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THE Indians had chosen exactly the right time, for _them_. They had awaited the moment when the main body of track-layers were farthest separated from the boarding-train and the stacks of arms; they had seen that there were no soldiers on guard; and here they came, with a rush, at least 500 of them.
"Fall in, men! Lay down! Down wid yez!"