Our three friends had remained upon shore about half an hour, the two
waiting for the third to recover, when the latter raised himself apon
his elbow in the attitude of listening. At the same time he waved his
hand for the others to hold their peace.
A moment later he said:
'I
hear Injins.''
'Begorrah! where bees the same?' demanded Mickey, starting to his
feet, while Ethan gazed alarmedly about.
'Jist take a squint up the river, and tell me ef they ain't pitchin'
into the poor critters thar.'
Through the sheltering trees and undergrowth, which partly protected
them, the two men gazed up-stream. To their horror, they saw fully
fifty Indians massacring the survivors of the wreckwhooping,
screeching and yelling like demons, while their poor victims were
vainly endeavoring to escape them.
'Begorrah, now, but that looks bad!' exclaimed the Irishman. 'Be the
same towken, what is it that we can do?'
'Jerusalem! They'll be sure to pay us a visit. I'll be gumtued if they
won't,' added the Yankee, in some trepidation, as be cowered down
again by the side of the hunter, and said to him in a lower Voice:
'The worst of it is, we haven't got a gun atwixt us. Of course we
shall stick by you if we have to lose our heads fur it.
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