Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . th his captors; while lagging behind, loaded witha heavy pack, he threw it down and attempted toescape. After running some distance, he hid in ahollow tree; but hither he was traced and being stripped and beaten, he was pushed for-ward on his journey until evening. They then haltedand encamped, and, while preparing a feast, tied theprisoners hands behind his back, fastened h
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . th his captors; while lagging behind, loaded witha heavy pack, he threw it down and attempted toescape. After running some distance, he hid in ahollow tree; but hither he was traced and being stripped and beaten, he was pushed for-ward on his journey until evening. They then haltedand encamped, and, while preparing a feast, tied theprisoners hands behind his back, fastened him to astump, and began dancing and shouting around then made a great fire near the unfortunateman, and, with savage malignity, bade him take leaveof his friends, giving him at the same time a few mo-ments to loray. They then moved the fire graduallyforward, roasting him by degrees; when the agonyof the sufierer had almost exhausted him, they with-drew the coals; thus increasing his misery, both byits length and by the alternations of torture. At in-tervals they cut slices of flesh from his perishingframe, laughed at his agonies, and answered hisgroans by insults and mockery. Meanwhile the. INDIAN CRUELTY TO A PRISONER. 167 other captives were placed outside the fire that theymight behold their companions death. When thewretched man had expired, they seated his body onthe coals, that at some future time his friends mightbe tortured by the sight.
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