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It was the first time that the Indians of Port Orford had ever been whipped, usually killing more of the white men than'they themselves had had killed. Here they had lost 25 warriors and npt killed or captured a single white man. It was the old cannon that did the work. It was an en- 17 tirely new thing to them as they really thought that we were using thunder and lightning against them. The noise and the fearful execution done by the gun demoralized them. They were not only seared but they wer...e terrified and the killing of their two big chiefs taught them that we were dangerous. I have often thought that our escape was due as much to their fear of us as to our good luck. I can look back over the long stretch of years and feel a generous pride that none of my party were killed. I know not if any of my old comrades are living now. I was the youngest one in the party and I have passed my three score and ten. If any of them are living, "God's bless- ing on them;" if they have crossed the great Divide, then "Farewell.
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