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they saw the captured children being dragged by the Indians up the hill on the opposite side of the creek. Jacob started to follow but was re- strained with difficulty by Marsh, knowing that if Jacob had shot an Indian the children would have been killed before their eyes. In the mean- time Glegg had also escaped by running into the stream and had carried the news to the fort where he was soon joined by the other survivors. The militia attempted to follow the Indians, but nothing came of the pursuit.

The children were taken westward across the Ohio. Susie Farmer was unable to keep up with the warriors and was tomahawked and scalped, the other children being witnesses of the bloody scene. On the way John devised a plan to es- cape, but was dissuaded by Mary who told him that they could not find their way back and even if they could they could not cross the big river.

John and Mary were adopted into different families of the Wyandottes and lived near San- dusky, Ohio. After arriving at Sandusky the children were made to run the "gauntlet" which they did successfully to the gratification of their captors. On the whole the children were treated