. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . CHAPTEE XIII. ATTACKED BY THE REDSKINS. Prolonged Absence of Red Squirrel—Flight—The Strangers prove to beFriends—Return to the Fort—Uncle Donald opposes the Doctrineof Non-Resistance—The Guard over the Fort—The Indians attackthe W E felt very uneasy at thestrangely prolonged ab-sence of Eed Squirrel. Hecould have anticipated no dan-ger, or he would have advisedus what course to pursue shouldhe not return. At last, tellingAlec to sit quiet, I got up, andmade my way to the top of the knoll, whence I couldsee over the country to the so
. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . CHAPTEE XIII. ATTACKED BY THE REDSKINS. Prolonged Absence of Red Squirrel—Flight—The Strangers prove to beFriends—Return to the Fort—Uncle Donald opposes the Doctrineof Non-Resistance—The Guard over the Fort—The Indians attackthe W E felt very uneasy at thestrangely prolonged ab-sence of Eed Squirrel. Hecould have anticipated no dan-ger, or he would have advisedus what course to pursue shouldhe not return. At last, tellingAlec to sit quiet, I got up, andmade my way to the top of the knoll, whence I couldsee over the country to the southward, in the directionI supposed Eed Squirrel had gone. I looked and lookedin vain through the gloom of night, though I could seein the far distance the light of the fire of which he hadspoken. Could he have been captured ? if so, what should Alecand I do ? It would be impossible to rescue him—in-deed, it was too probable that he had been immediatelyput to death by the Blackfeet, and that we might our- 103 OYER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. selves, should we remain in the neighbourhood, be came therefore to the conclusion that we must con-tinue our search for the hunters to the eastward, keepingat the same time a watchful eye in the direction inwhich we had seen the fire of ou
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