However late it may have been when we finally sought rest, we were early astir the next morning. ? 42 ? I despatched Seth upon his return journey to the farm, bearing under his girdle as cheerful a note of farewell as I could frame; and then, though it was scarce later than sun-up, the rest of us were fairly upon the westward8 trail. There were in the party thirty Miami Indians, strong, lusty-looking warriors9, most of them. The larger portion of them travelled in our advance, under command of one of their chiefs; a smaller detachment acting11 in similar manner as a rear-guard. The white men, as well as the negro, who controlled a pack animal heavily laden12 with his master's baggage, were on horseback; and it pleased me greatly,—for I was young and easily flattered,—to have Captain Wells rein13 in his horse at my side as soon as we were safely across the ford14, leaving the Frenchman either to companion with Jordan or ride alone.
I looked at De Croix curiously15, as he moved forward with slow carelessness in our front, for he had kept the entire company waiting outside the house for half an hour in the gray dawn while he curled and powdered his hair. Doubtless this was what so disgusted Wells, whose long black locks were worn in a simple queue, tied somewhat negligently16 with a dark cord. I almost smiled at the scowl17 upon his swarthy face, as he contemplated18 the fashionably attired19 dandy, whose bright-colored raiment was conspicuous20 against the dark forest-leaves that walled us round.
"I have heard it claimed these gay French beaux ? 43 ? fight well when need arises," he commented at last, thoughtfully; "but 'tis surely a poor place here for flaunting21 ribbons and curling locks. Possibly my fine gentleman yonder may have occasion to test his mettle22 before we ride back again. Sure it is that if that time ever comes he will not look so sweet."
"You make me feel that we go forward into real peril23," I said, wondering that he should seem so fearful of the outcome, "Have you special reason?"
"The Miamis have already been approached by Indian runners, and their young men are restless. It was only because I am the adopted son of Big Turtle, and a recognized warrior10 of their tribe, that these have consented to accompany me; and I fear they may desert at the first sign of a hostile meeting," he answered gravely. "There is an Indian conspiracy24 forming, and a most dangerous one, involving, so far as I can learn, every tribe north of the Ohio. Now that war with England has actually been declared, there can no longer be doubt that the chiefs will take sides with the British. They have everything to gain and little to lose by such action. The rumor25 was at Fort Wayne, even before we left, that Mackinac had already fallen; and if that prove true, every post west of the Alleghanies is in danger. I fear that death and flame will sweep the whole frontier; and I frankly26 acknowledge, Wayland, my only hope in this expedition is that, by hard travel, we may be able to reach Chicagou ? 44 ? and return again before the outbreak comes. Tom Burns, an old scout27 of Wayne's, and a settler in that country, was at Fort Wayne a month since with an urgent message from the commandant at Dearborn. I tell you frankly, it will be touch and go with us."
"Chicagou?" I questioned, for the word was one I had heard but once before and was of an odd sound.
"Ay! old Au Sable28 called it the Chicagou portage long before the fort named Dearborn was ever established there. 'Tis the name the French applied29 to a small river entering the Great Lake from the west at that point."
"Have you journeyed there before?"
"Once, in 1803. I held Indian council on the spot, and helped lay out the government reservation. 'Tis a strange flat country, with much broken land extending to the northward30."
Little by little our conversation lapsed31 into silence; for the narrow trail we followed was a most difficult one, and at times taxed our ingenuity32 to the utmost. It led through dense33 dark woods, fortunately free from underbrush, skirted the uncertain edges of numerous marshes34 in the soft ooze35 of which the hoofs36 of our horses sank dangerously, and for several miles followed the sinuous37 course of a small but rapid stream, the name of which I have forgotten. There were few openings in the thick forest-growth, and the matted branches overhead, interlaced with luxuriant ? 45 ? wild vines, so completely shut out all vestige38 of the sun that we toiled40 onward41, hour after hour, in continuous twilight42.
What mysterious signs our guides followed, I was not sufficiently43 expert in woodcraft to determine. To my eyes,—and I sought to observe with care,—there was nowhere visible the slightest sign that others had ever preceded us; it was all unbroken, virgin44 wilderness45, marked only by slow centuries of growth. The accumulation of moss46 on the tree-trunks, as well as the shading of the leaves, told me that we continued to journey almost directly westward; and there was no perceptible hesitancy in our steady progress, save as we deviated47 from it here and there because of natural obstacles too formidable to be directly surmounted48.
