Mary would have accompanied them, had she not received an intimation from Oonomoo that her lover proposed to make her a visit about that time.

She accordingly remained at home with the servants.
Two nights afterwards, when the darkness was almost impenetrable, a large war-party of Shawnees suddenly attacked the place.

The negroes had no time for defense, and only sought their own safety in flight.
But one, however, escaped, the rest falling beneath the merciless tomahawk.

Mary Prescott was carried off a prisoner..