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prominent muscular power displayed itself in 
every limb, while the expression of his counte- 
nance, which was bold and ingenuous, indicated 
‘courage, enterprise, and strength. Audubon, 
who occupied the same sleeping apartment wita 
him, was indefatigable in his questionings, in 
order to elicit some account of his companion’s 
exploits. The Colonel, after merely laying aside 
his hunting shirt, and arranging a few folds of a 
blanket on the floor, remarked that “he would 
rather lie there than on the softest bed.” He then 
assented to Audubon’s request, by relating an 
occurrence which befell him while on an expe- 
dition to the Green river in Kentucky, where 
none but sons of the soil were looked upon as 
lawful proprietors of that State. 
He had extinguished one night the fire of his 
camp, and lain down to rest in security, as he 
imagined, when seized by an indistinguishable 
number of hands, he was immediately pinioned, 
as if about to be led to execution. To have re- 
sisted, when in the power of the crafty Redskins 
would have been dangerous as useless. By 
suffering himself to be quietly removed, the In- 
dians were convinced of his fearlessness. Mean- 
while, his mental ingenuity was incessantly exer- 
cised for some stratagem of escape. On his ar- 
rival at the camp, great rejoicings were shown, 
and he was warned by unequivocal gestures, that 
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