We skirted immense trees, veritable monarchs49 of the ages, hoary50 with time, grim guardians51 of such forest solitudes52; climbed long hills roughened by innumerable boulders53 with sharp edges hidden beneath the fallen leaves, that lamed54 our horses; or descended55 into dark and gloomy ravines, dank with decaying vegetation, finally halting for a brief meal upon the southern edge of a small lake, the water of which was as clear and blue as the cloudless August sky that arched it. The sand of the shore where we rested was white as snow, yet De Croix had his man spread a cloak upon it before he ventured to sit down, and ? 46 ? with care tucked a lace handkerchief about his throat to prevent stray crumbs56 from soiling the delicate yellow of his waistcoat.
"One might fancy this was to be your wedding day, Monsieur," observed Wells, sarcastically57, as he marked these dainty preparations, and noted58 with disgust the attentive59 negro hovering60 near. "We are not perfumed courtiers dancing at the court of Versailles."
De Croix glanced about him carelessly.
"Mon Dieu, no," he said, tapping the lid of a richly chased silver snuff-box with his slender fingers. "Yet, my dear friend, a French gentleman cannot wholly forget all that belongs to the refinements61 of society, even in the heart of the wilderness. Sam, by any foul62 chance did you overlook the lavender water?"
"No, sah; it am safe in de saddle-bags."
"And the powder-puff, the small hand-mirror, and the curling-iron?"
"I saw to ebery one ob dem, sah."
De Croix gave a deep sigh of relief, and rested back upon the cloak, negligently crossing his legs.
"Captain," he remarked slowly and thoughtfully, "you've no idea the trouble that negro is to me. Would you believe it? he actually left my nail-brush behind at Detroit, and not another to be had for love or money this side of Montreal! And only last night he mislaid a box of rouge63, and, by Saint Denis! I ? 47 ? hardly dare hope there is so much as an ounce of it in the whole party."
"I rather suspect not," was the somewhat crusty reply; "yet if a bit of bear's grease could be made to serve your turn, we might possibly find some among us."
"I know not its virtue," admitted the Frenchman gravely; "yet if it reddens the lips it might be useful. But that which I had came from the shop of Jessold in Paris, and is beyond all price."
We were ten days upon this forest journey, from the time of our crossing the Maumee; and they were hard days, even to those of us long habituated to the hardships of border travel. Indeed, I know few forms of exertion64 that so thoroughly65 test the mettle of men as journeying across the wilderness. There are no artificial surroundings, either to inspire or restrain; and insensibly humanity returns to natural conditions, permitting the underlying66 savage4 to gain ascendency. I have seen more than one seemingly polished gentleman, resplendent with all the graces of the social code, degenerate67 into a surly brute68 with only a few hours of such isolation69 and the ceaseless irritation70 of the trail. Yet I must acknowledge that De Croix accepted it all without a murmur71, and as became a man. His entire plaint was over the luxuries he must forego, and he made far more ado about a bit of dust soiling his white linen72 than about any real hardship of the ? 48 ? march. 'Tis my memory that he rather grew upon us; for his natural spirits were so high that he sang where others swore, and found cause for amusement and laughter in much that tested sorely even the Indian-like patience of Wells. He was like a boy, this gayly perfumed dandy of the French court; but beneath his laces and ribbons, his affectations and conceits73, there hid a stout74 heart that bade him smile where other men would lie down and die. He companioned mostly with Jordan as we journeyed, for Wells never could become reconciled to his mincing75 ways; yet I confess now that I began to value him greatly, and longed more than once to join with the two who rode in our advance, cheering their wearisome way with quips of fancy and snatches of song. He knew it too, the tantalizing76 rascal77, and would frequently send back a biting squib over his shoulder, hoping thus to draw me away from the silent grim-faced soldier beside whom I held place.
It was truly a rough and wild journey, full enough of hardship, and without adventure to give zest78 to the ceaseless toil39. I know now that we made a wide detour79 to the southward, trusting thus to avoid any possible contact with prowling bands of either Pottawattomies or Wyandots, whom our friendly Miamis seemed greatly to dread80. This took us far from the regular trail, rough and ill-defined as that was, and plunged81 us into an untrodden wilderness; so that ? 49 ? there were times when we fairly had to cut our way through the twisted forest branches and tangled82 brakes of cane83 with tomahawks and hunting-knives. We skirted rocky bluffs84, toiled painfully over fallen timber, or waded85 ankle deep in softened86 clay, in the black gloomy shadows of dense woods which seemed interminable, meeting with nothing human, yet constantly startling wild game from the hidden coverts87, and feeling more and more, as we advanced, the loneliness and danger of our situation,—realizing that each league we travelled only added to the length and peril of our retreat if ever disaster came or Fort Dearborn were found deserted88.
