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Uian throe inches. We now took him to his tent, bathed in his 

 Wood. We laid him on his bed, which in a moment, was soak- 

 ing with his blood 



"At this moment his friend Lt Petit Mart, (Feebyains) who 

 had been tipsey and gOM to sleep, started up. lie ran to Mr. 

 Kay's tent, where the first object he saw, was his friend pale 

 and quivering. lie went ami embraced him amidst a flood of 

 tears, saying, M My friend, you are dead, but I survive to revenge 

 you." In contemplating a calico night-gown which Mr. Kay 

 had on when he was wounded, and which was all bloody, he 

 could no longer restrain his anger. lie took up the knife which 

 Mr. Kay had. at the time he was wounded, and which had been 

 brought back by his wife,' who was present. He sallied out of 

 the tent to seek revenge, not of Le Cousin, — who was the in- 

 strument, but not the author of the murder — but of Cul Blanc, 

 who was sitting before the fire, smoking his pipe. He seized 

 him by the scalp-lock, drew his body back with one hand, ex- 

 claiming, "Die, thou dog !" with the other hand, he plunged a 

 knife into his breast, Cul Blanc begging all the while for mercy. 



" This scene of carnage put a stop to the drinking. The 

 women spilled out all the rum, of which there was still no small 

 quantity in the different lodges. The stab Cul Blanc had re- 

 ceived did not prove mortal, notwithstanding the ghastliness of 

 the wound, the knife having passed out through the flesh without 

 penetrating any vital part. But the blood issued copiously and 

 di figured his wife, who carried him off, trailing his blood through 

 the camp. 



- This tragedy being finished, Le Petit Mort re-entered the 

 tent. He told his wife, who followed him, to go and search for 

 certain roots, which he chewed and formed into a cataplasm for 

 the wound, after having applied his mouth to it, and sucked out 

 the extravasated blood, an operation that caused Mr. Kay great 

 pain. He enjoyed a little case during the remainder of the 

 night and following day. Le Petit Mort passed the night oppo- 

 t'jlus bed. The next dav he took off the compress, and re- 



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