 | Alexander Henry - Canada - 1921 - 388 pages
...the fort, when I turned toward the spot where I knew the Indians to be encamped. This, however, did not suit the purpose of my enemy, who seized me by...Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand hills, I determined to proceed no farther, but told the Indian that I believed he meant to murder... | |
 | R.G. Moyles - Literary Collections - 1994 - 346 pages
...the fort, when I turned toward the spot where I knew the Indians to be encamped. This, however, did not suit the purpose of my enemy who seized me by...he meant to murder me and that, if so, he might as well strike where I was as at any greater distance. He replied, with coolness, that my suspicions were... | |
 | Germaine Warkentin - Literary Collections - 2007 - 606 pages
...bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that I believed 136 he meant to murder me, and that if so, he might as -well strike where I was, as at any greater distance. He replied, with coolness, that my suspicions... | |
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I turned toward the spot where I knew the Indians to be encamped. This, however, did not suit the purpose of my enemy, who seized me by the arm, and drew me violently in the opposite direction, to the distance of fifty yards above the fort. Here, finding... 
