. Indian history for young folks . nt and effective fire until darkness put an end to the con-flict, when the enemy retired. Rogers having been wounded, and Speke-man killed, the command devolved upon Stark. While the fight was fiercest, a ball pierced Rogers1* wrist. A streamof blood gushed out. It had to be stopped or he would bleed to hair was braided in a queue behind. One of the Rangers cut itoff with his hunting-knife, and Rogers thrusting it into the wound stoppedthe flow of blood. After receiving this second wound, Rogers advised a retreat, but Starkdeclared that he had a
. Indian history for young folks . nt and effective fire until darkness put an end to the con-flict, when the enemy retired. Rogers having been wounded, and Speke-man killed, the command devolved upon Stark. While the fight was fiercest, a ball pierced Rogers1* wrist. A streamof blood gushed out. It had to be stopped or he would bleed to hair was braided in a queue behind. One of the Rangers cut itoff with his hunting-knife, and Rogers thrusting it into the wound stoppedthe flow of blood. After receiving this second wound, Rogers advised a retreat, but Starkdeclared that he had a good position and would fight until dark, and thenretreat; that in such a course lay their only safety, and that he wouldshoot the first man who fled. While he was speaking, a bullet struck thelock of his gun, rendering it useless. Seeing a Frenchman fall at the samemoment he sprang forward, seized his gun, and returning to his tree con-tinued the action. While the Rangers were defending their position on the crest of the •!•. ROGERSS RANGERS. 249 hill, Stark observed that several balls struck near him from a particulardirection. A moment afterwards he discovered an Indian stretched at fulllength upon a rock, behind a large tree. Getting his gun in readiness, asthe Indian rose for another shot at him, it was instantly levelled and dis-charged, and the savage rolled from the rock into the snow, piercedthrough the head by the bullet. At nightfall Stark drew off his men in good order, and by marchingall night reached Lake George early next morning. As the wounded wereunable to proceed farther, Stark volunteered to procure assistance fromFort William Henry. He reached it that evening, performing the journeyof forty miles upon snow-shoes, the snow being four feet deep upon alevel. Sleds were immediately despatched, and the wounded safely trans-ported to the fort. Starks decision, prudence, and courage saved the Rangers from de-feat in this instance, and contributed greatly to t
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