He was about to address her, but he started back in horror.
Her wild, starting eyes, with that unmeaning smile upon her lips, told the sad tale.
Her reason had departed.
Chapter Twenty Eight.
The Struggle in the Stockade.
On that same night the Indians, led by Wacora, stormed the stockade upon the hill.
The combat proved long and desperate, but the place was at length taken.
Bravely as the settlers fought, they had a foe to deal with implacable and determined.