. 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 . ot a full-grown man and am I not in the dressof a warrior! Do I not carry a musket the same as you? And(waving his hand toward the Allegheny) all that is mine! CAPTAIN PIPE OPPOSES WHITE EYES 101 These were daring words, and greatly disturbed many ofhis own warriors who believed the fiery Senecas would revengeth
. 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 . ot a full-grown man and am I not in the dressof a warrior! Do I not carry a musket the same as you? And(waving his hand toward the Allegheny) all that is mine! CAPTAIN PIPE OPPOSES WHITE EYES 101 These were daring words, and greatly disturbed many ofhis own warriors who believed the fiery Senecas would revengethemselves upon White Eyes and his friends. They sentword to the Iroquois that they did not think like White Eyes,and that they would not stay by his side. Captain Pipe hadmuch to do with this cowardly action. He. and White Eyesset to work with more resolution than ever, and each had vary-ing success. White Eyes message to the Wyandots at San-dusky was insultinglyanswered by notice tothe Delawares to holdthemselves ready to takethe war path with themagainst the visited a portion ofthe same tribe at refused to receivehis peace belts except inthe presence of the Brit-ish governor. When theproffer was made beforehim, he snatched thebelts from the hands of ^. AN INDIAN FAMILY the chief, cut them to pieces, and threw them to the ground in a high rage. And you, he said, turning angrily upon White you value your life, will leave here within half an hour! This remarkable man was often in imminent peril fromhis own people. Passion ran high, and among the friendsof Captain Pipe were many who would have assassinatedWhite Eyes had they not lacked the courage. It is hardto understand how he escaped, and how he retained his 102 A MAN OP MARK AMONG THE DELAWARE^ influence over so many fiery warriors. Early in 1778, a num-ber of Tories from Pittsburg came among the Indians withword that the Americans were hurrying against them, andheir only hope of escape was to
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