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and Jiav- and' Hoolt.-18 killed. The Ind the provl.alona and sup- tamls &1l4 ~ . taking Guerlac piles, e rear division. Iii that or- as their prisoner, ftillff.od by Steven der they proceeded up the Kennebec and "Cap" made their W&)' out of \he In leaking bateaux of which muy city but in getting ovel' .the wall, were lost and abandoned. Guel'lac fell and was severely Injured It was neceuary for the men to 'Whtie the others made their escape carry all the bateaux around the and being joined by Pheobe outside many falls and rapids. The army t he city, whom Steven then and there left the Kennebec at Caratunk and m a 1·rles, the five make a safe return . took the twelve-mile carry, so called. to Arundel where the mother and aided by three ponds, to the bank of sister of Steven are awaiting him the Dead River. and bis bride. In this region, two Indians, Nata- The a u thor has described the hardmis and Hobomok, friends of Steven sh ips. suffering and obstacl es of that Nason, Sr. and of the young Steven, flxp edition with remarkable accuracy ~ecretly aided the soldiers by provld- and in hi stor ical detail, even giving 1ag·tood1 huts, melter and Are. Theae the names of the officers who, durIndians dare aot appear before th Ing the flo od on the Dead River, votarmy as orders had been given t ed to return. shoot them as spies employed by the Col. Arnold is described as a flghtBritish. Meanwhile the other tw er, a brave and determined comIndians, Eneas and Sabatis are en mander whom every soldier would trusted by Arnold with messages to follow where he led. The author Gen. Schuyler. shows that the march through the On the Dead River a terrible storm wilderness of Maine Is a lasting monarose lasting for three days. All was ument of the fortitude and bravery confusion and most of the provisions of Benedict Arnold. However. the auwere either lost or rendered unfit for thor, in almost every Instance, gives use by the water. Here Col. Enos the credit of getting out of the vatleserted with nearly three hundred rlous entanglements to the two Inm en, taking with them a large quan- dlans, Natamls and Hobomok, and to Uty of supplies and food. Steven Nason and Cap Huff. After a f ew days the army pushcs j While the Indians were of assiston up the Dead River enduring ance to Arnold on this march, we great hardships, hunger ~nd suffer- should not lose sight of some of the Ing. James Dunn dies from exposure brave white men who guided the arand Phoebe leaves his body In the my through that l'!lglon and whom forest covered with leaves. At length the author fails to mention. they reach the "Chain of Ponds" and At times the story seems to take t he Height of Land, the head of th~ on the aspect of Steven leading an Chaudlere, at it Is now called. With army to Quebec to capture the city great difficulty and by the aid of the and bring back his Mary rather than unseen India ns, Natamis and Hobo- a wen planned Milltar;; Campaign mok, they reach Lake Megantic. AH for the pur pose of winning the the time there ls Jn the army one French of Canada to the American Treeworgy, the adviser and coun- cause. celor of Arnold, and upon whose Jacataqua, the Indian girl, whom, supposed knowledge of the route to It Is said, accompanied Burr, is given Quebec and of the habits and hos- a prominent place on the ex edltlon tlllty of certain Indians, Arnold en- by the author. The acts and doings tlrely depended. This man had ad- of Phoebe, who a ccompanies her hu.svlsed Arnold not to use canoes· not band, and her bravery throughout to trust Natamis, but to trust E~eas. the journey, is an exce11ent des·c ripH e la ter turns out to be the Tory tion of the historic account of Mrs. the Rev. Mr. Hook. ' Warner, one of the two white woAfter reaching the Chaudlere which men who were In the army, and is described as "a hissing caldron of whose husband died and was burled water whenever there ls any water in the wilderness. at all In it" the army would have The author fails to give any promagain met sad disaster had it not lnence to the encampment by Arnold been for Natamls. at Flagstaff when the flood was subOn their ~rival at Quebec, they: siding, nor does he mention the name found the fortifications strengthened of an~. pond after leaving "Chain of and outside supplies cut off, but Ar- PiJnds such as Lost Pond, Horsenold set a demand for surrender of shoe Pond, Crosby and Moosehorn the city under a flag of truce whl h Pond, as set forth In various journals of course, was received in derlsl~n'. of the expedition. Word reached the1n that Montgom- In a novel, history must give way ery had taken Montreal and was somewhat, to romance, but the aumarching to Quebec to assist In the thor places Arnold a s master of a capture of that. city )vessel sailing up to Quebec before Its On the last C:ay ~f the year 1775 fall to Wolfe, when he was only years the attack was made In a blind· ' old, and supposed to be serving his snow storm, Montgomery killed, 1J:.;_ ~ie~~e!;1tlceshlp as an "apothecary nold wounded and many of the oth· 1 ers killed or taken prisoners after th~.J!:tsw:~ :h~~lGpster (talk).ran!9 :th several hours of hand-to-hand fight- such historical novels an er Ing. Steven, Cap, Natamls and HobIf more of our ;,odern writers omok get into the city and enter an would bring out such novels dealln elaborate home, driving the servants with the character.s of our colonlJ to the cellar, discover Mary Malllson, days, our present generation would who scorns and spurns Steven-calls learn more about the history of our the Colonists, outlaws, and denies country than by the reading or recltthat she ever loved him or promised Ing dry facts from a bo1>k- ,in our to marry him. He ls so enraged ~ a r or high school& · at her that he binds her to a chair and while there, in comes Guerlac, Eneas an lerce

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