Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . o shift for halted withingunshot and appeared busywith the pan of his gun, as ifpreparing to fire. Two In-dians instantly sprung ofif inpursuit of him, while the restattended to Kenton. In afew minutes Kenton heardthe crack of two rifles inquick succession, followed by a halloo, which announced the fate ofhis friend. The Indians quickly returned, waving the bloody scalpof Montgomery, and with countenances and ge
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . o shift for halted withingunshot and appeared busywith the pan of his gun, as ifpreparing to fire. Two In-dians instantly sprung ofif inpursuit of him, while the restattended to Kenton. In afew minutes Kenton heardthe crack of two rifles inquick succession, followed by a halloo, which announced the fate ofhis friend. The Indians quickly returned, waving the bloody scalpof Montgomery, and with countenances and gestures which menacedhim with a similar fate. They then proceeded to secure their prisoner. They first com-pelled him to He upon his back, and stretch out his arms to theirfull length. They then passed a stout stick at right angles acrosshis breast, to each extremity of which his wrists were fastened bythongs made of buffalo hide. Stakes were then driven into theearth, near his feet, to which they were fastened in a similar halter was then tied around his neck, and fastened to a saplingwhich grew near, and finally a strong rope was passed under his. THE PATE OP MONTGOMERY. ADVENTURES OF SIMON KENTON, 199 belly, lashed strongly to the pole which lay transversely upon hisbreast, and finally wrapped around his arms at the elbows, in such amanner as to pinion them to the pole with a painful violence, andrender him literally incapable of moving hand, foot, or head, in theslightest manner. During the whole of this severe operation, neither their tonguesnor hands were by any means idle. They cuffed him from time totime with great heartiness, until his ears rung again, and abused him for a tief!—a boss steal!—a rascal! and finally, for a d d white man ! I may here observe, that all the western Indians hadpicked up a good many English words, particularly our oaths, whichfrom the frequency with which they were used by our hunters andtraders, they probably looked upon as the v
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