[Footnote: _Do_.Dec.1, 1782.] Crawford Tortured to Death.
Crawford was tied to the stake in the presence of a hundred Indians.
Among them were Simon Girty, the white renegade, and a few Wyandots.
Knight, Crawford's fellow-captive, was a horrified spectator of the awful sufferings which he knew he was destined by his captors ultimately to share.

Crawford, stripped naked, and with his hands bound behind him, was fastened to a high stake by a strong rope; the rope was long enough for him to walk once or twice round the stake.

The fire, of small hickory poles, was several yards from the post, so as only to roast and scorch him.

Powder was shot into his body, and burning fagots shoved against him, while red embers were strewn beneath his feet.

For two hours he bore his torments with manly fortitude, speaking low, and beseeching the Almighty to have mercy on his soul.