After a struggle against the Indians, the , as I have shown, were taken prisoners.  
It was a singular scene, as the six whites, the men having their hands bound behind them, came out of the gloom of the wood, and, under the escort of more than a dozen Seneca , approached the camp-fire, where Jake Golcher, the Tory, awaited them.
 
Mr. Brainerd, who walked close to Fred Godfrey, said, in a low voice,
 
"Under Heaven, my son, you are our only hope; if you see a chance, no matter how desperate, take it."
 
"I will," was the low answer; "I shall make a break before the last scene comes."
 
As the party emerged into the light thrown out by the burning wood, the chief interest of the captors seemed to center in Habakkuk McEwen, for the reason, as the reader will recall, that he was disguised as an Indian. The fact that such was the case had been , of course, by his captors, who seemed to be in some doubt as to the cause, but not until now did they gain a good view of him.
 
The place where the camp-fire was burning was a small natural clearing, with a fallen tree lying extended one side, so as to afford a seat for a score of persons, if they chose to use it.
 
The fugitives were brought up and arranged in front of the log, Mr. Brainerd first, McEwen second, Fred Godfrey third, while Aunt Peggy, Maggie Brainerd, and Eva supported each other.
 
Even the whites themselves looked at the eccentric New Englander with some curiosity, for only the females had seen him by the light of day. His dress was of that mongrel character, worn alike by frontier Indians and white , while his face still retained the paint that had been daubed on it by his friend, miles away in the .
 
The little company were placed in the order named, standing so that the reflection of the firelight revealed every with the distinctness of mid-day, when, as we have intimated, there was a general of Habakkuk, who stood the well.
 
He threw his shoulders back, and tried hard to look like an Indian , all unconscious of the curious eyes upon him.
 
The Senecas were grouping themselves in front, when Gray Panther uttered an that drew attention to him. He had stumbled over the inanim............