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then put in the frying-pan, and so on till you have cooked 

 enough for the party. It is not bad when hot, but only fit for 

 making bullets when cold. 



When I reached the baker's, and was given a new loaf and a 

 pound of butter, I ate them in about equal proportions, and do 

 not think I ever enjoyed anything so much in my life. 



At that time there was no hotel of any kind in the settle- 

 ment, so that one of the settlers kindly put me up, and I soon 

 recovered from my fatigue, while a half-breed doctor set my 

 arm after a fashion. 



I found the place in a state of great excitement, and it 

 seemed that the outbreak of the Sioux Indians, to which I have 

 before referred, and which took place the previous year while 

 we were on our way to the settlement, had culminated in an 

 awful massacre, nearly 1400 men, women, and children having 

 been murdered in one night, under circumstances of dreadful 

 barbarity. These Indians had plundered the whole of Minne- 

 sota with the exception of three or four towns, had burned all 

 the settlers' houses, and had carried off a number of women 

 and a great many cattle. The United States' troops had been 

 sent to the spot and had scattered " Little Crow's " band for a 

 time, but could not catch any of them, and it was some of the 

 members of this band who had chased me. 



It appears that when " Little Crow " was driven from Min- 

 nesota he took refuge in British territory, collecting his scat- 

 tered men, till he was said to have more than 1200 warriors 

 under him, and with these he novr marched on Fort Garry, 

 sending a runner to say that unless he was given so much 

 money and so many horses, &c., he would sack the settlement. 

 There really was no danger if the half- breeds would only work 



