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The Iroquois had not treated De Catinat harshly when they dragged him / from the water into their canoe. So incomprehensible was it to them why / any man should voluntarily leave a place of safety in order to put / himself in their power that they could only set it down to madness, a / malady which inspires awe and respect among the Indians. They did not / even tie his wrists, for why should he attempt to escape when he had / come of his own free will? Two warriors passed their hands over him, to / be sure that he was unarmed, and he was then thrust down between the two / women, while the canoe darted in towards the bank to tell the others / that the St. Louis garrison was coming up the stream. Then it steered / out again, and made its way swiftly up the centre of the river. / Adele was deadly pale and her hand, as her husband laid his upon it, was / as cold as marble.
"My darling," he whispered, "tell me that all is well with you -- that you / are unhurt!"