▁they ▁are ▁a ▁people ▁like ▁the ▁Indians , ▁who ▁are ▁very ▁reven ge ful , ▁to ▁set ▁about ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁ven ge ance . ▁Ob ser ving ▁our ▁people ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁house , ▁each ▁one ▁at ▁his ▁work , ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁inside , ▁who ▁was ▁lying ▁sick , ▁and ▁a ▁large ▁m ast iff , ▁who ▁was ▁ch ained , ▁- ▁had ▁he ▁been ▁loose ▁they ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁d ared ▁to ▁approach ▁the ▁house , ▁- ▁and ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁had ▁command ▁standing ▁near ▁the ▁house , ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁st out est ▁Indians , ▁who ▁were ▁to ▁do ▁the ▁de ed , ▁bringing ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁bear - sk ins ▁with ▁them ▁to ▁exchange , ▁sought ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁house . ▁The ▁man ▁in ▁charge ▁went ▁in ▁with ▁them ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁bar ter , ▁which ▁being ▁done , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁lo ft ▁where ▁the ▁stores ▁lay , ▁and ▁in ▁desc ending ▁the ▁st airs ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Indians ▁seized ▁an ▁ax e ▁and ▁c left ▁his ▁head ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁fell ▁down ▁dead . ▁They ▁also ▁rel ieved ▁the ▁sick ▁man ▁of ▁life , ▁and ▁shot ▁into ▁the ▁dog , ▁who ▁was ▁ch ained ▁fast , ▁and ▁whom ▁they ▁most ▁fe ared , ▁twenty - five ▁ar rows ▁before ▁they ▁could ▁dispatch ▁him . ▁They ▁then ▁proceeded ▁towards ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁men , ▁who ▁were ▁at ▁work , ▁and , ▁going ▁amongst ▁them ▁with ▁pret ensions ▁of ▁friendship , ▁struck