LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Death of La Salle, General Braddock wounded near Fort Du Quesne (see page 309), "Sail ho!" The boys hurried on deck with the others, Father Rale, . Pierre De Vere and his daughter on the way to see "They are going to betray my countrymen! How can I prevent them?” . There was a large assembly of men at the old meeting house, Colonel Oglethorpe, "Do you contemplate a settlement in the south?" “Don't ye go to givin' up in despair, for deliverance is comin'," Frontispiece 1 5 16 "What do you wish with me?" 217 A lad of fifteen stood before the fire, 233 He commenced a march, which for boldness and daring has never had an equal, 253 "Zounds! but dub me general, and I will tumble in head first every day in the week," 275 "Black Rifle," 293 "If they are to fight, they are too few; if to be killed, they are too many," 202 525 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "In God's name, what do you mean?". Washington felt neglected and stood apart from the gay throng, Montcalm, "See! they run! They run!" "L'amour me réveille,' Map of the period, PAGE 357 373 382 426 444 406 BRADDOCK. CHAPTER I. THE CHAPEL BELL. Hark! heard ye not that piercing cry, Weeps pale Despair, and writhing anguish roars. The captain rushed upon deck, exclaiming: "Mast-head there!" "Sir?" "Where away is the sail?" The precise answer to this question, the sailors, tumbling up out of berths and from mess rooms, did not catch; but the captain proceeded to ask: What does she look like?" |