{"product_id":"2940013270251","title":"THE RULERS OF THE LAKES","description":"Young Robert Lennox and his friend Tayoga, an Onondaga Indian, undertake\u003cbr\u003eto make a dangerous journey through the northern wilderness to warn the\u003cbr\u003egarrison and settlers gathered at Fort Refuge of the hostile forces.\u003cbr\u003eAfterwards they join the army as scouts, preceding it on an expedition\u003cbr\u003eto Lake George and Lake Champlain, where they engage in many fierce\u003cbr\u003eencounters. The story concludes with the battle of Lake George, in which\u003cbr\u003ethe Colonists win their first great success of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story takes place almost wholly in the wilderness, and gives a\u003cbr\u003epicture of Iroquois life and warfare, historically true. The description\u003cbr\u003eof life in the wilderness, of the intrigue and cunning necessary in\u003cbr\u003edealing with the French and Indians, of repeated encounters where\u003cbr\u003eultimate success depends on quick wit and wily cleverness, makes\u003cbr\u003efascinating reading for boys and girls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I. THE HERALDS OF PERIL             1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE KINDLY BRIDGE              22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III. THE FLIGHT                    42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV. A FOREST CONCERT               64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V. GATHERING FORCES                88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE DARK STRANGER             112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII. ON THE GREAT TRAIL           136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VIII. ARESKOUI'S FAVOR            154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX. ON ANDIATAROCTE               178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   X. THE NAVAL COMBAT               198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI. THE COMRADES                  220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII. THE SINISTER SIEGE           243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIII. TANDAKORA'S GRASP           268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. SHARP SWORD                  289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV. THE LAKE BATTLE               312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The_ RULERS OF THE LAKES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_A STORY OF GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HERALDS OF PERIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three, the white youth, the red youth, and the white man, lay deep\u003cbr\u003ein the forest, watching the fire that burned on a low hill to the west,\u003cbr\u003ewhere black figures flitted now and then before the flame. They did not\u003cbr\u003estir or speak for a long time, because a great horror was upon them.\u003cbr\u003eThey had seen an army destroyed a few days before by a savage but\u003cbr\u003einvisible foe. They had heard continually for hours the fierce\u003cbr\u003etriumphant yells of the warriors and they had seen the soldiers dropping\u003cbr\u003eby hundreds, but the woods and thickets had hid the foe who sent forth\u003cbr\u003esuch a rain of death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Lennox could not yet stop the quiver of his nerves when he\u003cbr\u003erecalled the spectacle, and Willet, the hunter, hardened though he was\u003cbr\u003eto war, shuddered in spite of himself at the memory of that terrible\u003cbr\u003ebattle in the leafy wilderness. Nor was Tayoga, the young Onondaga,\u003cbr\u003efree from emotion when he thought of Braddock's defeat, and the blazing\u003cbr\u003etriumph it meant for the western tribes, the enemies of his people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey had turned back, availing themselves of their roving commission,\u003cbr\u003ewhen they saw that the victors were not pursuing the remains of the\u003cbr\u003ebeaten army, and now they were watching the French and Indians. Fort\u003cbr\u003eDuquesne was not many miles away, but the fire on the hill had been\u003cbr\u003ebuilt by a party of Indians led by a Frenchman, his uniform showing when\u003cbr\u003ehe passed between eye and flame, the warriors being naked save for the\u003cbr\u003ebreech cloth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I hope it's not St. Luc,\" said Robert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why?\" asked Willet. \"He was in the battle. We saw him leading on the\u003cbr\u003eIndian hosts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I know. That was fair combat, I suppose, and the French used the tools\u003cbr\u003ethey had. The Chevalier could scarcely have been a loyal son of France\u003cbr\u003eif he had not fought us then, but I don't like to think of him over\u003cbr\u003ethere by the fire, leading a band of Indians who will kill and scalp\u003cbr\u003ewomen and children as well as men along the border.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175874609392,"sku":"2940013270251","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013270251_p0.jpg?v=1763590329","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013270251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}