It was at length arranged that they should be conveyed alive to their village, there to be disposed of according to the instructions of their chiefs.
Feeling that they had already delayed too long, they placed the prisoners on their shoulders, and bore them swiftly away.
Poor Corrie and his sable friend were easily carried, coiled up like sacks, each on the shoulders of a stalwart savage; but Bumpus, who had required eight men to bind him, still remained unconvinced of his vincibility.

He struggled so violently on the shoulders of the four men who bore him, that Keona, in a fit of passion, tinged no doubt with revenge, hit him such a blow on the head with the handle of an ax as caused his brains to sing, and a host of stars to dance before his eyes.
These stars were, however, purely imaginary; for at that time the dawn had extinguished the lesser lights.

Ere long, the bright beams of the rising sun suffused the eastern sky with a golden glow.

On passing the place where Alice had been left, a couple of the party were sent by Keona to fetch her.

They took the unnecessary precaution of binding the poor child, and speedily rejoined their comrades with her in their arms.
The amazement of her friends on seeing Alice was only equaled by her surprise on beholding them.