gth he was brought by his master, Kakinathucca, to his home. He was
a great hunter and went every year to Detroit with his furs for sale,
taking with him his wife Metsigemawa and a Negro slave. The chief had
a daughter Altewesa, about eighteen years of age "of a very agreeable
form and manners." She saved Ridout from death from the uplifted hand
of an Indian who had his hand over him ready to strike the fatal blow
with his tomahawk.

At the end of three weeks the whole village set off for the Wabash.
Arriving at the Wabash his papers were read by the interpreter, a
white man who had been taken prisoner several years before and held in
captivity. The Indians were assured that Ridout was an Englishman and
not an American and they consented that he might go with his master to
Detroit for ransom. The Indians were excessively enraged at the
Americans who they claimed were the cause of their misfortunes. The
preceding autumn the Americans had come to their village on the Scito
River from Kentucky and in times of profound peace and by surprise
destroyed their village and many of their people, their cattle, grain
and everything they could lay their hands on.

Ridout witnessed the torture and heard the dying shrieks of an
American prisoner Mitchell who had been captured with his father
Captain Mitchell on the Ohio. The father had been liberated but the
son given to a warrior who was determined to burn him.

After three or four days, Ridout's master collected his horses and
peltry and with his wife the Negro and Ridout set out for Detroit. On
the way there were met other Indians among whom was the noted Simon
Girty. A council was held at which the murderer of Mitchell claimed
Ridout as his but at length Kakinathucca prevailed and Ridout's life
was again spared. The murderer asserted that he was a spy but his
papers proved his innocence. The little party went on to Fort Miami
where several English and French gentlemen received Ridout with open
arms. Mr. Sharpe clothed him and a French gentlemen lent a canoe to
carry the party and furs 250 miles by water to Detroit. Reaching
Detroit, which, it should be remembered, remained in British hands
until August 1796, he was received with every attention and a bed was
provided for him at Government House. The officers furnished him with
money and gave him a passage to Montreal where he arrived about the
middle of July, 1788. Ridout settled in Upper Canada. In 1799,
Kakinathucca and three