We instantly obeyed, for although the height was considerable we could manage to drop to the bottom without injuring ourselves.  We then ran as fast as our legs could carry us to overtake our Indians.  Having delivered Uncle Donald's orders, we then hurried on to where the Indian lay.  At a glance I saw that he was desperately wounded from the blood which flowed from both his legs, while another shot had rendered his right arm powerless.  His eyes still wore a defiant expression, and he appeared to fancy that we were about to kill him.  By signs and such words of his language as we could speak, we endeavoured to make him understand that we had come to carry him into the fort to try and save his life.