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such occasions. This trick is to enter into general talk, 

 mingle with their visitors, and apparently so accidentally as 

 not to attract attention contrive to get each individual 

 visitor separated from the others with two Indians close to 

 him. At a preconcerted signal every man is pinioned by one 

 of the Indians near him, and knifed by the other. It was 

 chiefly enjoined by X. that all the time the party were 

 amongst the Indians every one was to continually keep an 

 eye upon him, and should he at any time "go for" his 

 revolver with his right hand, then each man was instantly, 

 and without hesitation, to draw and shoot down Indians until 

 further orders. 



