Her eyes sparkled through her tears, which wet her cheeks; but she
forgot everything but that signal.

"Dat Omas!--dat Omas--dat fader!" she exclaimed, springing to
her feet, trembling and aglow with excitement.

There was one among the three who, had his painted complexion
permitted, would have turned ashy pale. Red Wolf was afraid that
when the fearful Delaware warrior thundered down on them, he would
not give his brother time to explain matters before sinking his
tomahawk into his brain. Manifestly, therefore, but one course was
open for him, and he took it without a second's delay.

He fled for his life.

The Senecas, however, stood their ground. The signal of Omas
sounded again, and Linna answered it. Her father was near at hand,
and quickly came to view.

But, lo! he had a companion. It was To-wika, his faithful wife.

The reunion of the Delaware family was an extraordinary one. Had
no others been present, Linna would have bounded into the arms of
her mother, been pressed impulsively to her breast, and then received
the same fervent welcome from her father.

But never could anything like that take place before witnesses.

When the child saw her parents she walked gravely up to them, having