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were Thomas Martin, John Stewart, Aikens and 
myself. The first two had been secured much 
in the same manner I was, but Aikens, who was 
sleeping in a tent, had succeeded in escaping a 
short distance, and had engaged in a hot scuffle, 
during which he fired upon his assailants before 
he was overpowered. The first step taken by 
the savages, after the confusion had subsided, 
was to strip us of every particle of apparel, and 
clothe us in their own fashion of dress, which 
consisted simply of buckskin leggius, _ with a 
hunting shirt of the same material, fringed at 
the bottom, and at the cuffs, and tied in front 
with strings. 
While they were stripping and dressing me 
in this manner, one of them picked up my coat 
and discovered the watch. He seized it with 
avidity, examined it intently, turning it over and 
over, immensely pleased, as his countenance 
plainly indicated, with the singular and pretty 
bauble. While thus regarding it, the minute 
hand ticked round to 3:30, when the alarm went 
off. The utter astonishment of the Indian was 
beyond description. Holding it out at extreme 
arm’s length, his head thrown back, and staring 
wildly, he was too much surprised, as it roared 
and rattled for two minutes, to decide whether 
it was safest to let it fall to the ground, or re¬ 
tain it in his grasp. By the time it ceased, a 
dozen had gathered round him, looking into each 
other’s faces in silent wonder. The one who 
held it presently pointed to me, then at the watch, 
then at the spot where he had found it, speak¬ 
ing at the same time fast and earnestly, inform¬ 
ing them, I suppose, that I was the owner of it. 
Approaching and holding it out to me, they made 
signs expressive of their desire that I would 
cause it to repeat the alarm. The idea at once 
flashed upon my mind that I might make it serve 
a useful purpose. They untied my hands, when 
I accepted it with an air of reverence and adora¬ 
tion, wound it up solemnly, and so. regulated it 
that in a few minutes^off it went again, and again 
was the dusky crowd struck with increased 
wonder and astonishment. This was repeated 
frequently, the savages in the meantime holding 
it to their ears to hear it tick as they had seen 
me do, when the Chief wrapped it carefully and 
tenderly in his deer skin pouch and placed it 
in his bosom, not, however, until I had compre¬ 
hended from their gestures, such as pointing 
upward, then at the watch, then at myself, that 
they regarded it as something supernatural which 
connected me with the Great Spirit.* 
Their next step was to collect the plunder. In 
this, they were, indeed, thorough. Not only did 
they gather up all our buffalo skins, Mexican 
blankets, rifles and revolvers, culinary utensils 
and the like, but the dead bodies were stripped 
to the last shred, and tied on the backs of their 
mules. Nothing was left behind. By this time 
the morning light began to break on the eastern 
mountains, and preparations were made to de 
part. Before starting, however, they unbounc 
our feet, conducting us through the camp, point¬ 
ing out the stark corpses of our butchered com 
rades, who had lain down to sleep with S'icl 
light and happy hearts, the night before. Hie 
scene was awful and heartrending beyond the 
imagination of man to conceive. Not satisfiec 
with merely putting them to death, they had cut 
and hacked the poor, cold bodies in the mosl 
brutal and wanton manner; some having then 
arms and hands chopped off, others emboweled 
and still others with their tongues drawn oil 
and sharp sticks thrust through them. They thei 
led us out some three or four hundred yard; 
from the camp and pointed out the dead bodie- 
of the sentinels, thus assuring us that not opt 
of the entire party had escaped. The bodie- 
of the sentinels were lying close together at th< 
south side of a thicket, which suggested to tru 
the probable reason of our being surprised be 
fore an alarm was given. The night, as I hav< 
said was chilly, and instead of riding round thi 
camp at proper distances from each other, as wa' 
their duty, they had undoubtedly huddled togethe 
under the thicket, in order to protect themselve' 
from the cold wind that swept down the valley 
In this position the Indians had crept up un 
*This watch was eventually the means of saving M> 
Lee from torture and death, as all the other members o 
the party were made away with. 
