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 gun and hat upon the ice, to make the world believe that he accidentally fell in and was drowned.

When the body was found and taken up the wounds appeared upon his head. An Indian who happened to be upon a hill at



a distance saw the murder committed. He concealed it for some time but at length discovered it. The murderers were apprehended, tried upon the Indian's testimony and other circumstances, convicted, and executed. Two of them denied the fact