"Pale-face squaw like it?" questioned the girl with a smile.
"Yes, it is like the silvery moon itself. And your mother's name, she did not tell me its meaning?"
"Waupatheca means White Swan; she came from the setting sun—the daughter of a Shawanee chief by the Wabash."
"And your father?"
"He is Big Thunder, Chief of the Ojibways. My mother calls him Pepapaunway-Nenimkee, because the lightning flashes when he is angry."
"Well, good-bye Metsemee," said Helen. "I will not forget my promise."
Little Moon again flashed a look at the men. Then turning she followed her mother to the tepees; while Helen, taking her seat in the canoe, was paddled across the channel by her faithful servitor.
CHAPTER XXX.
In plain clothes, without letters or despatches but well supplied with funds, Corporal Bond was chosen by Sir George to accompany Latimer and his wife on the first trip of the Bumble Bee. The order was to go no farther than was necessary, but to purchase provisions from the settlers living along the shore of the lake; and to return with the proceeds to the fort with all possible speed. This was outside of the ordinary scene of conflict, and the trip could be accomplished, Latimer declared, with safety.
Mrs. Bond, accustomed to the vicissitudes of military life, took the parting from her husband philosophically. She was proud of his selection for the trust, and hoping for his early return wished him God-speed, almost without a tear.