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You know Tokeah, the Indian, who gave us so much 

 trouble some fifteen years ago ? " 



" Tokeah, the chief of the Oconees ? " 



"The same," continued the squire. "I chanced 

 to mention his name, and the lad blurted out, ' To- 

 keah ! Do you know him ? ' and when Mistress 

 Copeland spoke of Eosa " 



" But, my dear major, this circumstance is very 

 important, and I see no mention of it in your report," 

 said the general reprovingly. 



" I daresay not," replied the loquacious justice of 

 peace; "he'd hardly be such a fool as to put that 

 doAvn. I had my head and hands so full that I 

 asked him just to draw up an account of the matter 

 himself." 



The officers looked at each other. 



" Upon my word, squire," said the general, " you 

 take the duties of your office pretty easily. Who 

 ever heard of setting a spy to take down his own 

 examination, and a foreigner too? How could you 

 so expose yourself and us ? " 



The squire scratched himself behind the ear. 

 " Damn it, you're right ! " said he. 



During this dialogue the officers had approached 

 one of the five taverns, composing nearly a third part 

 of the infant town, towards which the ill-looking 

 strangers had betaken themselves. The latter seemed 

 very anxious to reach the house first, but owing to 

 the tardiness of some of their party, who walked 



