[Betty Zane by Zane Grey]@TWC D-Link bookBetty Zane CHAPTER IX 39/44
Let Myeerah take the pale face back to her wigwam and there feed him and make a squaw of him.
When he stings like a snake in the grass remember the chief's words.
Cornplanter turns on his heel from the Huron maiden who forgets her blood." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * When the sun reached its zenith it shone down upon a long line of mounted Indians riding single file along the narrow trail and like a huge serpent winding through the forest and over the plain. They were Wyandot Indians, and Isaac Zane rode among them.
Freed from the terrible fate which had menaced him, and knowing that he was once more on his way to the Huron encampment, he had accepted his destiny and quarreled no more with fate.
He was thankful beyond all words for his rescue from the stake. Coming to a clear, rapid stream, the warriors dismounted and rested while their horses drank thirstily of the cool water.
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