reprimand him for making a noise, I heard 

 an Indian halloo, as I thought one hundred 

 and fifty yards from the man, and partly 

 behind him : after this we did not hear the 

 man call again, neither did he ever come up 

 to us any more. It was now past midnight, 

 and about day-break Colonel Crawford's 

 and the young man's horses gave out, and 

 they left them. We pursued our journey 

 eastward, and about two o'clock fell in with 

 Captain Biggs, who had carried Lieutenant 

 Ashley from the field of action, who had 

 been dangerously wounded. We then, 

 went on about the space of an hour, when 

 a heavy rain coming on, we concluded it 

 was best to encamp, as we were encumber-^ 

 ed with the wounded officer. We then 

 barked four or five trees, made an encamp- 

 ment and a fire, and remained there all that 

 night. Next morning we again prosecuted 

 our journey ; and, having gone about three 

 miles, found a deer which had been recently 

 killed. The meat was sliced from the bones, 

 and bundled up in the skin, with a toma-. 



