{"product_id":"2940013274884","title":"THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE ONONDAGA\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE AMBUSH\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE SIGNAL\u003cbr\u003e   IV. THE PERILOUS PATH\u003cbr\u003e    V. THE RUNNER\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE RETURN\u003cbr\u003e  VII. THE RED WEAPON\u003cbr\u003e VIII. WARAIYAGEH\u003cbr\u003e   IX. THE WATCHER\u003cbr\u003e    X. THE PORT\u003cbr\u003e   X1. THE PLAY\u003cbr\u003e  XII. THE SLAVER\u003cbr\u003e XIII. THE MEETING\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. THE VIRGINIA CAPITAL\u003cbr\u003e   XV. THE FOREST FIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE SHADOW OF THE\u003cbr\u003e       NORTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ONONDAGA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTayoga, of the Clan of the Bear, of the nation Onondaga, of the great\u003cbr\u003eLeague of the Hodenosaunee, advanced with utmost caution through a\u003cbr\u003eforest, so thick with undergrowth that it hid all objects twenty yards\u003cbr\u003eaway. He was not armed with a rifle, but carried instead a heavy bow,\u003cbr\u003ewhile a quiver full of arrows hung over his shoulder. He wore less\u003cbr\u003eclothing than when he was in the white man's school at Albany, his\u003cbr\u003earms and shoulders being bare, though not painted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe young Indian's aspect, too, had changed. The great struggle\u003cbr\u003ebetween English and French, drawing with it the whole North American\u003cbr\u003ewilderness, had begun and, although the fifty sachems still sought to\u003cbr\u003ehold the Six Nations neutral, many of their bravest warriors were\u003cbr\u003ealready serving with the Americans and English, ranging the forest as\u003cbr\u003escouts and guides and skirmishers, bringing to the campaign an\u003cbr\u003eunrivaled skill, and a faith sealed by the long alliance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTayoga had thrown himself into the war heart and soul. Nothing could\u003cbr\u003ediminish by a hair his hostility to the French and the tribes allied\u003cbr\u003ewith them. The deeds of Champlain and Frontenac were but of yesterday,\u003cbr\u003eand the nation to which they belonged could never be a friend of the\u003cbr\u003eHodenosaunee. He trusted the Americans and the English, but his chief\u003cbr\u003edevotion, by the decree of nature was for his own people, and now,\u003cbr\u003ethat fighting in the forest had occurred between the rival nations, he\u003cbr\u003eshed more of the white ways and became a true son of the wilderness,\u003cbr\u003eseeing as red men saw and thinking as red men thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was bent over a little, as he walked slowly among the bushes, in\u003cbr\u003ethe position of one poised for instant flight or pursuit as the need\u003cbr\u003emight be. His eyes, black and piercing, ranged about incessantly,\u003cbr\u003enothing escaping a vision so keen and trained so thoroughly that he\u003cbr\u003enot only heard everything passing in the wilderness, but he knew the\u003cbr\u003enature of the sound, and what had made it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kindly look that distinguished Tayoga in repose had\u003cbr\u003edisappeared. Unnumbered generations were speaking in him now, and the\u003cbr\u003eIndian, often so gentle in peace, had become his usual self, stern and\u003cbr\u003eunrelenting in war. His strong sharp chin was thrust forward. His\u003cbr\u003echeek bones seemed to be a little higher. His tread was so light that\u003cbr\u003ethe grass scarcely bent before his moccasins, and no leaves\u003cbr\u003erustled. He was in every respect the wilderness hunter and warrior,\u003cbr\u003efitted perfectly by the Supreme Hand into his setting, and if an enemy\u003cbr\u003eappeared now he would fight as his people had fought for centuries,\u003cbr\u003eand the customs and feelings of the new races that had come across the\u003cbr\u003eocean would be nothing to him.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069960536304,"sku":"2940013274884","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013274884_p0.jpg?v=1763578854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013274884","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}