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uttered any cry ; and it was not known that she was 

 wounded until, after the danger was past, her mother 

 saw the blood soaking through her clothes. She 

 recovered, married one of the frontiersmen, and 

 lived for fifty years afterward, long enough to see 

 all the wilderness filled with flourishing and popu 

 lous States. 



One of the clumsy craft, however, did not share 

 the good fortune that befell the rest, in escaping 

 with so little loss and damage. Jonathan Jennings' 

 boat, in which was Mrs. Peyton, with her new-born 

 baby, struck on a rock at the upper end of the whirl, 

 the swift current rendering it impossible for the 

 others to go to his assistance; and they drifted by, 

 leaving him to his fate. The Indians soon turned 

 their whole attention to him, and from the bluffs 

 opened a most galling fire upon the disabled boat. 

 He returned it as well as he could, keeping them 

 somewhat in check, for he was a most excellent 

 marksman. At the same time he directed his two 

 negroes, a man and woman, his nearly grown son, 

 and a young man who was with him, to lighten the 

 boat by throwing his goods into the river. Before 

 this was done, the negro man, the son, and the other 

 young man most basely jumped into the river, and 

 swam ashore. It is satisfactory to record that at 

 least two of the three dastards met the fate they de 

 served. The negro was killed in the water, and the 

 other two captured, one of them being afterward 

 burned at the stake, while the other, it is said, was 

 ultimately released. Meanwhile Mrs. Jennings, as- 



