good husband -« said June; »marry Eau douce, if do'n't like
Arrowhead.«
    »June! - this is not a fit subject for a girl who scarce knows if she is to
live another hour, or not. I would obtain some signs of my dear uncle's being
alive and safe, if possible.«
    »June go see.«
    »Can you? - will you? - would it be safe for you to be seen on the island -
Is your presence known to the warriors, and would they be pleased to find a
woman on the war-path, with them?«
    All this Mabel asked in rapid connection, fearing that the answer might not
be as she wished. She had thought it extraordinary that June should be of the
party, and, improbable as it seemed, she had fancied that the woman had covertly
followed the Iroquois in her own canoe, and had got in their advance merely to
give her the notice which had probably saved her life. But in all this she was
mistaken, as June, in her imperfect manner, now found means to let her know.
    Arrowhead, though a chief, was in disgrace with his own people, and was
acting with the Iroquois, temporarily, though with a perfect understanding. He
had a wigwam it is true, but was seldom in it; feigning friendship for the
English, he had passed the summer ostensibly in their service, while he was in
truth acting for the French, and his wife journeyed with him in his many
migrations, most of the distances being passed over in canoes. In a word her
presence was no secret, her husband seldom moving without her. Enough of this to
embolden Mabel to wish that her friend might go out, to ascertain the fate of
her uncle, did June succeed in letting the other know, and it was soon settled
between them, that the Indian woman should quit the block house with that
object, the moment a favorable opportunity offered.
    They first examined the island, as thoroughly as their position would allow,
from the different loops, and found that its conquerors were preparing for a
feast, having seized upon the provisions of the English, and rifled the huts.
Most of the stores were in the block-house, but enough were found outside to
reward the Indians for an attack attended by so little risk. A party had already
removed the dead bodies, and Mabel saw that their arms were collected in a pile,
near the spot chosen for the banquet. June suggested that, by some signs she
understood,