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On the first night's march little trouble was experienced, only 

 a few lances being thrown, as the retreat was begun so unexpect- 

 edly to the natives that scarcely any of them knew it until the 

 next morning. Then, however, as Baker anticipated, thousands 



of savages were on his trail, and they soon surrounded him. The 

 grass hid them from view, and lances began flying as if dis- 

 charged from the ground. The guide was the first to fall, a lance 

 striking in a fleshy portion of his arm and passing through his 

 body protruded on the opposite side. The savage who threw it 



