. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. ns started to run; but they wereovertaken, and Linn, who was rather stout andclumsy, was called by the Indians The Little FatBear, while the other, who was an agile and swiftrunner, was named The Buck-Elk. The Indians soon moved away with their youngcaptives, and, crossing the Ohio in canoes, pursuedtheir journey toward Northern Indiana. The boys,knowing they must make the best of their ill-luck,and not being ill-treated, marched on without a mur-mur, and perha
. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. ns started to run; but they wereovertaken, and Linn, who was rather stout andclumsy, was called by the Indians The Little FatBear, while the other, who was an agile and swiftrunner, was named The Buck-Elk. The Indians soon moved away with their youngcaptives, and, crossing the Ohio in canoes, pursuedtheir journey toward Northern Indiana. The boys,knowing they must make the best of their ill-luck,and not being ill-treated, marched on without a mur-mur, and perhaps not altogether unpleasantly ex-cited by their adventure. Their patient endurance,and the interest which they manifested in the inci-dents of the journey, won the good-will of the In-dians, who promised themselves the satisfaction ofmaking braves of these young heroes. Arriving atthe village of their captors, they received, as usual,the taunts and abuse of the women and they bore as long as they could; but when theIndian boys resorted to blows their Kentucky bloodwas aroused, and the younger Linn, being assailed. REMARKABLE ESCAPES. 419 by a boy larger than himself, gave him a left-handedblow which knocked him down, to the great delightof the older savages. A general attack by the youngIndians followed; but the white boys were braverthan their adversaries, and, standing together, theydisplayed such pluck against great odds that theircaptors interfered and protected them from furtherannoyance. The qualities thus displayed by the boys were suchas to commend them to the savages, and they at oncebecame favorites, and were adopted into the familiesof their captors. One of them fell to the lot of anIndian belonging to a distant town, whither he wentwith his master, and was never seen again by hiscomrades. The others remained in the same village;and, as there was nothing else to do, with the readi-ness of youth to adapt itself to circumstances, theyentered with alacri
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