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swim out into the stream, hoping to save his life by 

 diving. At this moment his brother Adam ap- 

 peared on the bank, and seeing Andrew covered with 

 blood and swimming rapidly away, mistook him for 

 an Indian, and shot him in the shoulder. Immedi- 

 ately afterward he saw his real antagonist. Both 

 had empty guns, and the contest became one as to 

 who could beat the other in loading, the Indian ex- 

 claiming: "Who load first, shoot first!" The chief 

 got his powder down first, but, in hurriedly drawing 

 out his ramrod, it slipped through his fingers and 

 fell in the river. Seeing that it was all over, he in- 

 stantly faced his foe, pulled open the bosom of his 

 shirt, and the next moment received the ball fair in 

 his breast. Adam, alarmed for his brother, who by 

 this time could barely keep himself afloat, rushed 

 into the river to save him, not heeding Andrew's re- 

 peated cries to take the big Indian's scalp. Mean- 

 while, the dying chief, resolute to save the long locks 

 his enemies coveted always a point of honor among 

 the red men, painfully rolled himself into the 

 stream. Before he died he reached the deep water, 

 and the swift current bore his body away. 



About this time a hunter named McConnell was 

 captured near Lexington by five Indians. At night 

 he wriggled out of his bonds and slew four of his 

 sleeping captors, while the fifth, who escaped, was 

 so bewildered that, on reaching the Indian town, he 

 reported that his party had been attacked at night 

 by a number of whites, who had not only killed his 

 companions but the prisoner likewise. 

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