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yelled a hideous and hearty assent to what 

 had been said. The Indian men then took 

 up their guns and shot powder into the 

 Colonel's body, from his feet as far up as 

 his neck. I think not less than seventy 

 loads were discharged upon his naked body. 

 They then crowded about him; and, to 

 the best of my observation, cut off his ears: 

 when the throng had dispersed a little, I saw 

 the blood running from both sides of his 

 head in consequence thereof. 



" The fire was about six or seven yards 

 from the post to which the Colonel was 

 tied: it was made of small hickory poles, 

 burnt quite through in the middle, each end 

 of the poles remaining about six feet in 

 length. Three or four Indians, by turns, 

 would take up, individually, one of these 

 burning pieces of wood and apply it to his 

 naked body, already burned black with the 

 powder. These tormentors presented them- 

 selves on every side of him, so that which- 

 ever way he ran round the post they met 

 him with the burning; faggots and poles* 



