another simultaneous cry arose, differing in expression
from any that had hitherto been heard. It was one denoting
submission to the will, and compliance with some conveyed
desire, of their superior.

"Is the gate of the Saganaw open?" asked the latter, as
soon as his ear had been greeted with the cry we have
just named. "The Ottawa and the other great chiefs are
ready;--their hearts are bold, and they throw themselves
into the hands of the Saganaw without fear."

"The Ottawa chief knows the path," drily rejoined the
governor: "when he comes in peace, it is ever open to
him; but when his young men press it with the tomahawk
in their hands, the big thunder is roused to anger, and
they are scattered away like the leaves of the forest in
the storm." "Even now," he pursued, as the little band of
Indians moved slowly round the walls, "the gate of the
Saganaw opens for the Ottawa and the other chiefs."

"Let the most vigilant caution be used every where along
the works, but especially in the rear," continued the
governor, addressing Captain Blessington, on whom the
duty of the day had devolved. "We are safe, while their
chiefs are with us; but still it will be necessary to
watch the forest closely. We cannot be too much on our
guard. The men had better remain concealed, every twentieth
file only standing up to form a look-out chain. If any
movement of a suspicious nature be observed, let it be
communicated by the discharge of a single musket, that