about one in the
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`` Consekince was , '' he went on , `` for prisoners we was n't proper guarded . By the fourth day we was sleeping round the fire among the Shawnees and marching with them as we pleased , though we was n't allowed to go near the hosses . On the seventh night we saw the Ohio rolling in the hollow , and Jim says to me it was about time to get quit of the redskins . It was a wet night with a wind , which suited his plan , and about one in the morning , when Indians sleep soundest , I was woke by Jim 's hand pressing my wrist . Wal , I 've trailed a bit in my day , but I never did such mighty careful hunting as that night . An inch at a time we crawled out of the circle -- we was lying well back on purpose -- and got into the canes . I lay there while Jim went back and fetched guns and powder .