Orimha of the Mohawks: The Story of Pierre Esprit Radisson Among the Indians

94 pp. Illustrated by Johannes Troyer. "It was October 29, 1653. At eight o'clock that morning Pierre left the lodge of his Mohawk family, taking only a hatchet as though going out to cut shafts for spears... Slowly making his way out of the village of smokey lodges he came to the forest trail... Here, out of sight at last, he broke into a run. He had not of course taken any food with him - to have done so would have been an open invitation to be watched.. There would be no faltering, for a single pause would bring the death howls of the Mohawks ringing in his ears. All through the day he ran, without food or rest,... never looking back, often feeling the path with his feet, as does the running deer pursued by hunters. Night was falling. On he ran, not daring to halt or slow his pace, knowing that by now the hunt had started, and that he was the quarry."--Front jacket flap.