. Camps and firesides of the revolution . , six in number, hadcontinued their journey (from the place where we hadmarks of their passing the night), till they camewithin the English boundaries. There they found aman and his son employed in mowing the corn. They crept on towards this man, and shot him dead upon the spot. This happened near the very village, where the English, two years before, killed the brother of one of these Indians, who were then gone out to c Si. Not many-people evergot so near amurder bythe Indianswithout beingthemselvesmurdered. 8 2 The Indians [No. 27 attack them. Accor
. Camps and firesides of the revolution . , six in number, hadcontinued their journey (from the place where we hadmarks of their passing the night), till they camewithin the English boundaries. There they found aman and his son employed in mowing the corn. They crept on towards this man, and shot him dead upon the spot. This happened near the very village, where the English, two years before, killed the brother of one of these Indians, who were then gone out to c Si. Not many-people evergot so near amurder bythe Indianswithout beingthemselvesmurdered. 8 2 The Indians [No. 27 attack them. According to their custom the Indianscut off the skull of the dead man, and took it withthem, together with his clothes and his son, who wasabout nine years old. As soon as they came within a mile of Fort , they put the skull on a pole, in the fore partof the boat, and shouted as a sign of their were dressed in shirts as usual, but some of themhad put on the dead mans clothes, one his coat, theother his breeches, another his hat. Their faceswere painted with vermillion, with which their shirtswere marked across the shoulders. Most of them had great rings in their ears, whichseemed to be a great inconvenience to them, as theywere obliged to hold them when they leaped, or didanything which required a violent motion. Some ofthem had girdles of the skins of rattlesnakes, with therattles on them. The son of the murdered man hadnothing but his sh
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