196 CASE OF REVENGE FOR INHOSPITALITY. 



lodge, diminished his fears ; and a little dried 

 meat, given with apparent cheerfulness for the 

 use of the fort, finally removed all apprehension. 

 Two Canadians, who had accompanied him, left 

 early on their return ; and, in an hour after, he 

 followed their steps. The Indians watched him 

 until he was hid by the woods ; then grasped 

 their guns, and by a short cut gained a spot 

 favourable for their purpose, before any of the 

 three had arrived. Cowering in ambush within 

 ten paces of the track, they waited for their 

 approach, and at a given signal fired, and brought 

 down two of the unsuspecting travellers. The 

 third fled, and was pursued with savage yells by 

 the infuriated Indians. Fear added wings to the 

 Canadian ; and having outstripped the foremost, 

 he hid himself breathless and exhausted among 

 some rocks. The Indians rushed past without per- 

 ceiving him, and having reached the house, broke 

 furiously into the apartment of the gentleman, 

 who had not yet risen, and after reproaching him 

 with the horrors he had caused, instantly de- 

 prived him of life. 



Their vengeance being thus horribly satiated, 

 they returned to the woods without committing 

 the slightest act of spoliation. The Canadian 

 and another man, whom, strange to say, they 

 did not molest, hastened to the neighbouring 

 posts, with an account of this shocking catas- 

 trophe. Fresh parties were established at the same 



