. ... Ned in the block-house, a tale of early days in the west . trigger, the Indian disappeared as sud-denly as if he had dropped through the mouth ofa cavern. The target at which the gun was aimedhad vanished. Mystified and astounded, Ned Preston loweredhis piece and stared at the point where the redman was last seen, as it he doubted his own the same moment a suppressed whoop washeard, and the warrior stepped to view from be-hind the sycamore, where he had leaped to dodgethe bullet of the rifle which he saw aimed at him. Ned was in the act of raising his gun again, whenhe almost l
. ... Ned in the block-house, a tale of early days in the west . trigger, the Indian disappeared as sud-denly as if he had dropped through the mouth ofa cavern. The target at which the gun was aimedhad vanished. Mystified and astounded, Ned Preston loweredhis piece and stared at the point where the redman was last seen, as it he doubted his own the same moment a suppressed whoop washeard, and the warrior stepped to view from be-hind the sycamore, where he had leaped to dodgethe bullet of the rifle which he saw aimed at him. Ned was in the act of raising his gun again, whenhe almost let it fall from his grasp, with the ex-clamation— DEERFOOT ! As the single word fell from his lips, his eyesrested on the figure of a young Indian of singulargrace and beauty, who, without regarding the be-wildered Blossom, walked forward to greet NedPreston. Deerfoot the Shawanoe, at the most, was nomore than a year older than young Preston. Hewas about the same height, but of lighter mould,and with a length of lower limbs and a suppleness a HS as1-3 S3^ oo. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDT1LD1N FOUNDATIONS• L OLD FRIENDS. 35 of frame which betokened great natural abilities asa runner : when we add that these capabilities hadbeen cultivated to the highest point, it will notseem unreasonable that Deerfoots unequalledswiftness of foot was known to several tribes besideshis own. Although a Shawanoe by birth (which tribe atthat day had their hunting-grounds north of theOhio), Deerfoot roamed through the forests south,and the exploits of the youth in running were toldin the lodges by the camp-fires of the Shawanoe,the Wyandot, the Miami, the Delaware, and theCherokee. His expertness with the bow and arrow, hisbravery in battle, his skill on the hunt, the factthat his mother was shot by settlers, and hisfather was killed in the famous Crawford expedi-tion, caused Deerfoot to be formally ranked as awarrior when he was only fourteen years of age. His deftness with his
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