JAMES HARROD, OF HARRODSBURG. 237 
killed their cattle, driven in their hunting-parties, and so 
shortene their supplies of meat, that the little garrison was 
reduced to great straits. 
_At this juncture Harrod made his appearance unexpectedly, 
on his return from one of his long expeditions. Finding the 
condition of things, he first proposed to some of the remain- 
ing men, that they should accompany him to one of the nearest 
of his depots of meat. The risk was very great; and Harrod 
perceiving from the hesitation, that the men were not willing 
to go, left the station that night alone, telling the women to 
be of good cheer, that he would bring them back meat. 
He found game very shy in the morning, and as there was 
plenty of Indian sign about, he determined to have the first 
meat he could get, and return with it as soon as possible 
to the relief of the station. He came in sight of a small 
herd of deer, which were moving as if they had been lately 
startled, and were still on the look out; this caused him to 
use great circumspection. It was not long before he came 
across signs, which induced him to think that there were 
several Indians close at hand. The daring hunter cared 
nothins for the odds, but coolly resolved to have one of those 
deer or lose a scalp, and of the latter there surely seemed to 
be a great likelihood. 
Tis would have been foolhardiness with any other man, 
but with Harrod it was entirely a matter of course. He had 
never turned aside from his path for the red man, nor did he 
ever intend to do so. He claimed those hunting-grounds, 
too, and thcse deer were his, if he could win them, and his 
he intended they should be. 
His circumspection was not a little increased on perceiving 
the marks of the mocassin on the trail of the deer. These 
were before him, and he might come upon them at any 
moment. ‘This did not deter him, for he saw at a glance his 
advantage, as he was on the look-out for them, while they 
were on the look-out for the deer, and, evidently from the 
