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The Life of Peter Williamson.

manner ; but, though faint and maimed, I continued my flight until break of day, when, without having-any thing to sustain nature but a little corn left, I crept into a hollow tree, in which I lay very snug, and returned my piayers and thanks to the Divine Being, that had thus far favoured my escape. But my repose was in a few hours ueslroyed at hearing the voices of the savages near the plate where I was. hid, threatening and talking how they would use me, if they got me S again, that I was before too sensible of, to have the least rest either in body or mind since I had left them. However, they at last left the spot where I heard them, and 1 remained 11 that day without further molestation, At night I ventured forwards again, frightened i and trembling at every bosh I past, thinking each twig that I touched me to be a savage. The third day I concealed myself in he like manner, and at night he main road used by the Inians as mueh as possible, which nade my journey many miles onger, and more painful and some than I can express, but how shall I describe the 'ear, terror, and shock, that I
 * I travelled on in the same delorable condition, keeping off
 * lt on the fourth night, when,

iy tlie rustling 1 made among he leaves, a party of Indians, hat lay round a small fire, vhich I did not pereeive, startd fiom the ground and seizing lieir arms, run from the fire

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amongst the woods. Whether to move forwards, or to rest where I vir.-:. I knew not so distracted was my imagination. In this melancholy state, revolving in my thoughts the now inevitable fate I thought waited’ on. me, to my great consternation and joy', I was relieved by a parcel of swine, that made towards the place I guessed the savages to be; w ho, on seeing the hogs, conjectured that their alarm had been occasioned by them, and very merrily returned to the lire, and lay down to sleep as before. As soon as I perceived my enemies so disposed of, with more cautious step and silent tread, I pursued my course, sweating (though winter, and severely cold) with the fear I had just been relieved from ; bruised, cut, mangled?and terrified as I was, I still, through the divine assistance, was enabled to pursue my journey until break of day, when thinking myself far off from any of those miscreants I so much dreaded, I lay down under a great log, and slept undisturbed until about noon, when getting up, I reached the summit of a great hill with some difficulty, and looking out if I could spy any habitations of white people, to my unutterable joy I saw some, which I guessed to be about ten miles distance. This pleasure was in some measure abated, by iny not being able to get among them that, night j therefore, when evening approached, I again recommended myself to the Almighty, and