human
Old Dan'l he pertended ter be sleepin' the sleep er the dead, an' I tell ye he riz mighty keerful, shuck Stuart easy, waked him up an' motioned him ter foller. Talk about sneakin' up on a wild duck er a turkey--ole Dan'l done some slick business gettin' away frum that fire! Man, ef they'd rustled a leaf er broke a twig, them savages would a all been up an' on 'em in a minute. Holdin' tight to their guns--you kin bet they didn't leave them--and a steppin' light ez feathers they crept away from the fire an' out into the deep dark o' the woods. They stopped an' stood as still ez death an' watched till they see the Injuns hadn't waked----
gpt
And then what do you reckon Dan'l Boone done, sir?
human
What?
gpt
Waal, ye seed the way them bees made fer their trees, didn't ye, when they got a load er honey?
human
Yes, that's the way I found their home.
gpt
But you had the daylight, mind ye! And Dan'l was in pitch black night, but, sir, he made a bee-line through them dark woods straight for his camp he'd left seven days afore. And, man, yer kin bet they made tracks when they got clear o' the Redskins! Hit wuz six hours till day an' when the Injuns waked they didn't know which way ter look----
human
Did they get there?
gpt
Git whar?
human
Get back to their own camp?
gpt
Straight ez a bee-line I tell ye. But the camp had been busted and robbed and the other men wuz gone.
human
Gone where?
gpt
Nobody never knowed ter this day--reckon the Injuns scalped 'em----
human
Like they scalped your own grandpa that day.
gpt
Did they scalp my grandpa?
human
That they did. Your Uncle Mordecai an' me was workin' with him in the new ground, cleanin' it fur corn when all of a sudden the Injuns riz right up outen the ground. Your grandpa drapped dead the fust shot, an' Mordecai flew ter the cabin fer the rifle. A big Redskin jumped over a log an' scalped my own daddy before my eyes! He grabbed me an' started pullin' me ter the woods, an' then, Sonny, somethin' happened----