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ADVENTURES OF JAMES SMITH.- 
Continued from page 987. 
instantly felled him to> the ground. Recovering 
himself instantly, Smith sprang to his feet, and 
started forward again, when a handful of sand 
was thrown in his eyes, which, in addition to the 
great pain, completely blinded him. He still 
attempted to grope his way through; but was 
again knocked down and beaten with merciless 
severity. He soon became insensible under such 
barbarous treatment. 
On recovering his senses, he found himself, 
beaten to a jelly, and unable to move a limb, in 
the hospital' of the fort, under the hands of a 
French surgeon. Here he was soon visited by 
one of his captors, the same who had given him 
the advice on commencing the race, and who 
now inquired, with -some appearance of interest, 
if he “felt very sore.” 
Yoilng Smith replied, that he had been bruised 
almost to death; and his savage friend assured 
him, that he had merely experienced the cus¬ 
tomary greeting of the Indians to their prisoners. 
Smith rapidly recovered, and was soon able 
to walk on the battlements of the fort. On the 
morning of the ninth of July, he observed* an 
unusual bustle. The Indians, armed and painted, 
stood in crowds at the great gate. Many bar¬ 
rels of powder, ball and flints, were brought'out 
to them, from which the warriors helped'them¬ 
selves to such articles as they required. They 
were soon joined by a small detachment of 
French regulars, when the whole party marched 
off together. He soon learned, that they were 
proceeding against Eraddock, who was now 
within a few miles of the fprt. In the after¬ 
noon an Indian runner arrived, announcing that 
the battle had not yet ended,’but that Braddock’s 
men had been surrounded and were, shot down 
in heaps by an invisible enemy.; that instead of 
flying at once, or rushing upon their concealed 
foe, they appeared completely bewildered, and 
huddled together in the center of the rinsr. It 
was probable that, before sundown, there would 
not be a man of them alive. 
This intelligence fell like a thunderbolt upon 
Smith, who now saw no hope of rescue from the 
savages, and looked forward to nothing but tor¬ 
ture, or endless captivity. About sunset, he 
heard at a distance the well-known scalp-halloo, 
followed by wild, quick, joyful shrieks, and ac¬ 
companied by long firing. This, too' surely, an¬ 
nounced the fate of the day. About dusk, the 
party returned to the fort, driving before them 
twelve British regulars, stripped naked, and with 
their faces painted black—a sign that the un¬ 
happy wretches were devoted to death. 
Next came the Indians displaying their bloody 
scalps, of which they had immense numbers, and 
dressed in the scarlet coats, sashes, and military 
hats of the officers and soldiers. Behind all came 
a train of baggage horses, laden with piles of 
scalps, canteens, and all the accoutrements of 
war. The savages appeared frantic with joy, 
dancing, yelling, brandishing their red toma¬ 
hawks, and waving their scalps in the air, while 
the great guns of the fort replied to the incessant 
discharge of rifles without, he says^ that it looked 
as if the infernal regions had given a holiday, 
and turned loose their inhabitants upon the upper 
world. - 
The most melancholy spectacle was the' band 
of prisoners. They appeared dejected and anx¬ 
ious. Poor fellows ! They had but a few months 
before left London at the command of their 
superiors, and we may imagine their feelings at 
the strange and dreadful spectacle around them. 
.The yells of delight and congratulations were 
scarcely over, when those of vengeance began. 
The devoted prisoners. British regulars, were 
led out from the fort to the banks of the Alle¬ 
gany, and, to the eternal disgrace of the French 
commandant, were there burnt to death, one 
after the other, with the most awful torments. 
Smith stood upon the battlements and witnessed 
the horrid spectacle. It took place so near the 
fort, that the screams of anguish from the vic¬ 
tims must have rung in the ears of the inhuman 
Frenchman ! 
Two or three days after this affair, most of 
the Indian tribes dispersed and returned to their 
homes, as is usual with them after a great and 
decisive battle. Young Smith was demanded of 
