Astoria ; Or, Anecdotes of An Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
Astoria ; Or, Anecdotes of An Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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He was strippednaked, and, having some knowledge of the Blackfoot language, overhearda consultation as to the mode of despatching him, so as to derive thegreatest amusement from his death. Some were for setting him up as amark, and having a trial of skill at his expense. The chief, however, was for nobler sport. He seized Colter by the shoulder, and demanded ifhe could run fast. The unfortunate trapper was too well acquainted withIndian customs not to comprehend the drift of the question. He kn...ewhe was to run for his life, to furnish a kind of human hunt to hispersecutors. Though in reality he was noted among his brother huntersfor swiftness of foot, he assured the chief that he was a very badrunner. His stratagem gained him some vantage ground. He was led by thechief into the prairie, about four hundred yards from the main body ofsavages, and then turned loose to save himself if he could. A tremendousyell let him know that the whole pack of bloodhounds were off in fullcry. Colter flew rather than ran; he was astonished at his own speed;but he had six miles of prairie to traverse before he should reach theJefferson Fork of the Missouri; how could he hope to hold out such adistance with the fearful odds of several hundred to one against him!The plain, too, abounded with the prickly pear, which wounded his nakedfeet.
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