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asked him if he remembered whether they intended 

 to set fire to the block-house. He made no reply to 

 this, but asked if I or any of my friends were there. 

 I told him that I was not there, being but a boy at 

 that time, nor had I friends there, but that I knew 

 the man who shot his brother ; his name was Arm- 

 strong. I also knew another man, by the name of 

 Oarr, who was in the block-house, and who now lived 

 within ninety miles of Cornplanter. Armstrong, 

 Oarr and two others, were the only ones in the block- 

 house at the time of the attack. 



