Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 85: what you’re looking at

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fot = ENCAMPED FOR THE NIGHT. eS = Bie night, beneath the trees, with. such | covering as they had ‘with them. 7 Although there seemed scarcely any possibility of dauget ‘impending, | the habits of the Sioux forbade him to close his. eyes in slumber so long as the rest remained unconscious. — At the first streak of sunlight through the trees, Uncle John and his family were awake and astir. The artist, ac- customed to the habits of city life, would have slumbered several hours longer, had they not awakened him. : Anxious. as all were to be on their way, there was not <4 one of their number, unless it might have been the artist, — who would willingly have omitted, or shortened their morning devotions. Uncle John read a chapter from the Bible of the latter, and then all knelt upon the green turf, and the prayer ascended to Him whose ears are never closed to the supplication of the needy: “We felt that we were fellow, men, We felt we were.a band, Sustained here in the wilderness By Heaven’s. upholding hand.” mae | | Christian Jim seemed unusually impressed, and gave fre~ - quent utterance to ejaculations and exclamations. His “un- tutored mind” had long since learned. of the mercy and kindness of his Heavenly Father, and he could never forget his dependence upon him. | jsLhe prayer being finished, all partook of the morning. meal, which, though cold, was none the less relished. By - this, the sun was well up in the sky, and it was high time the refugees._were upon their way. It was a work of con- . siderable difficulty to get the wagon to the edge of the wood; but they succeeded, and the horses were quickly ‘harnessed, and all ready to start. - Before doing so, the Sioux took a.careful observation of the prairie. Reporting _ ne 4 it clear. of immediate danger, the little party once more — 4 turned their face toward St. Paul, and moved forward. — GEOMIGCDOOKS com -