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going to strangle me, out of pity ; but he untied 

 me, saying, as it was afterwards interpreted to me : 

 ' I give that man his life. If you want English 

 meat, go to Detroit, or to the lake, and you'll find 

 enough. What business have vou with this man s 

 flesh, who is come to speak with us ] ' I fixed my 

 eyes steadfastly on this young man, and endeavored 

 by looks to express my gratitude." 



An Indian now offered him a pipe, and he 

 was then pushed with abuse and blows out of the 

 village. He succeeded in crossing the river and 

 regaining the fort, after receiving a sharp cut of 

 a switch from a mounted Indian whom he met 

 on the wav. 



He found the Canadians in the fort disposed to 

 befriend him. Godefroy and the metamorphosed 

 drummer, St. Vincent, were always on the watch 

 to warn him of danger ; and one I'Esperance gave 

 him an asylum in his garret. He seems to have 

 found some consolation in the compassion of two 

 handsome young squaws, sisters, he was told, of his 

 deliverer, Pacanne ; but the two warriors who had 

 stripped and bound him were constantly lurking 

 about the fort, watching an opportunity to kill him ; 

 and the Kickapoos, whose lodges were pitched on 

 the meadow, sent him a message to the effect that, 

 if the Miamis did not put him to death, they them- 

 selves would do so, whenever he should pass their 

 camp. He was still on the threshold of his jour- 

 ney, and his final point of destination was several 

 hundred miles distant ; yet, with great resolution, 

 he determined to persevere, and, if possible, fulfil 



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