Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . He turned his gun toward the white men andordered them to stop, crying out that he wouldshoot the first one who dared to fire. Then he said, Those men have fed mewhen hungry; they have clothed me when naked;they have cared for me when I was ill; theyhave treated me with as much kindness as if Ihad been one of their own children. The white men put down their guns at once,and hurried to the canoe to shake hands withthe trembling Indians. Wells told them that theyhad nothing to fear from his men. He warnedhis Indian father to keep out of danger; then
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . He turned his gun toward the white men andordered them to stop, crying out that he wouldshoot the first one who dared to fire. Then he said, Those men have fed mewhen hungry; they have clothed me when naked;they have cared for me when I was ill; theyhave treated me with as much kindness as if Ihad been one of their own children. The white men put down their guns at once,and hurried to the canoe to shake hands withthe trembling Indians. Wells told them that theyhad nothing to fear from his men. He warnedhis Indian father to keep out of danger; then hebade them good-by. The Indians seemed verygrateful, and hurriedly paddled down the stream. Down the Ohio. 67 VIIL PEACE WITH THE INDIANS. I have told you of some of the troubles thesettlers had with the Indians. You have seenhow unwilling the red men were to give up theirhunting ground, and how very unsafe it was forwhite people to live here. Many of them losttheir lives trying to do so, but others kept try-inor to make their homes INDIANS GOING WEST. Again and again peace was made with theIndians, but again and again war broke much fighting and suffering the Indianswere obliged to let the white man live of them went farther west, where for a timethey again had a large hunting ground. Some of them still stayed in this part of thecountry and became friendly to the white is only within the last hundred years that the 68 Stones of Pioneer Life. people in the Ohio Valley have felt safe fronithe savages. Have you felt sorry for the Indian because hewas driven from his land ? Remember that heused it for little except hunting. He raised fewcrops, he built no cities or roads or bridges. He did not try to make himself better or tolearn better ways of living. He left the land nobetter for the people who lived after him. Very few people can live, even in a rich coun-try, unless they use the land well. The Indianswould not learn from the white men how
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