Ollanntay

Chapter 1

The war
In 1757, in the north-east part of New York state, the English and the French were fighting over who would one day control the land, The forests around this area were filledwith danger.
There were enemy soldiers everywhere. Also, the Indians, who knew the land very well, were cither very friendly or extremely dangerous.
Everybody in Fort Edward, an English fortress builton the northern part of the Hudson river, was very busy. One day, an Indian called Magua arrived there from Fort Henry to see General Webb.
General Webb was a short powerful man with white hair and awhite beard. He wore a row of medals across his chest. The long yellow coat of his uniform was down to his knees and it almost touched his black riding boots.
Major Heyward saluted him and began tospeak. “General Webb, the Indian here has news from Colonel Munro. The French are moving south towards Fort Henry. Colonel Munro is asking for more men”.
“Well, I need men myself. We have noprotection on cither the cast or the west”.
“Perhaps I can take a thousand men with me. We’ll push the French back to the west away from Fort Henry, and then come back”.
The Indian, Magua, was silent thewhole time. His face was painted in red, white and yellow war paint. He looked completely different from Major Heyward, The Major was tall with curly blond hair and a handsome face. The Indian wassmall with a bald head and a long black ponytail. General Webb looked at the Indian suspiciously.
“All right. Take a thousand men with you in the morning. But, the moment you reach Colonel Munro and youfight off the French, I want you to send a message to announce your return.”
“Yes, sir.”
General Webb was about to return to his tent when Major Heyward began to speak again.
“General Webb, sir.There’s one more thing. The Colonel asked us to bring him his daughters.”
Just then, they could hear women laughing. The two officers and the Indian all turned towards a tent where two women were...