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me ' A d d rascal!' upon which the fel- 

 low who had me in charge pulled me along. 

 Girty rode up after me, and told me I was 

 to go to the Shawanese towns. 



„ When we were come to the fire the 

 Colonel was stripped naked, ordered to sit 

 down by the fire, and then they beat him 

 with sticks and their fists. Presently after 

 I was treated in the same manner. They 

 then tied a rope to the foot of a post about 

 fifteen feet high, bound the Colonel's hands 

 behind his back, and fastened the rope to the 

 ligature between his wrists. The rope was 

 long enough either for him to sit down or 

 walk round the post once or twice, and 

 return the same way. The Colonel then 

 called to Girty, and asked if they intended 

 to burn him? — Girty answered, c Yes.* 

 The Colonel said, he would take it all 

 patiently. Upon this, Captain Pipe, a 

 Delaware chief, made a speech to the Indians, 

 viz. about thirty or forty men, sixty or 

 seventy squaws and boys. 



* When the speech was finished, they all 



