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would never have been able to take it.''indians that I have talked to afterwards admitted a loss of thirteen killed this would mean that twice that many were wounded and that the fight lasted more than three hours. Wood loaded his guns with a ramrod and appears to have been entirely cool and self-possessed and through the long afternoon he sent a slow but effective fire into the surrounding circle of savages.
It was late in the day when the natives by
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making a final rush succeeded in reaching the cabin. ''they laid wood in the ground and commenced to cut off his skin they began at his fingers and toes
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and first skinned them. Then took the skin off his arms and legs then off his back. No cry of pain no plea for mercy was heard from the defender if the cabin. Silently he had fought silently he endured the terrible ordeal.''even after I came to Woodville an Indian was shot for mimicking the facial contortions he (wood) made while in the hands of his torturers. They did not pull the skin off in strips as I have heard some persons say lately.
They took it
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