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yards before us, in running the gauntlet : 

 they made him their principal object, 

 men, women, and children, beating him ; 

 and those who had guns firing loads of 

 powder on him as he ran naked ; putting 

 the muzzles of the guns to his body, shout- 

 ing, hallooing, and beating their drums, in 

 the mean time. 



" The unhappy man had reached the 

 door of the council-house, beat and wound- 

 ed in a manner shocking to the sight ; for, 

 having arrived before him, we had it in 

 our power to view the spectacle : it was 

 indeed the most horrid that can be con- 

 ceived. They had cut him with their toma- 

 hawks, shot his body black, burnt it into 

 holes with loads of powder blown into him : 

 a large wadding had made a wound in his 

 shoulder, whence the blood gushed. 



" Agreeably to the declaration of the 

 enemy when he first set out, he had reason 

 to think himself secure when he had reached 

 the door of the council-house. This seem- 

 ed to be his hope ; for, coming up with 



