The Shadow of the North - Softcover
Tayoga, of the Clan of the Bear, of the nation Onondaga, of the great League of the Hodenosaunee, advanced with utmost caution through a forest, so thick with undergrowth that it hid all objects twenty yards away. He was not armed with a rifle, but carried instead a heavy bow, while a quiver full of arrows hung over his shoulder. He wore less clothing than when he was in the white man's school at Albany, his arms and shoulders being bare, though not painted. The young Indian's aspect, too, had changed. The great struggle between English and French, drawing with it the whole North American wilderness, had begun and, although the fifty sachems still sought to hold the Six Nations neutral, many of their bravest warriors were already serving with the Americans and English, ranging the forest as scouts and guides and skirmishers, bringing to the campaign an unrivaled skill, and a faith sealed by the long alliance. Tayoga had thrown himself into the war heart and soul. Nothing could diminish by a hair his hostility to the French and the tribes allied with them. The deeds of Champlain and Frontenac were but of yesterday, and the nation to which they belonged could never be a friend of the Hodenosaunee. He trusted the Americans and the English, but his chief devotion, by the decree of nature was for his own people, and now, that fighting in the forest had occurred between the rival nations, he shed more of the white ways and became a true son of the wilderness, seeing as red men saw and thinking as red men thought.
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About the Author:
About The Author Joseph A. Altsheler (1862-1919) was born in rural Three Springs of Hart County, Kentucky and became an American reporter. He also created several series of books including The French and Indian War Series and the eight-volume Young Trailers Series featuring young frontiersman Henry Ware: Other series involve the Great West, Civil War, World War, and Texas.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1499700237
- ISBN 13 9781499700237
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages140
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