“Let Co Hago draw nearer Okolona, and listen to the great Medicine’s words.”
Mayne moved nearer the Medicine, who sat up on his couch; but before the red lips parted, a loud whoop penetrated the lodge.
In an instant Okolona was on his feet.
He approached the opening, seemed to take a quick survey of the village, and returned.
“Did Co Hago hear the loud cry?”
“Yes,” answered Fairfax, looking curiously into the old man’s face.
“The brother of White Wolf has returned,” said Okolona. “He has been many moons from the Shawnees’ lodges. Okolona had hoped that he was with Watchemenetoc.”
Mayne Fairfax’s heart beat tumultuously in his fearful bosom.
Simon Girty had arrived!
The young man had heard much of the cruelty of this monster, the terror of defenseless homes; but his eyes had never beheld him.