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parried the blow, flung the Indian from him, 

 and ran for his hfe. He gained the gate of the 

 fort, his enemy close at his heels, and, seeing Wen- 

 niway standing in the centre of the area, called 

 upon him for protection. The chief ordered the 

 Indian to desist ; but the latter, who was foaming 

 at the mouth with rage, still continued to pursue 

 Henry, vainly striking at him with his knife. See- 

 ing the door of Langlade's house wide open, the 

 trader darted in, and at length found himself in 

 safety. He retired once more to his garret, and lay 

 down, feeling, as he declares, a sort of conviction 

 that no Indian had power to harm him. 



This confidence was somewhat shaken when, 

 early in the night, he was startled from sleep by 

 the opening of the door. A light gleamed in upon 

 him, and he was summoned to descend. He did 

 so, when, to his surprise and joy, he found, in 

 the room below. Captain Etherington, Lieutenant 

 Leslie, and Mr. Bostwick, a trader, together with 

 Father Jonois, the Jesuit priest from L'Arbre 

 Croche. The Indians w^ere bent on enjoying that 

 night a grand debauch upon the liquor they had 

 seized ; and the chiefs, well knowing the extreme 

 danger to which the prisoners would be exposed 

 during these revels, had conveyed them all into the 

 fort, and placed them in charge of the Canadians. 



Including officers, soldiers, and traders, they 

 amounted to about twenty men, being nearly all 

 who had escaped the massacre. 



When Henry entered the room, he found his 

 three companions in misfortune engaged in anxious 



