One of his captives showed Clark a postern-gate by the river-side, and through this he entered the fort, having placed his men round about at the entrance.
Advancing to the great hall where the revel was held, he leaned silently with folded arms against the door-post, looking at the dancers.

An Indian, lying on the floor of the entry, gazed intently on the stranger's face as the light from the torches within flickered across it, and suddenly sprang to his feet uttering the unearthly war-whoop.
Instantly the dancing ceased; the women screamed, while the men ran towards the door.

But Clark, standing unmoved and with unchanged face, grimly bade them continue their dancing, but to remember that they now danced under Virginia and not Great Britain.

[Footnote: Memoir of Major E.Denny, by Wm.

H.Denny, p.217.In "Record of the Court of Upland and Military Journal of Major E.Denny," Philadelphia, 1860 (Historical Society of Penn.).