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