Mrs. Bard had been kept separated from her husband during the whole five days' journey. That evening, however, they were permitted to assist each other in plucking a turkey. This afforded him a chance to communicate his design [escape plan] to his wife, and, as it turned out, she was able to assist him in getting away unobserved. A favorite divertisement of the Indians in camp was to dress some of their number in the clothes of their female captives. ads-software