He clung about me, begging me to save him.

I took his hand, and we dashed into the forest together.
"As we did so, I was aware that some French officers, with the Marquis de Montcalm, were rushing up to try to appease the tumult; but I doubt me if their words produced any effect.

The boy and I ran on together.

Then out dashed a dozen or more warriors upon us, with scalps in their hands--a sight horrible to behold.

I set the boy against a tree, and stood before him; but they were all round us.