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own fashion, good soldiers. They had fought val- 

 iantly beside King Louis' musketeers, and in alli- 

 ance with the painted warriors of the forest; later 

 on they served, though perhaps with less heart, 

 under the gloomy ensign of Spain, shared the fate 

 of the red-coated grenadiers of King George, or 

 followed the lead of the tall Kentucky riflemen. 



