Continuing my way, I found myself upon a narrow wharf with

all that talent for circumlocution and diplomacy with which the

Indian is lifted, endeavored to evade my demands and delay any

conclusion. But I was very positive, would hear of no compromise

whatever, and demanded that my terms be at once complied with. No

one was with me but a sergeant of my company, named Miller, who held

my horse, and as the chances of an agreement began to grow remote, I

became anxious for our safety. The conversation waxing hot and the

Indians gathering close in around me, I unbuttoned the flap of my