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Excerpt from The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature, Vol. 8: November, 1896, to April, 1897, Inclusive Bastions were added to the stock ade, the big guns, that were always bright and shining, had an extra rub bing up, and every possible measure for defence taken, for Major Cotton and my husband were determined not to be caught napping Or taken by sur prise. Provisions were secured and stored in the Fort, twenty horses kept saddled night and day not that anyone intended to attempt escape, for there were no cowards but for emergencies and the use of couriers. There were a number Of child ren to be considered, too, and after a deal of dis cussion it was decided to send them with their mothers to a place of safety. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.