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Silver Lake

R. M. Ballantyne

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .eir tomahawks, while others pointed to the woods in the direction whence they had come, and shook their heads. Not a few drew their scalping knives partially from their sheaths, and, pointing to the children, showed clearly that they wished to cut their career short without delay, but several of the more sedate members of the party evidently objected to this. Finally, Hawk turned to Roy, and said something to him in the Indian tongue.

Roy did not understand, and attempted to say so as well as he could by signs, and the use of the few words of the Cree language which his father had taught him. In the course of his speech (if we may use that term), he chanced to mention Wapaw’s name.

“Ho! ho! ho!” said one and another of the Indians, while Hawk grinned horribly.

A variety of questions were now put to poor Roy, who, not understanding, of course could not answer them. Hawk, however, repeated Wapaw’s name, and pointed towards the Fort with a l. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Not a bad story, but I never really felt deeply connected to the characters or even really immersed in the setting, which is usually Ballantyne's strong point. Or maybe I just had a hard time drinking in the details of this particular setting. I was really interested in the survival aspect, but it w