village of Hokendaqua. Next morning,while some of the party searched for the horseswhich had strayed away during the night, otherswent to the village to request Lappawinzoe, the to smoke; no shoot squirrel; but lun, lun, lun, allday long. Scarcely had the last half-days walk begunbefore Yeates
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