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proceed any farther, I endeavoured to condole ⟨him⟩ as much as lay in my power, to bear up ⟨under⟩ his afflietions, and wait with patienee till, by ⟨some⟩ divine assistance, we should be delivered out their clutehes; but in vain, for he still ⟨continued⟩ his moans and tears, which one of the ⟨savages⟩ perceiving as we travelled on, instantly eame to us, and with his tomahawk gave him a ⟨blow⟩ on the head, which felled the unhappy youth ⟨to⟩ the ground, where they immediately sealped ⟨and⟩ left him. The suddenness of this murder ⟨shocked⟩ me to that degree, that I was in a ⟨manner⟩ like a statue, being quite motionless, ⟨expecting⟩ my fate would soon be the same; however, ⟨recovering⟩ my distracted thoughts, I dissembled ⟨the⟩ uneasiness and anguish which I felt, as well ⟨as⟩ I could, from the barbarians; but such was ⟨the⟩ terror that I was under, that for some time I ⟨scarce⟩ knew the days of the week, or what I did, that, at this period, life indeed became a ⟨burden⟩ to me, and I regretted being saved from my (illegible text)t perseeutors, the sailors.
The horrid faet being eompleted, they kept on ⟨their⟩ course near the mountains, where they lay ⟨stalking⟩ four or five days, rejoicing at the ⟨plunder⟩ and store they had got. When provisions ⟨became⟩ searce, they made their way towards (illegible text)quehana, where still, to add to the many ⟨barbarities⟩ they had already committed, passing near
