The Hunters of the Hills

THE HUNTERS OF THE HILLS

A Story of the Great French and Indian War

by

JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

Author of The Tree Of Appomattox, The Keepers Of The Trail, The
Forest Of Swords, etc.

Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 
New York

1916

FOREWORD

“The Hunters of the Hills” is the first volume of a series dealing with
the great struggle of France and England and their colonies for dominion
in North America, culminating with the fall of Quebec.  It is also
concerned to a large extent with the Iroquois, the mighty league known
in their own language as the Hodenosaunee, for the favor of which both
French and English were high bidders.  In his treatment of the theme the
author has consulted many authorities, and he is not conscious of any
historical error.

CHARACTERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES

ROBERT LENNOX                 A lad of unknown origin
TAYOGA                        A young Onondaga warrior
DAVID WILLET                  A hunter
RAYMOND LOUIS DE ST. LUC      A brilliant French officer
AGUSTE DE COURCELLES          A French officer
FRANÇOIS DE JUMONVILLE        A French officer
LOUIS DE GALISONNIÈRE         A young French officer
JEAN DE MÉZY                  A corrupt Frenchman
ARMAND GLANDELET              A young Frenchman
PIERRE BOUCHER                A bully and bravo
PHILIBERT DROUILLARD          A French priest
THE MARQUIS DUQUESNE          Governor-General of Canada
MARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL          Governor-General of Canada
FRANÇOIS BIGOT                Intendant of Canada
MARQUIS DE MONTCALM           French commander-in-chief
DE LEVIS                      A French general
BOURLAMAQUE                   A French general
BOUGAINVILLE                  A French general
ARMAND DUBOIS                 A follower of St. Luc
M. DE CHATILLARD              An old French Seigneur
CHARLES LANGLADE              A French partisan
THE DOVE                      The Indian wife of Langlade
TANDAKORA                     An Ojibway chief
DAGANOWEDA                    A young Mohawk chief
HENDRICK                      An old Mohawk chief
BRADDOCK                      A British general
ABERCROMBIE                   A British general
WOLFE                         A British general
COL.  WILLIAM JOHNSON          Anglo-American leader
MOLLY BRANT                   Col.  Wm. Johnson’s Indian wife
JOSEPH BRANT                  Young brother of Molly Brant,
afterward the great Mohawk
chief, Thayendanegea
ROBERT DINWIDDIE              Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia
WILLIAM SHIRLEY               Governor of Massachusetts
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN             Famous American patriot
JAMES COLDEN                  A young Philadelphia captain
WILLIAM WILTON                A young Philadelphia lieutenant
HUGH CARSON                   A young Philadelphia lieutenant
JACOBUS HUYSMAN               An Albany burgher
CATERINA                      Jacobus Huysman’s cook
ALEXANDER MCLEAN              An Albany schoolmaster
BENJAMIN HARDY                A New York merchant
JOHNATHAN PILLSBURY           Clerk to Benjamin Hardy
ADRIAN VAN ZOON               A New York merchant
THE SLAVER                    A nameless rover
ACHILLE GARAY                 A French spy
ALFRED GROSVENOR              A young English officer
JAMES CABELL                  A young Virginian
WALTER STUART                 A young Virginian
BLACK RIFLE                   A famous “Indian fighter”
ELIHU STRONG                  A Massachusetts colonel
ALAN HERVEY                   A New York financier
STUART WHYTE                  Captain of the British sloop, <i>Hawk</i>
JOHN LATHAM                   Lieutenant of the British sloop, <i>Hawk</i>
EDWARD CHARTERIS              A young officer of the Royal Americans
ZEBEDEE CRANE                 A young scout and forest runner
ROBERT ROGERS                 Famous Captain of American Rangers