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was the first who saw them. He flew to his gun, aimed it at a guard & it snapped; and another guard returned a fire. which lodged in his arm. He sank down & dropped his gun. Stand Watie came up. He saw that the Swimmer strikeout: 2 words still breathed. With his pistol he shot him through the head. The Duck dropped his gun & made for the hill. As he was dashing up a steep, strikeout: he a shot reached him & he died instantly. The two guns belonging to these Indians were among those sold at the auction made by the strikeout Captain of the Guard when I was his strikeout prisoner at Spring Place. Half Breed's relations are now living in terror of retaliation. / [October. 1835)