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  THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH

  A STORY OF OLD NEW YORK AND A LOST CAMPAIGN

  BY

  JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

  1917

  FOREWORD

  "The Shadow of the North," while an independent story, in itself, isalso the second volume of the Great French and Indian War series whichbegan with "The Hunters of the Hills." All the important characters ofthe first romance reappear in the second.

  CHARACTERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES

  ROBERT LENNOX A lad of unknown originTAYOGA A young Onondaga warriorDAVID WILLET A hunterRAYMOND LOUIS DE ST. LUC A brilliant French officerAGUSTE DE COURCELLES A French officerFRANCOIS DE JUMONVILLE A French officerLOUIS DE GALISONNIERE A young French officerJEAN DE MEZY A corrupt FrenchmanARMAN GLANDELET A young FrenchmanPIERRE BOUCHER A bully and bravoPHILIBERT DROUILLAR A French priestTHE MARQUIS DUQUESNE Governor-General of CanadaMARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL Governor-General of CanadaFRANCOIS BIGOT Intendant of CanadaMARQUIS DE MONTCALM French commander-in-chiefDE LEVIS A French generalBOURLAMAQUE A French generalBOUGAINVILLE A French generalARMAND DUBOIS A follower of St. LucM. DE CHATILLARD An old French SeigneurCHARLES LANGLADE A French partisanTHE DOVE The Indian wife of LangladeTANDAKORA An Ojibway chiefDAGANOWEDA A young Mohawk chiefHENDRICK An old Mohawk chiefBRADDOCK A British generalABERCROMBIE A British generalWOLFE A British generalCOL. WILLIAM JOHNSON Anglo-American leaderMOLLY BRANT Col. Wm. Johnson's Indian wifeJOSEPH BRANT Young brother of Molly Brant, afterward the great Mohawk chief, ThayendanegeaROBERT DINWIDDIE Lieutenant-Governor of VirginiaWILLIAM SHIRLEY Governor of MassachusettsBENJAMIN FRANKLIN Famous American patriotJAMES COLDEN A young Philadelphia captainWILLIAM WILTON A young Philadelphia lieutenantHUGH CARSON A young Philadelphia lieutenantJACOBUS HUYSMAN An Albany burgherCATERINA Jacobus Huysman's cookALEXANDER MCLEAN An Albany schoolmasterBENJAMIN HARDY A New York merchantJOHNATHAN PILLSBURY Clerk to Benjamin HardyADRIAN VAN ZOON A New York merchantTHE SLAVER A nameless roverACHILLE GARAY A French spyALFRED GROSVENOR A young English officerJAMES CABELL A young VirginianWALTER STUART A young VirginianBLACK RIFLE A famous "Indian fighter"ELIHU STRONG A Massachusetts colonelALAN HERVEY A New York financierSTUART WHYTE Captain of the British sloop, _Hawk_JOHN LATHAM Lieutenant of the British sloop, _Hawk_EDWARD CHARTERIS A young officer of the Royal AmericansZEBEDEE CRANE A young scout and forest runnerROBERT ROGERS Famous Captain of American Rangers

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER

  I. THE ONONDAGA II. THE AMBUSH III. THE SIGNAL IV. THE PERILOUS PATH V. THE RUNNER VI. THE RETURN VII. THE RED WEAPON VIII. WARAIYAGEH IX. THE WATCHER X. THE PORT X1. THE PLAY XII. THE SLAVER XIII. THE MEETING XIV. THE VIRGINIA CAPITAL XV. THE FOREST FIGHT

  THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH