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A short distance away were a large number of roughly-constructed huts, roofed with boughs of trees. "Them's the Canadians," Jonathan said. "The redskins never build shelters while on the war path. There are a heap of redskins about."
It was his hard fate that everybody persisted in treating the affair in one of two ways either they looked upon it as part of the army game, or else considered him such a champion, on the strength of his past exploits, that there was practically no danger even if a whole tribe of Redskins came to attack him. Luncheon that day was a terrible meal for him.
Four fires had been lighted directly they attacked to enable us to keep 'em from scaling the stockade, but they showed us to the enemy, of course. "The redskins took possession of the houses which we had wanted to pull down, and precious hot they made it for us. Then they shot such showers of burning arrows into the village that half of the houses were soon alight.
Our five rifles rang out together, and as many Redskins bit the dust. The rest found themselves stopped by the barricade; and with the crowbars which we had used to get it in position we struck furiously at their heads, beating them back into the hot embers, where several of them, stunned by our blows, were quickly suffocated, or burned to death.
By great good fortune the other horse bore the powder. "Drat you, Nancy," said Polly Ann to the mare, as she handed me my clothes, "I'd sooner carry the pack myself than be bothered with you." "Hush," said I, "the redskins will get us." Polly Ann regarded me scornfully as I stood bedraggled before her. "Redskins!" she cried. "Nonsense! I reckon it's all talk about redskins."
Nearly all had been killed in a hand-to-hand fight, and few, if any, had been shot down from the outside. "Depend upon it," said Tim, "there was treachery here, an' the gate was opened at night to let the enemy in. A place like this might be defended against any number of Redskins, unless the garrison ran short of ammunition."
He told us there was no fear of redskins here, yet, when the scream of a painter or the hoot of an owl stirred me from my exhausted slumber, I caught sight of him with his back to a tree, staring into the forest, his rifle at his side. The day was dawning. "Turn about's fair," I expostulated. "Ye'll need yere sleep, Davy," said he, "or ye'll never grow any bigger."
When the freighters were asked why they did not stand off the Indians they said that they only had one gun and not knowing how many more redskins there might be decided that to retreat was the better part of valor. It was my brother and I whom they had seen and mistaken for Indians.
The country itself was more varied, better watered and abounded with vegetation, its only drawback being the ever-present danger from the marauding redskins. Another advantage that belonged to the traveler over this path was that it was really a path so clearly defined that a stranger could follow it without trouble.
Their dark-skinned escort, mounted on wiry ponies, bent their course in a southerly direction. The redskins eyed with amusement the queer-clad strangers whom they were guiding. These were ignorant of the ways of the wild prairie country and badly equipped to face its difficulties.
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