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⟨they⟩ sat round the fire and roasted their meat of ⟨which⟩ they had robbed my dwelling. When ⟨they⟩ had prepared it, and satisfied their voracious ⟨appetites⟩, they offered some to me; though it is ⟨easily⟩ imagined I had but little appetite to eat, ⟨under⟩ the tortures and miseries I had undergone, ⟨but⟩ was I foreed to seem pleased with what they (illegible text)ered me, lest, by refusing it, they had again ⟨resumed⟩ their hellish praetiees. What I could ⟨not⟩ eat, I contrived to get between the bark and ⟨the⟩ tree where I was fixed, they having unbound ⟨my⟩ hands until they imagined I had eat all they ⟨gave⟩ me; but then they again bound me as ⟨before,⟩ in which deplorable condition was I foreed ⟨to⟩ continue all that day. When the sun was set, ⟨they⟩ put out the fire, and covered the ashes with ⟨leaves⟩, as is their usual custom, that the white ⟨people⟩ might not discover any traees or signs of ⟨their⟩ having been there.
Going from thence along by the river, for the ⟨distance⟩ of six miles, loaded as I was before, we arrived at a spot near the Apalachian mountains, ⟨where⟩ they hid their plunder under logs of wood; (illegible text) Oh, shocking to relate! from thence did these ⟨ghoulish⟩ monsters proceed to a neighbouring house, ⟨occupied⟩ by one Joseph Snider and his unhappy ⟨family⟩, consisting of his wife, five children, and ⟨a young man⟩, his servant. They soon got ⟨admittance⟩ into the unfortunate man's house, where
