Edward Rose, The Interpreter, Whose Sinister Looks
We Have Already Mentioned, Was Denounced By This Secret Informer
As A Designing, Treacherous Scoundrel, Who Was Tampering With The
Fidelity Of Certain Of The Men, And Instigating Them To A
Flagrant Piece Of Treason.
In the course of a few days they would
arrive at the mountainous district infested by the Upsarokas or
Crows, the tribe among which Rose was to officiate as
interpreter.
His plan was that several of the men should join
with him, when in that neighborhood, in carrying off a number of
the horses with their packages of goods, and deserting to those
savages. He assured them of good treatment among the Crows, the
principal chiefs and warriors of whom he knew; they would soon
become great men among them, and have the finest women, and the
daughters of the chiefs for wives; and the horses and goods they
carried off would make them rich for life.
The intelligence of this treachery on the part of Rose gave much
disquiet to Mr. Hunt, for he knew not how far it might be
effective among his men. He had already had proofs that several
of them were disaffected to the enterprise, and loath to cross
the mountains. He knew also that savage life had charms for many
of them, especially the Canadians, who were prone to intermarry
and domesticate themselves among the Indians.
And here a word or two concerning the Crows may be of service to
the reader, as they will figure occasionally in the succeeding
narration.
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