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La Salle and the discovery of the great West - North Central ...

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CHAPTER XV.1680.INDIAN CONQUERORS.Thb Enterprise renewed. — Attempt to rescue Tonty.— Buf*palo. — A Frightful Discovert. — Iroquois Fury. — TheRuined Town.—A Night <strong>of</strong> Horror. — Traces <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Invaders.— No News <strong>of</strong> Tonty.JAnd now <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong>'s work must be begun afresh.He had staked all, <strong>and</strong> all had seemingly been lost.In stern, relentless effort he had touched <strong>the</strong> limits<strong>of</strong> human endurance; und <strong>the</strong> harvest <strong>of</strong> his toil wasdisappointment, disaster, <strong>and</strong> impending ruin. Theshattered fabric <strong>of</strong> his enterprise was prostrate in <strong>the</strong>dust. His friends desponded; his foes were blatant<strong>and</strong> exultant. Did he bend before <strong>the</strong> storm? Nohuman eye could pierce <strong>the</strong> depths <strong>of</strong> his reserved<strong>and</strong> haughty nature; but <strong>the</strong> surface was calm, <strong>and</strong>no sign betrayed a shaken resolve or an alteredpurpose.Where weaker men would have ab<strong>and</strong>onedall in despairing apathy, he turned anew to his workwith <strong>the</strong> same vigor <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> same apparent confidenceas if borne on <strong>the</strong> full tide <strong>of</strong> success.His best hope was in Tonty.Could that brave <strong>and</strong>true-hearted <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> three or four faithful

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