Ellis Island, in New York harbor, once bore the name of Gibbet Island, because pirates and mutineers were hanged there in chains. During the times when it was devoted to this fell purpose there stood in Communipaw the Wild Goose tavern, where Dutch burghers resorted, to smoke, drink Hollands, and grow fat, wise, and sleepy in each others’ company. The plague of this inn … Lire la suite The Party From Gibbet Island
Back from his war against the Tahawi comes the Sun, chief of the Lower Saranacs, —back to the Lake of the Clustered Stars, afterward called, by dullards, Tupper’s Lake. Tall and invincible he comes among his people, boasting of his victories, Indian fashion, and stirring the scalps that hang at his breast. « The Eagle screams, » he cries. « He greets the chief, the Blazing Sun. … Lire la suite The Birth of The Dandelion
About a mile back from the Hudson, at Coxsackie, stood the cabin of Nick Wolsey, who, in the last century, was known to the river settlements as a hunter and trapper of correct aim, shrewdness, endurance, and taciturn habit. For many years he lived in this cabin alone, except for the company of his dog; but while visiting a camp of Indians in the … Lire la suite A Trapper’s Ghastly Vengeance
This is an example post that utilizes Page Links — allowing for a post to be broken up in to multiple pages. Page Links can be created by adding « <!–nextpage–>« to any post within the text editor. At 04 hours 10 minutes, ship time, the Niccola was well inside the Theta Gisol solar system. She had previously secured excellent evidence that this was not … Lire la suite Post With Page Links
Créations Valérie Touchard 