On the Old Frontier; Or, the Last Raid of the Iroquois

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXI. WHERE 'S DAN?!HE news flew fast after Jacob set it a-going. Everywhere it found a kind of preparation already made, but it seemed to be none the less a shock. Cherry Valley was so near, and the Plum Hollow settlers knew the people upon whom this blow had fallen. Horses and cattle were hurried away into the woods. Valuables were hidden in wells or buried in the earth. Pigs and poultry were turned loose to shift for themselves. Wagon-loads of women, children, and feeble folks set out quickly for the fort. There was deadly fear and yet there was heroic courage, for this was a thing that all had been trained to think of. Mother, said Lyra, when she returned from her first work after the tidings came, I had to tie Nannie to a tree out by the spring, or she 'd have followed me back. 21 313 we Ve sent Mrs. Bennett to the fort, said her mother hurriedly. I almost think she is out of her mind. Squire, exclaimed Jacob, coming in at that moment, where do you think I faound York when I rid back? Do n't know. Where was he? Aout at the bridge, lookin' across and waitin' to see who 'd come, laughed Jacob. Wish he could handle a gun. Waiting for Dan, said Lyra. Why does n't he come back? Poor Dan! responded Mrs. Warner. Old Mrs. Bennett thinks they saw him ride through Cherry Valley the day he left us. He may have ridden right in among the redskins. Guess not, said Jake, 't would n't be like him. Dan 'll come back. The fort itself was a sight worth seeing. At first it seemed as if all who came brought their panic with them until there was a great deal of it, but there is always a kind of courage belonging to numbers. Besides, there was really a very good display of guns, and the men who were to use them were full of pluck. They we...