CHAPTER III.
SAM'S LECTURE.
The people of the fort made no search for Sam and his companions; not because they cared nothing for them, but simply because they believed them certainly dead.

Mr.Hardwicke, himself, had seen Sam start with little Judie towards the fort, before the dog charge was made, and as neither the boys nor Judie had ever reached the gates, he had no doubt whatever that his three children were slain, as was Mrs.Phillips, the only other person who had failed to get inside the stockade.

Mr.
Hardwicke wished to go out in search of their bodies, but was overruled by his companions, who, knowing that the savages were still in the immediate vicinity, thought it simply a reckless and unnecessary risk, to go hunting for the bodies of their friends hundreds of yards away, and immediately in front of the place at which the Indians were last seen.

The idea was abandoned, therefore, and the fort party marched away in the darkness of a cloudy night, towards Fort Glass.

Leaving them to find their way if they can, let us return to Sam and his little band.
Seeing the Indians coming towards them, they lay down in the high weeds.
The savages hurrying forward to reinforce their friends, passed within a few feet of the young people, but did not see them.