The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border

THE LORDS OF THE WILD

A Story of the Old New York Border

BY

JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

1919

FOREWORD

“The Lords of the Wild” tells a complete story, but it is also a part
of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were
“The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” “The Rulers
of the Lakes” and “The Masters of the Peaks.”  Robert Lennox, Tayoga,
Willet, St. Luc, Tandakora and all the principal characters of the
earlier volumes reappear.

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
ARMAN 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
DAGONOWEDA                            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 WHITE                          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