It was some time before the alarm occasioned by this event subsided in
the mind of Mrs Campbell and her nieces; Mr Campbell also thought much
about it, and betrayed occasional anxiety. The parties went out hunting
as before, but those at home now felt anxious till their return from the
chase. Time, however, and not hearing anything more of the Indians,
gradually revived their courage, and before the winter was half over
they thought little about it. Indeed, it had been ascertained by
Malachi from another band of Indians which he fell in with near a small
lake where they were trapping beaver, that the Angry Snake was not in
that part of the country, but had gone with his band to the westward at
the commencement of the new year. This satisfied them that the enemy
had left immediately after the attempt which he had made to reconnoitre
the premises.