Notes:
I bend history and dates to my will, so please bear with me. Also during sensual scenes, I tend to switch to modern dialog. I mean, really, how did people back then talk sexy? :)
Lloyd's Neck, Long Island
"No!" The young native maiden wailed throwing herself over her lover. Tecumwah tried to halt his tomahawk, but his swing had been birthed by rage, making it too strong to stop. CLUMP, a meaty sound of a severed head spattered the ground. Lamenting, Tecumwah sunk to his knees collecting his daughter's lifeless body into his apologetic embrace.
BAM!
Major Benjamin Tallmadge sprinted into view just as Captain Flanders pulled the trigger. Ben glanced down, his heart seeping at the sight of father and daughter lifeless in eternal embrace. The father had come to him, flowing with desperation, pleading with him to send men in and rescue his beloved from the Redcoat's clutches. Ben had agreed, but upon seizing the fort, they realized the young woman had fallen in love with her captor sometime during captivity, thus betraying her father.
Captain Flanders tried to remove Tecumwah's arms from the maiden's body, but was halted by Continental Soldiers.
"Do not allow his spirit this comfort! He bears no right! He killed her!" Flanders cried, tears streaming down his cheeks, not for his regiment's defeat, but for the death of his heart.
"Tecumwah is not to blame for her death." Ben stated in a low, icy voice. He had witnessed more than his share of innocent bloodshed caused by the Redcoats and he was sick of it.
At Ben's words, realization set in Flanders' eyes. The young Major was right. Overwhelmed with guilt, Flanders broke free and flung himself from a dock and into the fathomless water below.
Hours later his body rose bloated by death. Without a trace of piety, Ben glared down at the clump of milky white flesh bubbling upon the water. This was why men warred first and loved during times of peace. Flanders should have known better. Ben did.
Notes:
The true story of Tecumwah and Lloyd Neck can be found from Historical Long Island Hauntings and Legends.
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