. A family flight around home. a cross, beforewhich, half-clad in furs, he used to kneel in prayer upon the frozen ground. One of bis companions tliey adopted into one of tl,e,r ;the other they killed. At last, after a year of sulfern,;;, Joguesmanaged to escape, and was secreted by the Dutch at fort Orange,near Albany. These l< people paid a large ransom forbin,, and gave him a tree passage home to Irance. He arrivedin lirittany, his native place, one Christmas day, was his friends, who had heard of his captivity, as one risen fron,the dead, lie was trea
. A family flight around home. a cross, beforewhich, half-clad in furs, he used to kneel in prayer upon the frozen ground. One of bis companions tliey adopted into one of tl,e,r ;the other they killed. At last, after a year of sulfern,;;, Joguesmanaged to escape, and was secreted by the Dutch at fort Orange,near Albany. These l< people paid a large ransom forbin,, and gave him a tree passage home to Irance. He arrivedin lirittany, his native place, one Christmas day, was his friends, who had heard of his captivity, as one risen fron,the dead, lie was treated everywhere with nnngled reverence .and LAKE GEOKGE. 145 curiosity, and was summoned to court, where the Queen Anne ofAustria kissed the poor mutilated hands of the slave of the Mo-hawks. He returned to Canada, and twice revisited the country of theMohawks; the second time was the last, for he was treacherouslyslain by the savages, for whom he had done so much. He wasstruck on the head with a tomahawk as he entered a wigwam. SHELVING ROCK,— LAKE GEORGE. where he had been invited to supper. His head was cut off anddisplayed upon one of the palisades that surrounded the body they threw into the river. Lake George is thirty-six miles long, but so narrow that it seemseverywhere like a river. The shores are steep and rocky in someplaces; as at the spot called Rogers Slide, where Major RobertRogers was chased to the edge of the cliff by Indians, in the winterof 1758. Hidden from them for a few moments, he managed to turnround upon his snow-shoes, and retreated from the edge of the cliff, sothat his tracks, being reversed, made it appear as if he had cast him 146 A FAMILY FLIGHT AKOUND HOME. self over it. He slid down the ravine close at hand, and whenthe Indians came up a few minutes later, they saw him skimmingaway over the ice towards Fort William Henry, and attributed hisescape to the protection of the Great Spirit. Lake George is now quiet and still, but for the
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