Notwithstanding he had six very nice fat little pigs on his back, he stepped up and took the turkey off the fence.
By this time it was getting near day-light and we left the road and went off a mile or so among the hills of the forest, where we struck camp for the day.

We then picked our turkey, dressed our pigs, and cooked two of them.

We got the hair off by singeing them over the fire, and after we had eaten all we wanted, one of us slept while the other watched.

We had flint, punk, and powder to strike fire with.

A little after dark the next night, we started on our way.
Buy about ten o'clock that night just as we were passing through a thick skirt of woods, five men sprang out before us with fire-arms, swearing if we moved another step, they would shoot us down; and each man having a gun drawn up for shooting we had no chance to make any defence, and surrendered sooner than run the risk of being killed.
They had been lying in wait for us there, for several hours.