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they immediately, without the least remorse, ⟨and⟩ with more than brutal cruelty, scalped the tender parents and the unhappy children; nor ⟨could⟩ the tears, the shrieks, or cries of these ⟨unhappy⟩ victims prevent their horrid massacre; for ⟨having⟩ thus scalped them, and plundered the house ⟨of⟩ every thing that was moveable, they set fire ⟨to⟩ the same, where the poor creatures met ⟨their⟩ final doom amidst the flames, the hellish miscreants standing at the door, or as near the ⟨house⟩ as the flames would permit them, rejoicing ⟨and⟩ echoing back, in their diabolical manner, ⟨the⟩ piercing cries, heart-rending groans, and paternal and affectionate soothings, which issued from this most horrid sacrifice of an innocent family, not contented with what they had already ⟨done⟩ they still continued their inordinate villiany, ⟨in⟩ making a general conflagration of the barn ⟨and⟩ stables, together with all the corn, horses, ⟨cows⟩ and every thing on the place.
Thinking the young man belonging to ⟨the⟩ unhappy family would be of some service to ⟨them⟩ in carrying part of their plunder, they spared ⟨his⟩ life, and loaded him and myself with what ⟨they⟩ had here got, and again marched to the ⟨Black⟩ Hills, where they stowed their goods as ⟨before.⟩ My fellow-sufferer could not long bear the ⟨cruel⟩ treatment which we were both obliged to ⟨suffer⟩ and complaining bitterly to me of being ⟨unable⟩
