59^ NATURAL AND CIVIL 



* Heri we were fully in expectation that* the 

 disturbance would have concluded ; and o\m 

 little army began to move ; but in a short 

 time we saw the front division driven back ; 

 and discovered that we were enthely encircled 

 by the savages. We expected every moment 

 that the guard, which the French by the arti- 

 cles of capitulation, had agreed to allow us, 

 would have 'arrived, and put aa end to our ap- 

 prehensions ; but none appeared. The In- 

 dians now began to strip ever}- one v/ithout 

 exception, of their arms and clothes, and thos^ 

 who made the least resistance felt the weight 

 of their tomahawks. 



* I happened to be in the rear division, but 

 it was not long before I shared the flite of my 

 companions. Three or four of tli.c savages. 

 laid hold of me, and whilst some held their 

 weapons over my head, the others soon disro- 

 bed me of my coat, waistcoat, bjit and buckles, 

 omitting not to take from me what money I 



■ had in my pocket. As this was transacted 



close by the passage that led from the lines on, 



o the plain, near which a French centinel was 



■>sted, I ran to him and claimed his protec- 



•1 ; but he only called me an English dog, 



thrust me with violence back again into 



nidst of the Indians. 



ow endeavored to join a body of our 

 that were crowded together at some 

 ; but innumerable were the blows. 

 e made at me with n'eapons as I pas- 

 'uckily however the savages were so 

 ther, that they could not strike at 

 endangering each other^ Notwith- 



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