A CURIOUS SPECTACLE. 53 



In half an hour everybody was on the march men, 

 women, and children and silently we took our way 

 towards the place where the Indians had encountered the 

 turkeys. About half a mile from this spot the whole 

 tribe, at a signal from the chief, divided into two detach- 

 ments, one proceeding in a northward, and the other in 

 a southward direction. It was a curious spectacle to see 

 about two hundred and eighty Redskins inarching in file, 

 in single rank, with the body half bent, so that their 



IT WAS A CUKIOUS SPECTACLE TO SEE. 



head might not rise above the grass through which they 

 forced their passage. 



Soon a clucking, repeated by several cocks, warned us 

 (hat we had been perceived or heard by the turkeys. 

 The whole flock appeared before us ; and when the chief 

 of the Redskins gave the signal of attack, by raising his 

 war-whoop, all his tribe rushed forward headlong, making 

 the air resound with piercing and guttural cries. 



Suddenly, as at a single bound, the mob of turkeys 



