Colter urged him to come on shore and submit, as his only chance for life; but the other knew there was no prospect of mercy, and determined to die game.

Leveling his rifle, he shot one of the savages dead on the spot.

The next moment he fell himself, pierced with innumerable arrows.
The vengeance of the savages now turned upon Colter.

He was stripped naked, and, having some knowledge of the Blackfoot language, overheard a consultation as to the mode of despatching him, so as to derive the greatest amusement from his death.

Some were for setting him up as a mark, and having a trial of skill at his expense.