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Updated: June 17, 2025
I was wondering to myself whether the Indians were in a body, and had come on in one place, and then hurried on to the others, or were in four different bodies; but my wonderings soon ceased, for I quite started at hearing a voice close to my ear. "No got arrow 'tick in um dis time, Mass' George. Tell um Injum coming again." "Where? Where?" I whispered.
Um shout like dat to noder fock in um wood when um lose umself." "Yes, but that would be at night," I said, wondering whether he was right. "'Pose um lose umself in de day. Make um cry?" "No," I said, thoughtfully. "It is like the cry of the fox, Pomp, but I think it's the Indians making it." "Why Injum cry out like fock when um can cry like Injum?" "To deceive any one who hears them."
Pomp yawned, put his arms over the edge of the fence, after getting his feet into a couple of notches, and drawing himself up and resting his chin upon his fists, he stared out into the darkness. "Here de Injum," he said; and a thrill ran through me as I followed the boy's pointing finger, but could see nothing. "Can you, Morgan?" "See?
My father took his hand, and the boy jumped and uttered a cry of pain, but he evidently mastered himself, and rising to his knees, he resigned himself to my father, but doubled his other fist and shook it in the direction of the shore as he shouted fiercely "Ah, you wait bit, great big coward great big ugly Injum tief. You wait bit Pomp and um fader get hold you, gib you de 'tick.
We started off, creeping along silently close inside the great palisade, and stopping to listen from time to time. We had left one of the parties that defended the palisade close to the far side of the gate behind for about twenty yards, when Pomp, who was first, suddenly stopped short, caught me by the wrist, and said softly "You listum. Injum dah."
"Pomp look and tell Mass' George, but now too 'leepy, an' eye all 'tick togedder much, tell Mass' Morgan." "Then tell me," I whispered. He looked again, then seemed suddenly to grow interested, and as excited as we were, as he caught my arm. "Dem Injum!" "There, Master George. Quick! Fetch the captain." "No, no, fire and give the alarm," I said. "No. Better not. It will alarm them too.
"Wait Injum gone, and we kedge fis' and roast um for dinner," said Pomp; and then we sat for some little time in silence, listening for the slightest sound.
Pash water, and " Then with a sudden fierce change of manner "Run, Mass' George run quick what gone long dem Injum?" He looked round wildly. "They are gone, Pomp," I said; and I shivered a little as I spoke. "We're quite safe now. Drink a little water." I raised his head, and held the refilled water-can to his lips, when he drank with avidity. "Are you better?" "Eh? Better, Mass' George?
Dey 'tupid 'nuff to come, we shoot dem all, sah. Pomp don't fink much ob Injum." "Do you think they'll come to-night?" "Pomp done know. 'Pose so." "You think so, then?" "Yes, Mass' George. Injum very 'tupid. Come be shot."
"Well, mine are not, for I can see nothing or hear anything either." "Are you sure, Pomp?" I whispered. "Yes; sure," he said. "Big lot of Injum coming to fight." "Hadn't you better give the alarm?" I said to the sentry. "I can't give the alarm till I'm certain there's danger coming," he said, rather sulkily. "I haven't got eyes like a cat, and I don't know that he can see them yet."
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