The Wyandot Mission and the Dead Man
Ensign Joseph Hayward escorts Simon Girty to Fort Harmar while facing Wyandot pressure. Rene D Auvray, a quarter blood Wyandot and missionary, seeks Hayward as danger and memory entwine. They shelter on an island hut where Raoul D Auvray lies murdered. Rene confronts Hayward over truth and his identity as she grapples with her father’s death.
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Joseph Hayward
United States Army
Fort Harmar
Simon Girty
Hamilton
Hayward
General Harmars
Rene Dt Auvray
Harmar
Sandusky
Hamilton i
Wa-pa-tee-tah
Rene
North
Brady
Raoul D’auvray
Hayward i
Doom at the Manor Hall Scene of Grief and Mystery
A mournful sister kneels by her father’s body, sobbing as the truth dawns. The room glows with a sputtering candle while shadows flicker on the walls and the narrator withdraws in stunned silence.
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Allenty
Mademoiselle Reveals Wyandot Father and Past
In a dim room the Wyandot woman speaks of her life and her father, Joseph Hayward reveals himself as an American officer. She explains her mixed French Indian birth and her father’s exile, his mission among the Wyandots, and how she grew up in the camps before being sent to Montreal. She declares her intent to tell all and asks for aid, naming the murdered man as her father.
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Mademoiselle
Schultz
Joseph Hayward
Tam
Army of the
Ajpead
Monsieur
Céutter
Montreal
Tam Rene D'Auvray
Monsieur Joseph Hayward
Prince de Millier
France
America
Quebec
Ottawa
Great Lakes
Mackinac
Green Bay
Ulinols
Recolleta
Christ Jesus
Clark
Vincennes
Europe
Great Lake
Convent of the Ursulines
Return of Brady in a tense frontier confrontation
In a dim room Brady enters to confront Hayward and the Wyandot woman Mamadoiselle D Aubray. Schultz stirs as Brady notes the menacing presence of Simon Girty and the Mi amia and Ojibwas, while the captive woman defends her Christian Wyandot identity.
Power of Habit Story From a Tramp Tale
Mrs Tucker offers food to a tramp who notices a habit while eating. He explains the left hand’s middle finger and ring finger align because a diamond ring worn in his youth left a stubborn mark. The tale hints at lasting influence of past adornment on behavior.
Dutch Vagrancy Dilemma in The Hague Examined
A Chicago Daily News correspondent notes The Hague offers 130 charitable institutions allowing beggars to live at no cost. The piece outlines three beggar types, issues in convicting mendicancy, and government efforts to curb vagrancy through education, housing, and social support rather than punishment.
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Holland
Hague
the Hague
Chicago Daily News
Veenhuizen
Veenhuijzen
Veenhut
Most Stupid Woman in a Laughing Cincinnati Letter
Alfred Henry Lewis, a Shanley’s regular, recounts a humorous tale about Manuel the cigar man and a wife who brings two mismatched shoes. The piece lampoons the wife as “most stupid woman,” using a tavern anecdote to poke at life’s small absurdities.
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Manuel
Shanley’s
Alfred Henry Lewis
Shanley
Mr. Lewis
Max Dios
The
Cincinnati Tae
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Ravel D’auvray
Ravel D'Auvray
Djilavin
Havin
Eoldier
la Mamadoiselle D'Auvray
Girty
Girry
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