were more burnings, more slaughters, and more
scalpings. The whole border was still appalled at the massacres of
Wyoming and Cherry Valley, and the savages were continually spreading
over a wider area. Braxton Wyatt at the head of his band, and with the
aid of his Tory lieutenant, Levi Coleman, had made for himself a name
equal to that of Walter Butler. As for "Indian" Butler and his men, no
men were hated more thoroughly than they.

The five continued to do the best they could, which was much, carrying
many a warning, and saving some who would otherwise have been victims.
While they devoted themselves to their strenuous task, great events in
which they were to take a part were preparing. The rear guard of the
Revolution was about to become for the time the main guard. A great eye
had been turned upon the ravaged and bleeding border, and a great
mind, which could bear misfortune-even disaster-without complaint,
was preparing to send help to those farther away. So mighty a cry of
distress had risen, that the power of the Iroquois must be destroyed. As
the warm weather came, the soldiers began to march.

Rumors that a formidable foe was about to advance reached the Iroquois
and their allies, the Tories, the English, and the Canadians. There
was a great stirring among the leaders, Thayendanegea, Hiokatoo,
Sangerachte, the Johnsons, the Butlers, Claus, and the rest. Haldimand,
the king's representative in Canada, sent forth an urgent call to all
the Iroquois to meet the enemy. The Tories were' extremely active.
Promises were made to the tribes that they should have other victories
even greater than those of Wyoming and Cherry Valley, and again the
terrible Queen Esther went among them, swinging her great war tomahawk
over her head and chanting her song of death. She, more than any other,
inflamed the Iroquois, and they were eager for the coming contest.

Timmendiquas had gone back to the Ohio country in the winter, but,
faithful to his promise to give Thayendanegea help to the last, he
returned in the spring with a hundred chosen warriors of the Wyandot
nation, a reenforcement the value of which could not be estimated too
highly.

Henry and his comrades felt the stir as they roamed through the forest,
and they thrilled at the thought that the crisis was approaching. Then
they set out for Lake Otsego, where the army was gathering for the great
campaign. They were equipped thoroughly, and they were now so well known
in t