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The usual defense in the outlying settlements against Indians is a ditch six feet wide and as much deep; but a ditch of this width can be easily leaped, both by men on horseback and on foot.
Here and there on the banks of the river though at very long intervals apart were settlements of the wild Indians of the forest; and as nearly all the tribes of Amazonia do less or more in the way of cultivation and commerce, our travellers were enabled from time to time to replenish their larder.
I turned to search for an antagonist; I was not long in finding one. By the flash of a pistol I saw one of the Indians rushing upon me with upraised hatchet. Up to this time something had hindered me from drawing my knife. I was now too late; and, holding out my arms to catch the blow, I ducked my head towards the savage. I felt the keen blade cutting the flesh as it glanced along my shoulder.
Dane smiled as he took the basket, and thanked the big-hearted woman. "I shall not forget your kindness, Mammy," he told her. "And neither will Pete. He has a great memory for such things. Why, all the Indians along the river know already what you have done for his little child, and they will also hear of this." The memory of that night never passed from Jean's mind.
Some miles from the fort we met a man, who told us that a great gun had been fired, which is a signal that Indians are near. We immediately left the road, and followed the edge of a marsh, which when chased offers the best mode of escape.
Tybalt looked intently for an instant, and then drew a long breath. "Charles Rex," he said, hardly above his breath. Pierre gave him a suggestive sidelong glance. "That name was droll, eh?" Tybalt's blood was tingling with the joy of discovery. "It is a great name," he said shortly. "The Slave was great the Indians said so at the last." "But that was not the name of the Slave?" "Mais non.
Cecil B. Hartley writes: "Some persons who have not the slightest objection to war, very gravely express doubts as to whether the expedient of destroying the crops of the Indians was justifiable.
When daylight appeared they found a large hollow log, into which they crept for concealment, wisely judging that they would be hotly pursued by their Indian captors. Their sagacity was by no means at fault. The Indians, missing their prisoners in the morning, started off in pursuit with their dogs.
They had just before made a sortie, when the Indians had lost a number of men; but they were, after much desperate fighting, again compelled to retire within their trenches.
We followed his advice, and the moment we ceased firing, while the enemy were still skipping about to avoid our shots, he rushed from among us, crying out, "Noggin, old friend, tell your fellows that the mighty medicine-man of all the Indians has come to get them out of a great scrape, and that the sooner they take themselves away from this the better."
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