. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. t pursuit,returned home. The apprehensions of the citi-zens were by no means allayed by their fearful ac-counts of Indian warfare and barbarity; and thestory of the burning of Mr. Abner Hunt, whomthe savages had taken prisoner a few hours beforetheir attack on the garrison, shocked them beyondmeasure. It is much easier to conceive than to de-scribe the feelings of the garrison, when, after beingurged and entreated by the wretched man to purchasetheir own safety
. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. t pursuit,returned home. The apprehensions of the citi-zens were by no means allayed by their fearful ac-counts of Indian warfare and barbarity; and thestory of the burning of Mr. Abner Hunt, whomthe savages had taken prisoner a few hours beforetheir attack on the garrison, shocked them beyondmeasure. It is much easier to conceive than to de-scribe the feelings of the garrison, when, after beingurged and entreated by the wretched man to purchasetheir own safety, and, above all, his life, by surrender-ing to the enemy, they saw him led off, and witnessedthe fearful preparations for torture; or the heart-sick-ening anguish of hope suddenly extinguished, and themute despair of the prisoner, as he heard the decidedthough reluctant refusal of the garrison to save his lifeat the certain loss of their own. The Indians had tiedtheir prisoner to a sapling within sight of the garrison,by whom his screams were distinctly heard, arid builta large fire so near as to scorch him, inflicting the most. spencers captivity. 27 acute pain; then, as his flesh, from the action of thefire, and the frequent application of live coals, becameless sensible, making deep incisions in his limbs, as ifto renew his susceptibility of pain ; answering his criesfor water, to allay the extreme thirst caused by burn-ing, by fresh tortures; and finally when, exhaustedand fainting, death seemed approaching to release thewretched prisoner, terminating his sufferings by ap-plying flaming brands to his naked bowels. In thissiege, which lasted two days, the Indians sufferedseverely in killed and wounded, without inflicting anyserious personal injury on the garrison, whose princi-pal loss was in cattle, destroyed or driven off by theenemy. The attack on Dunlaps Station was followed bysuccessive depredations and murders by the the ensuing spring, they attacked severa
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