Captain Wells, naturally grave and silent from his long training among savages, grew more and more reticent89 and watchful90 as we progressed, riding often at my side for hours without uttering a word, his keen eyes warily91 searching the dark openings upon every hand as if suspecting that each spot of gloom might prove the chosen place for an ambuscade. Our Indian allies moved like shadows, gliding92 over the ground noiselessly; and the occasional outbursts of merriment from De Croix and his equally reckless companion grew gradually less frequent, and appeared more forced. The constant and never-ending toil of our progress, the depressing gloom of the sombre primeval forest on every side of us, the knowledge of possible peril lurking93 in each league of this haunted ? 50 ? silence, weighed upon us all, and at last closed the lips of even the most jovial94 of our number.
It was the tenth day, as I remember,—though it may have been later, for I have no writing to guide me concerning dates,—when we emerged into a broad valley, treeless save for a thin fringe of dwarfed95 growth skirting the bank of a shallow stream which ran almost directly westward. I cannot describe how sweet, after our gloomy journey, the sunlight appeared, as we first marked it play in golden waves over the long grass; or the relief we felt at being able to gaze ahead once more and see something of the country that we were traversing. 'Twas like a sudden release from prison. Our jaded96 horses felt with us the exhilaration of the change, and moved with greater sprightliness97 than they had shown for days. As the sun began its circle downward, vast rolling hills of white and yellow sand arose upon the right of our line of march, huge mounds98, many of them, glistening99 in the sunshine, some jagged at the summit, others rounded as if by art, so unusual in form and presence that I ventured to address our leader regarding them, as he rode with his head bent100 low and a far-off look in his eyes.
"The sand?" he questioned, glancing up as if startled at the sound of my voice. "Why, it has been cast there by the stormy waves of the Great Lake, my lad, and beaten into those strange and fantastic shapes ? 51 ? by the action of the wind. Doubtless 'tis the work of centuries of storms."
"Are we, then, so close to the lake?" I asked eagerly,—for I had never yet seen so large a body of water, and his description fired my imagination.
"'Tis but just beyond those dunes101 yonder, and will be still nearer when we come to camp. Possibly you might reach the shore before dark if you exercise care,—for there is danger of becoming lost in that sand desert. Those hills seem all alike when once you are among them."
"What is it that so greatly disturbs your Miamis?" I ventured to ask, for I had been noticing for some time that they were restless and travelling poorly. "They have been counselling now for two hours."
He glanced aside at me in apparent surprise.
"Why, boy, I thought you were bred to the border; and can you ask me such a question? Do you observe nothing, like that fine gentleman yonder? What have we been following since first we entered this valley?"
"An old Indian trail."
"True," he exclaimed, "and one that has been traversed by a large war-party, bound west, within twelve hours."
"How know you this?"
"By a hundred signs far plainer than print will ever be to my eyes. In faith, I thought those fellows ? 52 ? out yonder would have summoned me to council long ere this, instead of threshing it out among themselves. They are bolder warriors than I deemed, though they will doubtless revolt in earnest when we camp. We shall have to guard them well to-night."
As he paused, his eyes fixed102 anxiously upon our Indian allies, De Croix began to hum a popular tune103 of the day, riding meanwhile, hat in hand, with one foot out of the stirrup to beat the time. Then Jordan caught up the refrain, and sang a verse. I saw one or two of the older Indians glance around at him in grave displeasure.
"The young fools!" muttered Wells, uneasily. "I shall enjoy seeing if that French popinjay keeps all of his fine airs when the hour for stern work comes."
He lifted his voice.
"Jordan!"
The young soldier instantly ceased his song, and turned in his saddle to glance back.
"The time has come when I must insist on less noise, and more decorum upon the march," Wells said sternly. "This is not Fort Wayne, nor is our road devoid104 of danger. Captain de Croix, I shall have to request you also to cease your singing for the present."
There was that in his voice and manner which forbade remark, and we rode on silently. I asked:
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"By the use of my eyes, of course. It is all simple; there are marks beside the beaten trail, as well as in its track, which prove clearly the party ahead of us to be moving westward, that it travelled rapidly, and was certainly not less than a hundred strong, with ponies106 and lodge-poles. Not more than a league back we passed the evidences of a camp that had not been deserted longer than twelve hours; and when we crossed the river, a feather from a war-bonnet was lying in the grass. These are small details, yet they tell the story. That feather, for instance, was dropped from a Pottawattomie head-dress, and no doubt there are warriors among those Indians yonder who could name the chief who wore it. It simply means, my lad, that the savages are gathering107 in toward Dearborn, and we may reach there all too late."
"Is the way yet long?" and my eyes sought the horizon, where the sun hung like a red ball of fire.
"We should be there by the morrow," he answered, "for we are now rounding the head of the Great Lake. I wish to God I might see what fate awaits us there."
Young and thoughtless as I was in those days, I could not fail to realize the depth of feeling which swayed this stern, experienced man; and I rode on beside him, questioning no more.
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