“Does the chief wish to see him?” asked the Great Medicine, in a cracked and wavering voice.
“Yes,” answered the chief, eagerly.
“I will bring the Wolf Demon before him at once.”
CHAPTER XXV.
ON THE TRAIL.
Virginia woke from her swoon to find herself a captive in the hands of the Shawnees.
Three grim and painted chiefs were her guards.
Virginia shuddered when she thought of the terrible fate that was in store for her. No ray of light broke through the darkness of the clouded future. She despaired of ever again seeing home and friends.
The red-men bore her swiftly through the forest, heading toward the Ohio.
The false white man, the treacherous guide, who had led her into the snare, had disappeared.