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had ftolen, than to give them a ftrlking proof 
of my moderation and fcrupulous equity. 
Having inflided this punifhment, I called 
in my fentinels, and prepared to depart. Be- 
ing obliged to pafs through the long narrow 
path by which we came, I had many precau- 
tions to take to avoid an ambufcade and repri- 
fals ; and thefe were the more neceffary, be- 
caufe the oxen could travel but flowly on ac- 
count of their wounds, and were forced to 
proceed in a line one after another. I fent 
Klaas with tv/o fufileers at the head of the 
detachment, while I formed myfelf with the 
reft of the troop the rear guard j and in this 
order we reached the plain. 
I expeded to find the two Kaminouqua 
guides in the place where we had left 
them the day before ; but when we drew 
near, I heard a lamentable yelling at the head 
of my troop, which chilled me v^ith horror, 
I imrnediately haftened thither ; and my eyes 
were prefented with fo frightful a fpedacle, 
that the hideous idea of it makes me ftill fhud- 
der as I vmte. The tvv^o unfortunate favages, 
who had fo generoufly offered themfelves 
as my . guides, were lying on the ground, 
nearly dead, and weltering in their blood. 
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