The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . ad sunk much under the hardship to which he hadbeen exposed —and this, probably, was the cause of his having been committed unbound tothe guardianship of a single Indian. They quickly left Sandusky, and in a few minutes passedby the spot where Crawford had been to tursd. His flesh had been entireh consumed, andhis bones, half burnt and blackened by the fire, lay scattered around the stake. The IndianI fellow who guarded him, uttered the scalp halloo,
The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . ad sunk much under the hardship to which he hadbeen exposed —and this, probably, was the cause of his having been committed unbound tothe guardianship of a single Indian. They quickly left Sandusky, and in a few minutes passedby the spot where Crawford had been to tursd. His flesh had been entireh consumed, andhis bones, half burnt and blackened by the fire, lay scattered around the stake. The IndianI fellow who guarded him, uttered the scalp halloo, as he passed the spot, and insultingly told(Knight, that u these were the bones of his Big Captain! Knight was on foot, the Indianmounted on a poney and well armed, yet the Doctor determined to effect his escape, or com-i pel his enemy to shoot him dead upon the spot. The awful torture which Crawford hadI undergone, had left a deep impression upon his mind. The savage intimation of Girty wasj not forgotten — and he regarded death, by shooting, as a luxury compared with the protracted * Girty wai a half-breed, but a full-blooded 30 Adventure of Col, Crawford and Dr. Knight. agony of the stake. Anxious, however, to lull the suspicious temper of the Indian, whoappeared to be extremely vigilant, he spoke to him in a cheerful, confident tone, and pre- ]tended to be entirely ignorant of the fate which awaited him at the Shawanee town. He |found the fellow very sociable, and apparently as simple as he could wish. Upon his asking;if they were not to live together in the same cabin, like brothers, as soon as they arrived at jthe end of their journey, the Indian seemed pleased, and replied, yes He then asked the;Doctor, if he could make a wigwam? The Doctor boldly asserted, that he was a capitalworkman in wood, and could build a wigwam, to which their most spacious council houseswere mere hovels. This assertion evidently elevated him in the Indians esteem, and theycontinued
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