ABSTRACT
A murder so sudden and so atrocious could not fail to ll Edward and his unfortunate fellow su erer with the utmost horror, and with no ill-founded apprehensions that one of themselves would go next; and Ned at this time happening to stumble, he fell under the load that was heaped upon him, and was unable to help himself by reason of the fetters with which his hand was fastened to John Doran’s. e young savage, who had just killed the unfortunate Carolinian, came up to him immediately, with his bloody scalping-knife drawn in his hand. Poor Edward supposed his last moment was arrived, and meekly laid his head to receive the blow: but the Indian cut the cords by which he was tied, and helped him to rise; he even eased him of part of the burthen which he carried, and/ took it on himself, at the same time o ering him his pipe which he had in his mouth to smoke. A kindness so unexpected astonished Ned, and made him believe that the heart of this savage was still formed in a human mould. His face, though wild, was expressive of good-nature: he took therefore his pipe, which he knew to be an emblem of peace among Indians, and, a er smoking a whi or two, returned it, o ering him at the same time his right hand, which the Indian accepted, and from this time attached himself to Edward as his friend.
