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where I must go and conceal myself. I joyfullyobeyed her directions; and she, havingfollowed me up to the garret door, locked itafter me and with great presence of mindtook away the key.This shelter obtained, if shelter I could hopeto find it, I was naturally anxious to knowwhat mightstill be passing without. Throughan aperture which afforded me a view of thearea of the fort I beheld, in shapes the foulestand most terrible, the ferocious triumphs ofbarbarian conquerors. The dead were scalpedand mangled; the dying were writhing andshrieking under the unsatiated knife andtomahawk; and from the bodies of some, rippedopen, their butchers were drinking the blood,scooped up in the hollow of joined hands andquaffed amid shouts of rage and victory. I wasshaken not only with horror, but with fear.The sufferings which I witnessed I seemedon the point of experiencing. No long timeelapsed before every one being destroyed whocould be found, there was a general cry of" " All is finished! At the same instant I heardsome of the Indians enter the house in whichI was.The garret was separated from the roombelow only by a layer of single boards, at oncethe flooring of the one and the ceiling of theother. I could therefore hear everything thatpassed; and the Indians no sooner came in thanthey inquired whether or not any Englishman82