The same habit of holding down the head and inviting the enemy to strike, when all chance of escape is gone, is preserved in Egypt to this day.
"Captain Lewis instantly put down his rifle, and advancing toward them, took the woman by the hand, raised her up, and repeated the words 'tabba bone!' at the same time stripping up his shirt-sleeve to prove that he was a white man--for his hands and face had become by constant exposure quite as dark as their own.

She appeared immediately relieved from her alarm; and Drewyer and Shields now coming up, Captain Lewis gave them some beads, a few awls, pewter mirrors, and a little paint, and told Drewyer to request the woman to recall her companion, who had escaped to some distance and, by alarming the Indians, might cause them to attack him without any time for explanation.

She did as she was desired, and the young woman returned almost out of breath.

Captain Lewis gave her an equal portion of trinkets, and painted the tawny checks of all three of them with vermilion,--a ceremony which among the Shoshonees is emblematic of peace.
"After they had become composed, he informed them by signs of his wishes to go to their camp, in order to see their chiefs and warriors; they readily obeyed, and conducted the party along the same road down the river.

In this way they marched two miles, when they met a troop of nearly sixty warriors, mounted on excellent horses, riding at full speed toward them.