Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . by active men, and brought full trot over the bridge, which crossed the ditch surroundingthe stockade. This was frequently repeated; and, atthe same time, two old drums were newly braced,and, in company with a fife, were made to keep upmusic at intervals during the night. While march-ing and countermarching, the bridge was frequentlycrossed on foot by the whole garrison. These mea-sures had
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . by active men, and brought full trot over the bridge, which crossed the ditch surroundingthe stockade. This was frequently repeated; and, atthe same time, two old drums were newly braced,and, in company with a fife, were made to keep upmusic at intervals during the night. While march-ing and countermarching, the bridge was frequentlycrossed on foot by the whole garrison. These mea-sures had the desired effect. The military musicfrom the fort, and the trampling of men and horses,were borne, in the silence of night, over the low landsof the crab-tree, and struck terror into the bosomsof the savages. They fled with their prisoners aboutmidnight, and on the following day were pursued tosome distance. On arriving in Canada, the Indians surrenderedtheir prisoners to the British, where one of them, ayoung lady of much personal beauty, was subse-quently married to an English officer. After thepeace of 1783, the rest were released, and returnedto Pennsylvania. THE LOST SISTER OF WYOMING. 227 I. Numerous instances are on record of Indiansabandoning their wigwam, throwing off their habits andtheir religion, and becoming creditable members ofcivilized society. Examples of the opposite changeare rare; yet some few have occurred. But it hasoftener happened, that white children, when capturedand brought up by the Indians, have forgotten earlyassociations, or if too young to forget, have often dis-regarded the difference of colour, and become real In-dians. Experience in these cases seems to prove thatthe adopted savage is harder to win back to civiliza-tion than are his dusky brethren; and if this be es-tablished, the comparative influence of natural andartificial society over the affections and happiness ofman might form a very nice question for the philo- 228 THRILLING ADVENTU
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