hunger, as they were never allowed to
eat until the wants of every other person in the party had been amply
supplied.

Donald, on the other hand, while watchfully guarded, was treated with
the utmost of savage courtesy. He was not asked, nor even allowed, to
perform any labor, was always supplied with the choicest food the camp
afforded, and was the first to whom the calumet was handed upon the
conclusion of a meal. In only two ways was he reminded of his true
position. At night, though he was not bound, as were his comrades, he
was obliged to sleep between two warriors, who were watchfully awake
with every movement he made. If he attempted to hold converse with the
other captives, they were driven from his presence with blows. Once,
when he tried to communicate with Bullen, a young warrior sprang
forward, struck the paymaster with a stick, and angrily bade him
begone. Boiling with rage, and turning on the aggressor with clenched
fists, Donald was about to avenge this insult, when he who had acted as
interpreter sprang between them.

"My brother must be very careful," he said to Donald; "for some of our
young men are so reckless that they do not even respect the Metai. If
you should strike one of them, they would surely kill you and the other
white men as well."

So Donald was obliged to control himself as best he could, and bear the
sufferings of his companions in silence, but his mind was ever filled
with plans for escape. Whenever he succeeded in attracting Christie's
attention, he sought by meaning glances at a certain canoe smaller than
any of the others, and then off over the lake, to convey an idea of
what was in his mind, and was led to believe from the other's
expression that he understood. From Bullen, however, he could gain no
satisfaction in this way, and concluded that the paymaster was not so
quick-witted as his brother officer.

At length one noon the war-party reached a point near the ruins of
Sandusky, where they found a number of Shawnees, who were about to
ascend Cedar Creek to their villages on the Scioto. These had with
them several casks of rum, one of which was, after a long talk,
transferred to the canoe in which Donald travelled. Then, to his
intense grief and dismay, his own party resumed their journey, with the
exception that Christie was left behind in the hands of the strangers.
The slave had been sold, though he did not realize the fact until he
started to enter the canoe i