A ball went through the upper part of one of her thighs, but she neither flinched nor uttered any cry; and it was not known that she was wounded until, after the danger was past, her mother saw the blood soaking through her clothes.

She recovered, married one of the frontiersmen, and lived for fifty years afterwards, long enough to see all the wilderness filled with flourishing and populous States.
One of the clumsy craft, however, did not share the good fortune that befell the rest, in escaping with so little loss and damage.

Jonathan Jennings' boat, in which was Mrs.Peyton, with her new-born baby, struck on a rock at the upper end of the whirl, the swift current rendering it impossible for the others to go to his assistance; and they drifted by, leaving him to his fate.

The Indians soon turned their whole attention to him, and from the bluffs opened a most galling fire upon the disabled boat.

He returned it as well as he could, keeping them somewhat in check, for he was a most excellent marksman.