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loped by from the other post, and in passing the door 

 screamed out, " Los Indios! los Indios !" — that he 

 ran to the door, and saw them galloping towards the 

 hut without hats, all naked, armed with long lances, 

 strikino^ their mouths with their bridle hands, and ut- 

 tering a shriek, which he described as making the 

 earth tremble — he said that there were two horses 

 outside the hut, bridled, but not saddled — that he 

 leapt upon the back of one and galloped away — that 

 one of the young men jumped on the other, and 

 followed him about twenty yards, but that then he 

 said something about his mother, and rode back to 

 the hut — that just as he got there the Indians sur- 

 rounded the hut, and that the last time he saw his 

 cousins they were standing at the door with their 

 knives in their hands — that several of the Indians 

 galloped after him, and followed him more than a 

 mile, but that he was upon a horse which was 

 muy ligero, (very swift) muy lig^ro,"" said the 

 boy ; and as we galloped along he loosened his 

 rein, and darting on before me, smiled at shewing 

 me the manner in which he escaped, and then 

 curbing his horse to a hand-gallop, continued his 

 history. 



