. Outdoor life and Indian stories : making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting . ndknowing the Indians would soon come, they swarmed intothe only stone structure in the place, carrying with them afew such articles as they could snatch up, and taking no timeto add to the slight stock of provisions already stored there. Hardly had they crowded the refuge when the whoopingwarriors dashed into t
. Outdoor life and Indian stories : making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting . ndknowing the Indians would soon come, they swarmed intothe only stone structure in the place, carrying with them afew such articles as they could snatch up, and taking no timeto add to the slight stock of provisions already stored there. Hardly had they crowded the refuge when the whoopingwarriors dashed into the settlement, firing their rifles, andusing the torch with a vigor that soon set every building inflames except the fort itself. All this destruction, however,could avail nothing so long as the people themselves werenot reached. Unless the roof of the stone structure was fired,the defenders were safe, and were sure to fight to the lastCould they have been certain of mercy, they would have sur-rendered, but every one knew what fate awaited him, if thehostiles once gained the upper hand. The grim pioneerswere on the alert at every window and loophole, and the firstwarrior who tried to steal forward, torch in hand, was rid-dled by the deadly marksman. By and by, the attempt was ,. vs: / iTHE INDIANS CUNNING oa the hunt for game or in an attack upon an enemy the India*,always has been noted for his cunning. Crouching on a limb of eforest tree he waits, without the slightest movement, for hoursthe approach of his game or enemy and picks him off with ua-; aim when his victim least suspects the nearness of danget. 84 THE UNCROWNING OF A KING repeated with more caution, but the dusky miscreant couldnot get near enough without showing himself for an instant,and that instant was his last. Then the Indians grew morecareful in their movements. And yet every person in the fort knew he was doomedunless help arrived. The arrows tipped with burning tow,which circled over in the air and struck
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