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ivturn. < >n reaching tin- n\.-r t ln-y \\ alked al, >n^ its I... 



in- distance, when tln-y found n they decid- 



cross (In- ri\,-r an. I explore tin- I -auks "ii tli-- other si, I. 



wards they "x.s an Indian. \vh< wa> .sat down tixh 



iii. I as they knew the Indian lan^iia^.- tli-y \valk.--l towards 

 him. he started t" us,- threatening language, and said tin- In- 

 dians were g kill all tin- \vhit- nn-ii mi this *\,\,- ,,f tin- 

 many in.')-,- -lays hint -la; tin- eldest Mac- 

 loiuiM t->l'l him h.-ha-l l.-tt<-r i->nmirncr tin- killing now, nn-1 

 th'T.-u itli ,ln-\v his iv\i.l\,-r from his hip pocket. Th. 

 <lian imiiif'liat.'ly -|.ran^ [> his f.-.-t ; m,l 1, dtf-1 through tli>- 

 l>ushf.s. and Mac. tin-d into tin- air to frighten him, which caused 

 tin- Indian to <|uickrn his ].acr. ^lancin^ around as In- ran. 

 After In- had ^<>nr. tin- two l.rotln-rs considered what tln-y had 

 ln-tti-r do, and drc-idrd to return to tin- eainx- and cross tin- 

 r a^ain. as rumours of an Indian uprising had been talkt-d 

 and they U^an to think, perhaps, tln-n- was 

 sonn- truth in tin- Civ,-'s thn-ats. ( )n crossing tin- riv-r tln-y 

 __'i-d tin- canoe up on tin- hanks, taking tin- )>addl<- along 

 with tln-m : tln-y a.sct-inl,-d an elevation a mile away, and 



i-in^ hack in the direction the Indian had gone, they saw 

 not far ott' an Indian encampment of over a score te] 

 tln-y lay down Kehind tin- I. row of the hill, concealing tln-m- 

 selv.-s in a l.utlalo wallow. With the aid of their tieM ^lass. tln-y 

 plainly saw tin- Indians u,-iv in a stat'- of e\cit'-ment. running 

 from -.in- tepe.- to aiiotln-r. and presently o\ , r a do/en l.i; 



Wei-.- seen bastening towards the place where tin- two lu-others 



had nn-t til,- Indian fishing. As tln-y caiin- nearer ami near, i 

 their VOiOefl ami yells could ! heard, j.res.-ntly they reached 



tin- sp ; .t op] A here the ca was. when- tln-y can 



a halt for a f,-w minutes, when one of their numl>er v 

 t i I.-- stri]pin^ himself of his l.uckskins. and a few seconds 

 /wards In- plunged into the river with a splash, and swam 

 win-re t! l.-ntly intending to paddle it 



lirin^ his eoinjanio!is over, luit on finding tin- pad- 

 ill-- a^.iin. and a.s tin- t\\ 



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