THE THREE FRIENDS
II. ST. LUC
III. THE TOMAHAWK
IV. THE INTELLIGENT CANOE
V. THE MOHAWK CHIEF
VI. THE TWO FRENCHMEN
VII. NEW FRANCE
VIII. GUESTS OF THE ENEMY
IX. AT THE INN
X. THE MEETING
XI. BIGOT'S BALL
XII. THE HUNTER AND THE BRAVO
XIII. THE BOWMEN
XIV. ON CHAMPLAIN
XV. THE VALE OF ONONDAGA
XVI. THE GREAT TEST
CHAPTER I
THE THREE FRIENDS
A canoe containing two boys and a man was moving slowly on one of the
little lakes in the great northern wilderness of what is now the State
of New York. The water, a brilliant blue under skies of the same intense
sapphire tint, rippled away gently on either side of the prow, or rose
in heaps of glittering bubbles, as the paddles were lifted for a new
stroke.
Vast masses of dense foliage in the tender green of early spring crowned
the high banks of the lake on every side. The eye found no break
anywhere. Only the pink or delicate red of a wild flower just bursting
into bloom varied the solid expanse of emerald walls; and save for the
canoe and a bird of prey, darting in a streak of silver for a fish, the
surface of the water was lone and silent.
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