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substances:* "No quarters to be given to an Indian, whether Man, Woman or Child". It was even said, that papers with these words written on ^ them were picked up at their Camp; all which was sufficient to enrage them.

The torture Crawford had to endure was a double one, ^ during which he was often mockingly asked, how he felt; and whether they did as well to him as he had done to the believing Indians; they adding, "we have to learn barbarianism? of You White People!"

The other Prisoner, (Dr. McKnight) taken at the same time; and who had been sentenced to have the like torture inflicted on him at an other place, was committed to the custody of a Delaware Indian, named Titeleu – (a rough looking Man, yet of an easy disposition) from whom the Prisoners found means of efecting his escape, before they had reached the place of his destination, and he arrived safe though much worn down by hunger and fatigue, in the Settlements of the White People,

• The Indians are in the practice of transcribing any thing written by the White People on the Trees, often first pealing, or striping them of the bark. They then transcribe the writing and take the Copy with them to have it read by a Person who can read. This work they do so well, that it is perfectly legible. It is done either with a Coal on a [[ ]], or a piece of bark, as the letters are scratched with a knife or flint.