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"Get behind the trees! " I called to my companions, as I promptly adopted the tactics of Kit Cruncher; for in fighting Indians discretion is eminently the better part of valor.
"Was any one hit? " asked Morgan, the man nearest to me, as he dodged behind a cotton-wood tree.