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Ireme of punifhtnent with a firmnefs truly 

 aftonifhing. He was fubjecled to the moft 

 fhocking torture, in order to compel him to 

 give information regarding the remaining en- 

 campment — but in vain ! He defpifed the 

 fevereft fuffering, and nothing could induce 

 him to betray his late companions, or to make 

 known their yet undifcoverecj retreat. 



He was fentenced to be burnt alive, firft 

 having the flefh torn from his limbs with red- 

 hot pincers ; and in order to render his pu- 

 nishment ftill more terrible, he was compel- 

 led to fit by, and fee thirteen others broken 

 and hung ; and then, in being conduced to 

 execution, was made to walk over the thirteen 

 dead bodies of his comrades. Being fattened 

 to an iron-ftake, fnrrounded with the confum- 

 ing pile, which was about to be illumined, 

 he regarded the by-ftanders with all the com- 

 placency of heroic fortitude, and exhibiting 

 the moft unyielding courage, refolved that all 

 the torture ingenuity or cruelty might invent 

 ftiould not extort from him a fingle groan ; 

 nor a fy liable that could in' any way impeach 

 }iis friends. 



