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ing as guides, Daniel Morgan leading the first division and Col. Enos hav-ing charge of the provisions and sup-plies, the rear division. In that or-der they proceeded up the Kennebec in leaking bateaux of which many were lost and abandoned. It was necessary for the men to carry all the bateaux around the many falls and rapids. The army left the Kennebec at Caratunk and took the twelve-mile carry, so called aided by three ponds, to the bank of the Dead River. In this region, two Indians, Nata-mis and Hobomok, friends of Steven Nason, Sr. and of the young Steven secretly aided the soldiers by provid-ing food, huts, shelter and fire. These[bold] Indians dare not appear before the army as orders has been given to shoot them as spies employed by the British. Meanwhile the other two Indians, Eneas and Sabatis are en-trusted by Arnold with messages to Gen. Schuyler. On the Dead River a terrible storm arose lasting for three days. All was confusion and most of the provisions were either lost or rendered unfit for use by the water. Here Col. Enos deserted with nearly three hundred men, taking with them a large quan-tity of supplies and food. After a few days the army pushes on up the Dead River, enduring great hardships, hunger and suffer-ing. James Dunn dies from exposure and Phoebe leaves his body in the forest covered with leaves. At length they reach the "Chain of Ponds" and the Height of Land, the head of the Chaudiere, at it is now called. With great difficulty and by the aid of the unseen Indians, Natamis and Hobomok, they reach Lake Megantic. All the time there is in the army one Treeworgy, the adviser and coun-celor of Arnold, and upon whose supposed knowledge of the route to Quebec and of the habits and hos-itlity of certain Indians, Arnold en-tirely depended. This man had ad-vised Arnold not to use canoes; not to trust Natamis, but to trust Eneas. He later turns out to be the Tory, the Rev. Mr. Hook. After reaching the Chaudiere which is described as "a hissing caldron of water whenever there is any water at all in it" the army would have again met sad disaster had it not been for Natamis. On their arrival at Quebec, they found the fortifications strengthened and outside supplies cut off, but Ar-nold set a demand for surrender of the city under a flag of truce, which, of course, was received in derision. Word reached them that Montgom-ery had taken Montreal and was marching to Quebec to assist in the capture of that city. On the last day of the year 1775, the attack was made in a blinding snow storm, Montgomery killed, Ar-nold wounded and many of the oth-ers killed or taken prisoners after several hours of hand-to hand fight-ing. Steve, Cap, Natamis and Hob-omok get into the city and enter an elaborate home, driving the servants to the cellar, discover Mary Mallison, who scorns and spurns Steven--calls the Colonists, outlaws, and denies that she ever loved him or promised to marry him. He is so enraged at her that he binds her to a chair and while there, in comes Guerlac, Eneas and Hook. Sharp and fierce fighting follows. "Cap" is wounded and Hook is killed. The Indians, Natamis and Hobomok, taking Guerlac as their prisoner, followed by Steven and "Cap" made their way out of the city but in getting over the wall. Guerlac fell and was severely injured while the others made their escape and being joined by Pheobe outside the city, whom Steven then and there marries, the five make a safe return to Arundel where the mother and sister of Steven are awaiting him and his bride. The author has described the hard-ships, suffering and obstacles of that expedition with remarkable accuracy and in historical detail, even giving the names of the officers who, dur-ing the flood on the Dead River, vot-ed to return. Col. Arnold is described as a fight-er, a brave and determined com-mander whom every soldier would follow where he led. The author shows that the march through the wilderness of Maine is a lasting mon-unment of the fortitude and bravery of Benedict Arnold. However, the au-thor, in almost every instance, gives the credit of getting out of the va-rious entanglements to the two In-dians, Natamis and Hobomok, and to Steven Nason and Cap Huff. While the Indians were of assist-ance to Arnold on this march, we should not lose sight of some of the brave white men who guided the ar-my through that region and whom the author fails to mention. At times the story seems to take on the aspect of Steven leading an army to Quebec to capture the city and bring back his Mary rather than a well planned Military Campaign for the purpose of winning the French of Canada to the American cause. Jacataqua, the Indian girl, whom, it is said, accompanied Burr, is given a prominent place on the expedition by the author. The acts and doings of Phoebe, who accompanies her hus-band, and her bravery throughout the journey, is an excellent descrip-tion of the historic account of Mrs. Warner, one of the two white wo-men who were in the army, and whose husband died and was buried in the wilderness. The author fails to give any prom-inence to the encampment by Arnold at Flagstaff when the flood was sub-siding, nor does he mention the name of any pond after leaving "Chain of Ponds" such as Lost Pond, Horse-shoe Pond, Crosby and Moosehorm Pond, as set forth in various journals of the expedition. In a novel, history must give way somewhat, to romance, but the au-thor places Arnold as master of a vessel sailing up to Quebec before its fall to Wolfe, when he was only years old, and supposed to be serving his apprenticeship as an "apothecary clerk." On the whole this story ranks with the "Seats of the Mighty" and other such historical novels. If more of our modern writers would bring out such novels dealing with the characters of our colonial days, our present generation would learn more about the history of our country than by the reading or recit-ing dry facts from a book in our grammar or high schools.