It was but a trifle compared with what they had seen the day and night before.
"We'd better take the weapons an' ammunition o' both uv 'em," said Sol.
"They may be needed, an' some o' the women in that crowd kin shoot." They gathered up the arms, powder, and ball, and waited a little to see whether the shots had been heard by any other Indians, but there was no indication of the presence of more warriors, and the rejoined the fugitives.

Long Jim had dropped back to the end of the line, and when he saw that his comrades carried two extra rifles, he understood.
"They didn't give no alarm, did they ?" he asked in a tone so low that none of the fugitives could hear.
"They didn't have any chance," replied Henry.

"We've brought away all their weapons and ammunition, but just say to the women that we found them in an abandoned house." The rifles and the other arms were given to the boldest and most stalwart of the women, and they promised to use them if the need came.
Meanwhile the flight went on, and the farther it went the sadder it became.

Children became exhausted, and had to be carried by people so tired that they could scarcely walk themselves.

There was nobody in the line who had not lost some beloved one on that fatal river bank, killed in battle, or tortured to death.