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against him, he [unclear] under. "Teesataysky knows" exclaimed he, "that he himself told me Eli Hicks has no right to treat me as he did and that I ought to make him suffer for it!"

The pursuit of the Swimmer and the Duck was [unclear], but for a long time unfruitful. It is supposed that while thus hunted, they must have been [unclear] on by want and hunger to irregularities. No one, however, in a long time could track them. At length information was gained by [unclear] and some six or eight others, friends of the party of Eli Hicks (and among them Leonard hicks, his cousin), that Swimmer was at a house in the neighborhood and alone. Before daybreak they surrounded the house secretlu. They bust the door and [unclear] sprang forward. As he crossed the threshold, Swimmer struck him down with the butt end of a rifle. Leonard Hicks fired; it was said, by accident. The rest fell back, thinking [unclear] killed. The assistants remained outside and asked a [unclear]. They endeavored to persuade the Swimmer to surrender. They assured him, if he would, he should be safe; that the surrender was only a [unclear.] But