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authority to make prisoners of them unless they gave up Tuke. They were alarmed and one of them agreed to entice him to the house. He was found reclining, all alone from? the group among the bushes about a quarter or a half of -lined out a mile from the spot. He arose unsuspectingly, and approached the whiskey cabin with his betrayer. He did not even take his pistol from the ground with him. As they drew near the cabin, he was surrounded by the white men. They called out to him To Stand -- He prepared for an escape, but without flurry. He drew his knife word lined out & held it grasped. He moved on slowly keeping his eye planted on the enemy word scratched out as he moved and it seemed to paralyze them. words scratched out Ahead of them, were two log cabins, with a narrow space between. word scratched out In the centre of this space, word scratched out stood a spinning wheel & lye stand, of which Tuke was not words scratched out aware. He directed his sidelong course towards this opening. It was no sooner within word scratched out reach of his spring, than he made a dart for it, still facing his foes. The unknown impediment disconcerted him for an