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Fros of the number lost, and that the survivors would hold the homes that were left, for the time at least The Indians had withdrawn; it remained to be seen if they were satisfied with the havoc they had wrought Would his Honor send by boat--there could be no traveling through the woods--news of how others had fared, and also powder and shot?

Before the dawning we had heard from all save the remoter settlements The blow had been struck, and the hurt was deep But it was not beyond remedy, thank God! It is knohat measures we took for our protection, and how soon the wound to the colony was healed, and what vengeance we meted out to those who had set upon us in the dark, and had failed to reach the heart These things belong to history, and I a my own story,--mine and another's

In the chill and darkness of the hour before dawn so like quiet fell upon the distracted, breathless town There was a pause in the co had been cared for, and the noise of the women and the children was stilled at last All ell at the palisade; the strong party encamped upon the neck reported the forest beyond them as still as death

In the Governor's house was held a short council, subdued and quiet, for ere all of one e should sail at once with the tidings, and with an appeal for arms and powder and a supply of men The Esperance would still be with us, besides the Hope-in-God and the Tiger; the Margaret and John would shortly cooes upon the George, gentlemen," said Master Pory "He sent but now to demand if she sailed to-lanced at , broke up the council

I left the house, and the street that was lit with torches and noisy with going to and fro, and went down to the river Rolfe had been detained by the Governor, West co along the river bank, andboats; but I knew of a place where no guard was set, and where one or two canoes were ht there, and no one sahen I entered a canoe and cut the rope and pushed off from the land