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as soon as he saw a number of the mus¬ 
kets levelled at him, he waved his hand, 
and cried out, “ don’t shoot me, don’t 
shoot me ! I will not hurt you !” At 
this moment they fired, and he fell !— 
Payne fearing he might pretend to be 
shot, ran to him with an axe, and nearly 
severed his head from his body ! There 
were four muskets fired at him, but on¬ 
ly two balls took effect, one entered his 
right breast, and passed out near the 
back bone, the other through his head. 
Thus ended the life, of perhaps as 
cruel, blood-thirsty, and vindictive a be¬ 
ing as ever bore the form of humanity. 
Ail hands were now called to attend 
his burial, w hich was conducted in the 
same inconsistent manner which had 
marked the proceedings of the actors in 
this tragedy. While some were enga¬ 
ged in sewing the body in a piece of 
canvas, others were employed in digging 
a grave in the sand, adjacent to the 
place of his decease, which, by order of 
Payne, was made five feet deep. Ev¬ 
ery article attached to him, including 
