, into the settlements among these wild hills, an affair
of honour occurred, and Elnathan was seen to apply a salve to the wound received
by one of the parties, which had the flavour that was peculiar to the tree, or
root, that Mohegan had used. Ten years later still, when England and the United
States were again engaged in war, and the hordes of the western parts of the
state of New-York, were rushing to the field, Elnathan, presuming on the
reputation obtained by these two operations, followed in the rear of a brigade
of militia, as its surgeon!
    When Mohegan had applied the bark, he freely relinquished to Richard the
needle and thread, that were used in sewing the bandages, for these were
implements of which the native but little understood the use; and, stepping
back, with decent gravity, awaited the completion of the business by the other.
    »Reach me the scissors,« said Mr. Jones, when he had finished, and finished
for the second time, after tying the linen in every shape and form that it could
be placed; »reach me the scissors, for here is a thread that must be cut off, or
it might get under the dressings, and inflame the wound. See, John, I have put
the lint I scraped, between two layers of the linen; for though the bark is
certainly best for the flesh, yet the lint will serve to keep the cold air from
the wound. If any lint will do it good, it is this lint; I scraped it myself,
and I will not turn my back, at scraping lint, to any man on the Patent. I ought
to know how, if any body ought, for my grandfather was a doctor, and my father
had a natural turn that way.«
    »Here, Squire, is the scissors,« said Remarkable, producing from beneath her
petticoat of green moreen, a pair of dulllooking shears; »well, upon my say so,
you have sewed on the rags, as well as a woman.«
    »As well as a woman!« echoed Richard, with indignation; »what do women know
of such matters? and you are proof of the truth of what I say. Who ever saw such
a pair of shears used about a wound? Dr. Todd, I will thank you for the scissors
from the case. Now, young man, I think you'll do. The shot has been very neatly
taken out, although, perhaps, seeing I had a hand in it, I
