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Relation Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America.*
Captain Robson was instantly wounded in the left side , which showinome , he called to the men to sheer off . But alas ! he had just spoken the word when another shot through the body killed him . I then took the helm and endeavoured to bring the boat round ; but two of the soldiers being likewise shot , and the others not having their arms loaded and seeking only how to skreen themselves from the enemy ' s fire , it was impossible to navigate the boatThe Indians
. , on seeing Captain Robson sk-un , and the rest m confusion , rushed from the bank into the water , and easily boarded us , setting up at the same time the most horrid yellino- Thev had quite changed their appearance from what it was when they termed us brothers , having thrown off their blankets ancl ornaments , and exhibiting a very frightful figure with their naked bodies painted black and red ° Every one of us was now seized bhis future master
on y , for by their customs , whoever lays hold of a captive by the hair of the head , to him he belongs and none may take him from him . I was laid hold of by one whose hideous appearance was enough to have banished every hone of obtaining quarter ; but , in truth , before this , 1 had given up all expectation of being saved , and became in a manner resigned to the wrm *
-hey immediately scalped Captain Robson and the two soldiers who were shot , and stripped them naked . My master ( for such I was now to consider him ) dragged me by the hair into the water , which took me up to the neck , making me run the risk of drowning . However he brought me safe on shore , and with a rope adorned with trinkets which they always carry with them to bind their prisoners , bound me and delivered me m charge to his squaw , returning himself to plunder the
All this time , Sir Robert Davers ( as I was afterwards informed by his Indian boy ) upon seeing the savages attack us , endeavoured to escape vn . h hisi light canoe to the opposite side of the river , while the Indians called after him to come on shore , and they would not hurt a hair of his head He paying no regard to their words , so exasperated them , that two of them levelled their pieces , and instantly brought him down . His body fell into the water , which they picked up and brouerht to the S W P
Ifiey then cut off the head and buried the trunk ; and having scalped the head , they buried it likewise . My master returned from the boat with his share of the booty and having laid it on my back , marched me through the village , till we came to his hut . We had not been long time there , when a humber of Indians came in . and got drunk upon some shrub , which was part of the plunderand as I knew that in their often
; cups they quarrelled and tolled one another , I considered myself again in as great danger as ever One savage , dressed in Captain Robson ' s clothes , came in very drank " and seeing me lying in a corner of the hut with my hands tied , set up a halloo calling out English dog , and made a stroke at me with hit
tomanawk , which must have killed me , had not another Indian , more sober , seized his arm and prevented him , and then turned him out of tne hut . My master s wife perceiving the danger to which I was exposed , and knowing that the same or other Indians might return made me then he down behind her , and covered me over with skins and furs Soon afterwards the same Indian did return , demanding me of my master , and saying that no English dog should be left alive- upon which he was turned out a second time and well kicked . In a short time , however , a whole party came , determined to have me , when my master was obliged , in order to save me , to assure them I was carried
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Relation Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America.*
Captain Robson was instantly wounded in the left side , which showinome , he called to the men to sheer off . But alas ! he had just spoken the word when another shot through the body killed him . I then took the helm and endeavoured to bring the boat round ; but two of the soldiers being likewise shot , and the others not having their arms loaded and seeking only how to skreen themselves from the enemy ' s fire , it was impossible to navigate the boatThe Indians
. , on seeing Captain Robson sk-un , and the rest m confusion , rushed from the bank into the water , and easily boarded us , setting up at the same time the most horrid yellino- Thev had quite changed their appearance from what it was when they termed us brothers , having thrown off their blankets ancl ornaments , and exhibiting a very frightful figure with their naked bodies painted black and red ° Every one of us was now seized bhis future master
on y , for by their customs , whoever lays hold of a captive by the hair of the head , to him he belongs and none may take him from him . I was laid hold of by one whose hideous appearance was enough to have banished every hone of obtaining quarter ; but , in truth , before this , 1 had given up all expectation of being saved , and became in a manner resigned to the wrm *
-hey immediately scalped Captain Robson and the two soldiers who were shot , and stripped them naked . My master ( for such I was now to consider him ) dragged me by the hair into the water , which took me up to the neck , making me run the risk of drowning . However he brought me safe on shore , and with a rope adorned with trinkets which they always carry with them to bind their prisoners , bound me and delivered me m charge to his squaw , returning himself to plunder the
All this time , Sir Robert Davers ( as I was afterwards informed by his Indian boy ) upon seeing the savages attack us , endeavoured to escape vn . h hisi light canoe to the opposite side of the river , while the Indians called after him to come on shore , and they would not hurt a hair of his head He paying no regard to their words , so exasperated them , that two of them levelled their pieces , and instantly brought him down . His body fell into the water , which they picked up and brouerht to the S W P
Ifiey then cut off the head and buried the trunk ; and having scalped the head , they buried it likewise . My master returned from the boat with his share of the booty and having laid it on my back , marched me through the village , till we came to his hut . We had not been long time there , when a humber of Indians came in . and got drunk upon some shrub , which was part of the plunderand as I knew that in their often
; cups they quarrelled and tolled one another , I considered myself again in as great danger as ever One savage , dressed in Captain Robson ' s clothes , came in very drank " and seeing me lying in a corner of the hut with my hands tied , set up a halloo calling out English dog , and made a stroke at me with hit
tomanawk , which must have killed me , had not another Indian , more sober , seized his arm and prevented him , and then turned him out of tne hut . My master s wife perceiving the danger to which I was exposed , and knowing that the same or other Indians might return made me then he down behind her , and covered me over with skins and furs Soon afterwards the same Indian did return , demanding me of my master , and saying that no English dog should be left alive- upon which he was turned out a second time and well kicked . In a short time , however , a whole party came , determined to have me , when my master was obliged , in order to save me , to assure them I was carried