It is almost certain death!" "Yes, and they see him," said the Colonel.
With shrill yells the Indians bounded forward and aimed and fired their rifles at the crouching figure of the man.

Some hid behind the logs they had rolled toward the Fort; others boldly faced the steady fire now pouring from the portholes.

The savages saw in the movement of that man an attempt to defeat their long-cherished hope of burning the Fort.

Seeing he was discovered, the man did not hesitate, nor did he lose a second.

Swiftly he jumped and ran toward the end of the roof where the burning arrow, now surrounded by blazing shingles, was sticking in the roof.