It was not,
however, without considerable difficulty, that they
succeeded in disarming and binding his hands; after which
a strong cord being fastened round his waist, he was
tightly lashed to a gun, which, contrary to the original
intention of the governor, had been sent out with the
expedition. The retreat of the detachment then commenced
rapidly; but it was not without being hotly pursued by
the band of warriors the yell of Wacousta had summoned
in pursuit, that they finally gained the fort: under what
feelings of sorrow for the fate of an officer so beloved,
we leave it to our readers to imagine.
CHAPTER XII.
The morning of the next day dawned on few who had pressed
their customary couches--on none, whose feverish pulse
and bloodshot eye failed to attest the utter sleeplessness
in which the night had been passed. Numerous groups of
men were to be seep assembling after the reveille, in
various parts of the barrack square--those who had borne
a part in the recent expedition commingling with those
who had not, and recounting to the latter, with mournful
look and voice, the circumstances connected with the
bereavement of their universally lamented officer.
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