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death itself on the captive who is so unfortunate as not to be able to 
accommodate himself to his situation. I therefore assured him I should 
no more think of leaving him, which so pleased him that he took me out 
to walk and pointed out to me the spot where Sir Robert Davies was 
buried and what remained of Captain Robson's body, showing me like- 
wise how impossible it was for us to have escaped in our boats. He then 
led me to where the bodies of the poor soldiers lay who fell in the attack, 
and were become food for the dogs, which were devouring them; he then 
loosened my hand, and with the string bound up a heavy bundle of 
sticks which he placed upon my back, telling me that I was always to do 
that or whatever his wife desired me. When delivered of my burden he 
again tied up my hands, and fastened the rope to the rafters of the hut, 
but he did not put my feet in the stocks as the night before. Yet it was 
equally impossible for me to effect an escape, and indeed by this time I 
had given up all hopes of it, unless a more favourable opportunity 
occurred. Next morning my master went off in his canoe to join the 
rest of the warriors encamped at Detroit, leaving me to the care of his 
father, who seemed fond of me, and wished that I should become a 
savage as soon as possible. Soon after my master’s departure he fairly 
stripped me of my clothes, and told me I should wear them no more, but 
dress like an Indian ; he accordingly gave me a blanket, then shaved my 
head leaving only a small tuft of hair on the crown, and two small locks 
which he plated, with several silver brooches interwoven, making them 
hang over my face, which was painted a variety of colours; he likewise 
presented me with a tobacco pouch and pipes, telling me I should smoke, 
which I did, and afterwards became very fond of it. The hunting season 
being now passed, the Indians lived on fish, without bread, butter or salt. 
This did not agree with me. I became so very weak as to be rendered 
incapable of walking for seven or eight days, during which time my 
master’s father informed me that I should not be eaten if I died. Ten 
days after this my master returned with the rest of his family, and after 
much talk of the success of their arms against the English, how many 
prisoners they had taken, etc., he looked at me, turning me round, appar- 
ently surprised at seeing me attired “en sauvage.” He asked for my 
hair, which, the old man giving him, he carefully put by. Still my hands 
continued tied, and whenever I had occasion to go out, an Indian boy 
laid hold of the end of the rope, which he fastened to the rafters of the 
hut when I returned again. It was not long after this before my hands 
were at last unbound, my master often impressing upon me the impossi- 
bility of making my escape. I told him I had no design and feigned a 
satisfaction in their mode of life and a particular fondness for my new 
uniform, by which means I secured his good will. He thought he was 
