[12] I leave this as I wrote it in June, 1883. Since then another
version of the facts has been suggested by W. L. Stone in
Appleton's _Cyclopædia of American Biography_. In this
version, Mr. Jones sends a party of Indians under the
half-breed Duluth to escort Miss McCrea to the camp, where
they are to be married by Mr. Brudenell, the chaplain. It is
to be quite a fine little wedding, and the Baroness Riedesel
and Lady Harriet Ackland are to be among the spectators.
Before Duluth reaches Mrs. McNeil's house, the Wyandot Panther
(here known by the name of a different beast, Le Loup) with
his party attacks the house and carries off the two ladies.
The Panther's party meets Duluth's near the spring. Duluth
insists upon taking Jenny with him, and high words ensue
between him and the Panther, until the latter, in a towering
rage, draws his pistol and shoots the girl. This version, if
correct, goes some way toward reconciling the legend with the
observed facts.
[13] This contemporary British caricature represents the new allies,
"Noble Pair of Brothers," George III. and an Indian chief,
seated together at their cannibal banquet. It expresses the
lively disgust with which the employment of Indians was
regarded in England.
CHAPTER VII
SARATOGA
[ILLUSTRATION: OLD CITY HALL, WALL STREET, NEW YORK]
[Sidenote: Why Howe went to Chesapeake Bay]
[Sidenote: Charles Lee in captivity]
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