wife by her name – but alas she was out of reach hearing[.] But Some of the other women who had the good fortune to escape the grief of the enemy Massacre recognizing the voice of a friend flew from their hiding places – mingling their cries and their tears with his & they informed him that the enemy who was then scarcely out of sight – after destroying whole families in the Camp were was looking out for the Horses among the rocks and discovered his wife and children whom they & carried them away as Slaves[.] He immediately returned to the Camp – and formed the bold and desperate resolution of of following the steps of the enemy in hopes of retrieving his family[.] His friends tried in vain to persuade him from the desperate undertaking – but he would not hearken to the voice of reason – he lost all patience felt unhappy; and took his departure & He soon came in sight of the enemy. But he Kept out of their sight – watched night and day – but could find no opportunity promising of success[.] He lurked in this manner more than a month when at last the War party arrived at their villages. The war chief by this time having become enamoured of his beautiful Captive was determined upon making her his wife and for that purpose had persuaded his father in Law to adopt her as his daughter – then he was to adopt her children as his own – by which rule means her children would became his own and would were no longer be considered in the light of slaves but as forming part of the Enasas nation[.]

The unfortunate Indian now having lost all hopes of ever seeing or obtaining his family by stealth he mustered the resolution to throw away his body sacrifice himself[.] He went to the top of a high hill in the vicinity of the village and then boldly made his appearance. Singing his death song[.] The Enasas seeing this stranger took the alarm

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