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formed a sort of low harmonicon, the sweetness of which. I 

 shall never forget. 



In this strange hiding-place, as the story goes, Harrod con- 

 cealed his wounded foe, for the generous hunter having once 

 determined to aid him, possessed too much magnanimity to 

 subject the proud warrior to the humiliation worse to him 

 than death, of being paraded before his white foes as a 

 prisoner. Harrod took care of him till his recovery, visiting 

 him regularly on his hunting excursions. When the warrior 

 grew strong again, Harrod gave him a supply of provisions, 

 and pointing towards the North, bade him return to his peo- 

 ple, and tell them how the "Long-Knife" treats his wouiided 

 foe. 



Nothing was ever heard directly from this warrior again, 

 though Boone, who was aware of the circumstance, and who 

 was taken prisoner by the Shawanees a short time afterwards, 

 always attributed the kind treatment he received from the 

 Indians, and their good faith to eighteen of his men, to the 

 good offices of this grateful savage. These men were engaged, 

 under his command, in making salt at the saline springs, and 

 surrendered at his own suggestion, he having been surprised and 

 taken prisoner while hunting, and the promise of kind treat- 

 ment and release having been pledged to him by the Indians. 

 They, after taking their arms, ammunition, &c., permitted the 

 men to return to the station unharmed. They took Boone 

 with them, however, to Canada, where he was shortly ran- 

 somed. 



The popularity of Harrod became very great ; for these 

 many extraordinary feats and kind acts were not his only 

 claims on the now rapidly increasing population of Ken- 

 tucky, for their respect and gratitude. His manly wisdom and 

 counsel, was fully equal to his efficiency in the field; for 

 though to the last he could barely write his name, and con- 

 tinued to be a man of few words, one short sentence of 

 his, direct, as it always was, and to the purpose, was of 



