Excerpt: ...young brave will take me to his house and not be ashamed. Go now. Good-by." "Little White Birch, I give you this," said Jack, as he put in her hand the tail of the great gray wolf, beautifully adorned with silver braid and blue ribbands. It was snowing hard. Jack and Solomon started toward a belt of timber east of the log inn. Before they reached it, their clothes were white with snow--a fact which probably saved their lives. They were shot at from the edge of the bush. Solomon shouted to Jack to come on and ...
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Excerpt: ...young brave will take me to his house and not be ashamed. Go now. Good-by." "Little White Birch, I give you this," said Jack, as he put in her hand the tail of the great gray wolf, beautifully adorned with silver braid and blue ribbands. It was snowing hard. Jack and Solomon started toward a belt of timber east of the log inn. Before they reached it, their clothes were white with snow--a fact which probably saved their lives. They were shot at from the edge of the bush. Solomon shouted to Jack to come on and wisely ran straight toward the spot from which the rifle flashes had proceeded. In the edge of the woods, Jack shot an Indian with his pistol. The red man was loading. So they got through what appeared to be a cordon around the house and cut into the bush. "They won't foller us," said Solomon, as the two stopped presently to put on their snow-shoes. "What makes you think so ?" "They don't keer to see us lessen they're hid. We are the Son o' the Thunder an' the Brother o' Death. It would hurt to see us. The second our eyes drop on an Injun, he's got a hole in his guts an' they know it. They'd ruther go an' set down with a jug o' rum." "It was a low and devilish trick to bring fire-water into that camp," said Jack. "Guy Johnson is mean enough to steal acorns from a blind hog," Solomon answered. Suddenly they heard a loud whooping in the distance and looking back into the valley they saw a great flare of light. "They've put the torch to the tavern and will have a dance," said Solomon. "We got out jest in time." "I am afraid for the Little White Birch," said Jack. "They'll let her alone. She is one of the wives of ol' Theandenaga. She will lead the Dutchman an' his family to the house o' the great chief. She won't let 'em be hurt if she kin help it. She knowed they was a'ter us." "Why do they want to kill us?" Jack queried. "'Cause they're goin' to fight with the British an' we shoot so damn well they want to git us out o' the way an' do it sly an'...
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Adams, John Wolcott. Fine. No dust jacket. (s9-2) Hardback Book is in Fine cond with orig owner names on flyleaf and inside frocov, faint spine fadeing, with no dj. hardback 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Adams, John Wolcott (illustrator) Good. No Jacket. Good condition with some wear including some fading and wear & tear to spine edges, otherwise very good condition for age of book; no dj.
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Adams, John Wolcott. Good. No dust jacket. red cloth lightly rubbed / slight edgewear. some foxing at inside covers, endpapers and title page. binding good. 6 p. l., 414 p. front., plates. 20 cm. Includes Plates.
