"So many, in fact, that
more than once, in the course of our progress through
the wilderness, did I wish myself at head-quarters with
my company. Never shall I forget the proud and determined
expression of Ponteac's countenance, when he told Rogers,
in his figurative language, 'he stood in the path in
which he travelled.' "
"Thank Heaven, he at least stands not in the path in
which OTHERS travel," musingly rejoined the governor.
"But what sudden movement is that within the ruin?"
"The Indians are preparing to show a white flag," shouted
an artillery-man from his station in one of the embrasures
below.
The governor and his officers received this intelligence
without surprise: the former took the glass from Captain
Erskine, and coolly raised it to his eye. The consultation
had ceased; and the several chiefs, with the exception
of their leader and two others, were now seen quitting
the bomb-proof to join their respective tribes. One of
those who remained, sprang upon an elevated fragment of
the ruin, and uttered a prolonged cry, the purport of
which,--and it was fully understood from its peculiar
nature,--was to claim attention from the fort.
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