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job, and some of them got on the tup ot the 

 house and began shooting down through, but 

 they were no more successful here than at 

 the door. The Indians will not fight if they 

 can not do so without losing men. I heard 

 the old chief of the Ogaliahs say that it did 

 not pay to give man for man, and that he 

 wouldn't do it. One resolute and experienced 

 man can hold fifty Indians at bay, if he has a 

 good position and manages it correctly. These 

 red skins, finding that they could not get their 

 man without considerable loss, finally moved 

 back about a half mile and stationed themselves 

 on a small hill to watch the dug-out, that he 

 might not escape before dark, when they would 

 make another attack, and take him in. But, 

 as soon as it began to get dark, he crept out 

 and made his escape, but ran a very narrow^ 

 risk. Although this poor fellow escaped from 

 the Indians, he was soon overtaken by a worse 

 fate, if a worse fate than falling into the hands 

 of the red devils is possible. He and his two 

 partners were out hunting and v/ere caught in 

 a snow storm and frozen to death, and their 



