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⟨cruel⟩ manner—his arms were tied close to his ⟨body⟩, and a hole being dug deep enough for him ⟨to⟩ stand upright, he was put therein, and earth (illegible text)med and beat in all round his body, up to the ⟨neck⟩, so that his head only appeared above the ⟨ground⟩; they then scalped him, and there let ⟨him⟩ remain for three or four hours in the ⟨greatest⟩ agonies; after which they made a small fire ⟨over⟩ his head, causing him to suffer the most ⟨excruciating⟩ torments imaginable, whilst the poor ⟨creature⟩ could only cry for merey in killing him ⟨immediately⟩, for his brains were boiling in his ⟨head⟩. Inexorable to all his plaints, they ⟨continued⟩ the fire, whilst, shoeking to behold, his eyes (illegible text)hed out of their sockets; and such agonizing ⟨torments⟩ did the unhappy creature suffer for near (illegible text) hours till he was quite dead! They then ⟨cut⟩ off his head and buried it with the other (illegible text)es-my task being to dig the graves, which, (illegible text)le and terrified as I was, the dread of ⟨suffering⟩ the same fate, enabled me to do. I shall here take up the reader's time, in vainly ⟨attempting⟩ to describe what I felt on such an occasion, but continue my narrative, as more equal ⟨to my⟩ abilities.
(illegible text) great snow now falling, the barbarians were (illegible text)le fearful lest the white people should, by ⟨the⟩ traces, find out their skulking retreats, ⟨which⟩ obliged them to make the best of their
