“I take you. I go to Ticonderoga to-morrow. I take you,” said Kashaqua.
CHAPTER VI
THE JOURNEY
“Mother dear, mother dear! Did you hear what Kashaqua says: that she will take me to Aunt Prissy’s to-morrow?” said Faith.
The Indian woman had turned quickly, and her sharp little eyes were fixed on Mrs. Carew’s face.
“You ’fraid let leettle girl go with Kashaqua?” she said, a little accusing note in her voice.
“No, indeed. Kashaqua would take good care of Faith. I know that. But to-morrow——” Mrs. Carew spoke bravely, but both Faith’s father and mother were sadly troubled. To offend the Indian woman would mean to make enemies of the tribe to which she belonged; and then neither their lives nor their property would be safe; and she would never forgive them if they doubted her by refusing to let Faith make the journey to Ticonderoga in her care.
It was Faith who came to the rescue by declaring: “Oh, I’d rather go with Kashaqua than anybody. Mother dear, you said Aunt Prissy would see about my shoes and dresses. I don’t have to wait to get ready,” and Faith ran to her mother eager for her consent, thinking it would be a fine thing to go on a day’s journey through the woods with the Indian woman, and quite forgetting for the moment that it meant a long absence from home.