I had not been long in that happy state before I saw some men trying to steal our boats on which our lives depended and I immediately attacked them, pinning one to the ground.

It was only Jones I was holding down, and his shouts and struggles to reach his pistol woke me, and startled the camp.

He believed a real enemy was on him.

There was a laugh at my expense, and then sleep ruled again till about daylight when I was roused by rain falling on my face.

All were soon up.