CHAPTER XXV.

THE SKIRMISH OF SEVEN OAKS.

Leader of the Bois Brûlés--A candid letter--Account of a prisoner--"Yellow Head"--Speech to the Indians--The chief knows nothing--On fleet Indian ponies--An eye-witness in Fort Douglas--A rash Governor--The massacre--"For God's sake save my life"--The Governor and twenty others slain--Colonists driven out--Eastern levy meets the settlers--Effects seized--Wild revelry--Chanson of Pierre Falcon 229