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venture, is, that when, two hours afterward, Harrod struck 

 the bank of the Miami again, he saw upon a pile of drift 

 wood, which had collected at the mouth of one of the small 

 tributaries of the stream, some living object, which he took 

 for a large turtle glistening in the sun, as he struggled to 

 drag his unwieldy body upon the logs to bask. 



He stopped to gaze ; and imagine his astonishment, when 

 he saw a tall Indian drag his body slowly from the water, and 

 finally seat himself upon the logs. He had lost his gun, and 

 commenced endeavoring to stifle the bleeding from a bullet 

 wound in his shoulder. Harrod knew that it was the second 

 Indian he had shot, and who had most probably reached one of 

 the pieces of drift wood of which the swollen river was at pre- 

 sent full, and sustained himself by it all this distance, badly 

 wounded as he was. 



Here was a trial for such a man as Harrod ; his foe was 

 wounded and helpless ; take him prisoner he feared would be 

 impossible, and letting him escape he felt to be contrary to 

 his duty to his own people. He thought within himself some 

 little time before deciding upon his course, for shoot the poor 

 wretch he could not. 



His determination formed, he made a wide circuit, and 

 crept cautiously upon the wounded warrior from behind ; a 

 large tree stood close to the drift, which being gained, Harrod 

 laid down his gun, then suddenly stepping into full view from 

 behind the tree, raised his hands to show that he was un- 

 armed. 



" Uguh !" grunted the astonished warrior, making a sudden 

 movement as if to plunge into the water again. Harrod placed 

 his hand upon his heart, spoke two words in the Shawanee 

 tongue, when the Indian paused, and looking at him a moment 

 earnestly, bowed his head in token of submission. Harrod 

 helped him to the bank, tore his own shirt and bound up the 

 wound with cooling herbs ; and then, as he found the savage 

 unable to walk, threw him across his broad shoulders, and bore 



