We whistled on our charges, and afterwards 

 hallooed for him, but in vain. Neverthe- 

 less he was fortunate in missing us ; for he 

 afterwards came safe into Wheeling. We 

 travelled on until night, and were on the 

 waters of Muskingum from the middle of 

 this day. 



" Having catched a fawn this day, we 

 made a fire in the evening, and had a repast, 

 having in the mean time eat nothing but 

 the small bit of pork I mentioned before. 

 We set off at break of day. About nine 

 o'clock the third day, we fell in with a party 

 of the enemy, about twenty miles from the 

 Tascarawas, which is about one hundred 

 and thirty-five miles from Fort Pitt. They 

 had come upon our tracks, or had been on 

 our flanks, and discovered us ; and then, 

 having got before, had way-laid us, and 

 fired before we perceived them. At the 

 first fire, one of my companions fell before 

 me, and another just behind : these two had 

 guns. There were six men in company, 

 and four guns ; two of these rendered use- 



