wk chief

HENDRICK An old Mohawk chief

BRADDOCK A British general

ABERCROMBIE A British general

WOLFE A British general

COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON Anglo-American leader

MOLLY BRANT Col. Wm. Johnson's Indian wife

JOSEPH BRANT Young brother of Molly Brant, afterward
the great Mohawk chief, Thayendanegea

ROBERT DINWIDDIE Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia

CHARACTERS

William Shirley Governor of Massachusetts

Benjamin Franklin Famous American patriot

James Colden A young Philadelphia captain

William Wilton A young Philadelphia lieutenant

Hugh Carson A young Philadelphia lieutenant

Jacobus Huysman An Albany burgher

Caterina Jacobus Huysman's cook

Alexander McLean An Albany schoolmaster

Benjamin Hardy A New York merchant

Johnathan Pillsbury Clerk to Benjamin Hardy

Adrian Van Zoon A New York merchant

The Slaver A nameless rover

Achille Garay A French spy

Alfred Grosvenor A young English officer

James Cabell A young Virginian

Walter Stuart A young Virginian

Black Rifle A famous "Indian fighter"

Elihu Strong A Massachusetts colonel

Alan Hervey A New York financier

Stuart Whyte Captain of the British sloop, _Hawk_

John Latham Lieutenant of the British sloop, _Hawk_

Edward Charteris A young officer of the Royal Americans

Zebedee Crane A young scout and forest runner

Robert Rogers Famous Captain of American Rangers

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. IN THE DEEP WOODS

II. ON THE RIDGES

III. THE BRAVE DEFENCE

IV. THE GODS AT PLAY

V. TAMING A SPY

VI. PUPILS OF THE BEAR

VII. THE SLEEPING SENTINELS

VIII. BEFORE MONTCALM

IX. THE SIGN OF THE BEAR

X. THE FLIGHT OF THE TWO

XI. THE MYSTIC VOYAGE

XII. THE MARVELOUS TRAILER

XIII. READING THE SIGNS

XIV. ST. LUC'S REVENGE

CHAPTER I

IN THE DEEP WOODS

A light wind sang through the foliage, turned to varying and vivid
hues now by the touch of autumn, and it had an edge of cold that made
Robert Lennox shiver a little, despite a hardy life in wilderness and
open. But it was only a passing feeling. A moment or two later he
for