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THE WOUNDED CAPTAIN. 
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districts. While resting in one of them, a 
Mashow, who had been plundered, came and 
told us the doleful tale. He said the robbers 
allowed them to halt at their cattle-post, to re- 
pack everything on their oxen, and to set off <^ 
but immediately afterwards they were attacked 
with bows and poisoned arrows. They defended 
themselves till their captain was wounded in the 
head, when, leaving ten oxen in the possession of 
the robbers, they made their escape with five others 
to Patannee. The speaker was a very tall man, 
and appeared much depressed. We went with 
him to visit the wounded captain, whom we found 
lying upon skins among the bushes, for it is not 
customary among those nations to lodge strangers 
in their houses. The captain was a respectable- 
looking man, but also very dejected; he took off 
his cap and showed us the wound made by the 
poisoned arrow, which was exactly on the crown 
of his head ; the arrow had grazed on the bone, 
and carried off the flesh. He said he had suffered 
much pain from it. About forty people from the 
district followed us to the place where the poor 
man lay, and sat down at a little distance while 
we conversed with him. 
We next visited Seretz's district, and particu- 
larly his house, which is built in the fashion of 
the country ; but he has one behind constructed 
after the European manner, having taken the 
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