48 THE ADVENTURES OF 



in so early for. Instead is seeing us he saw 

 fourteen redskins going through the camp. 

 They had taken his gun, and as soon as they 

 saw him, fired on him. He took to his heels 

 and ran along a ravine, followed closely by 

 several of the Indians. We were not far from 

 camp, and as soon as the red skins saw us 

 they stopped and beat a retreat. They did 

 not go back to the camp, however, but joined 

 the rest of the band in a cane-brake on Sappy 

 Creek, where, the next day, thirty-seven of 

 them died very suddenly. Two white men 

 also died about the same time. One of the 

 Indians that was killed was a chief He had 

 a roll tied on his side, which one of the men 

 took off, saying, "What is this" and when he 

 had unrolled it, "What is it, sure enough ? " 

 We looked and saw that it was a dressed 

 buckskin cape, ornamented with white wo- 

 men's scalps. Yet there are those who say 

 "The poor Indian," and bestow upon them 

 any amount of misplaced pity, by my acquain- 

 tance with them does not develop any traits 

 in their character or disposition worth}^ 



