men went on, and did not halt, till they came to a thick part of
the wood, where the large trunk of an old tree stood, and in this
tree they both took their post. But they had not been there long,
when two of the wild men ran that way, and they saw three more,
and then five more, who all ran the same way, as if they knew
where they were.

Our two poor men made up their minds to let the first two pass,
and then take the three and the five in line, as they came up,
but to fire at one at a time, as the first shot might chance to
hit all three.

So the man who was to fire put three or four balls in his gun,
and from a hole in the tree, took a sure aim, and stood still
till the three wild men came so near that he could not miss them.
They soon saw that one of these three was the slave that had fled
from them, as they both knew him well, and they made up their
minds that they would kill him, though they should both fire.

At the first shot two of the wild men fell dead, and the third
had a graze on his arm, and though not much hurt, sat down on the
ground with loud screams and yells. When the five men who came
next, heard the sound of the gun and the slave's cries, they
stood still at first, as if they were struck dumb with fright. So
our two men both shot off their guns in the midst of them, and
then ran up and bound them safe with cords.

They then went to the thick part of the wood, where they had put
their wives and slaves, to see if all were safe there, and to
their joy they found that though the wild men had been quite near