The other likewise ran to camp at the sound of the shot; but Mansker outran him, reached the camp first, and picked up an old gun that was on the ground; but the gun would not go off, and the Indian turned and escaped.

Mansker broke the old gun, and returned speedily to his comrades.

The next day they all went to the spot, where they found the dead Indian and took away his tomahawk, knife, and bullet-bag; but they never found his gun.

The other Indian had come back, had loaded his horses with furs, and was gone.

They followed him all that day and all night with a torch of dry cane, and could never overtake him.