"
"Well, if you think it best, we will move into the fort with the
other people until the danger is past."
"Yes, mother; I will fight better knowing that you and Alice are
safe. There's Linna! What about her?"
"Who's Linna?" asked the visitor.
"She is the little child of Omas, the Delaware warrior. He brought
her here this afternoon to make Alice a visit, and promised to call
tomorrow for her. Will it be safe to wait until he comes?"
The neighbor shook his head.
"You mustn't take any chances. Why don't you turn her loose to take
care of herself? She can do it."
"I couldn't," the mother hastened to say; "Omas left her in our
care, and I must not neglect her. She will go with us."
"I don't think it will be safe for her father to come after her,
when the flurry is over."
"Why not?"
"He will be with the Iroquois, even though his tribe doesn't like
them any too well; for the Iroquois are the conquerors of the
Delawares, and drove them off their hunting grounds."
"Well," said Mrs. Ripley, with a sigh; "even if he never comes for
her, she will always have a home with us."
The dwelling of the Ripleys was on the eastern shore of the Susquehanna.
On the other side stood Fort Wintermoot and Forty Fort, the former
being at the upper end of the valley.
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