One centinel was placed inside the great gate; and, in case of any alarm, he was to ring the great bell of the chapel.
The centinel at the gate will not challenge any person leaving the castle: he is placed there only to prevent the intrusion of suspicious persons from without.
He walked round the fort during the whole night, and saw himself that every centinel was on duty, and every weapon of defence in proper order.
With this view he came down unarmed to a centinel of ours, placed at some distance from the fort towards the enemy, to whom he pretended that he was desirous of surrendering himself, and of entering into our service.
Whilst we were thus standing in, the centinel called out from the mast-head that he saw a boat under sail at a considerable distance to the south-eastward.
I conceived of course that I ought to conceal my arms, and reject the proposal made by my soldiers of placing a centinel before my tent.
Eila conferred upon us every mark of respect; we had constantly a centinel at our door, whose orders were to open it to such persons only as we had no reason to distrust.
In a moment I was alarmed by the cries of my companions, and beheld the musquet of the centinel pointed at me, and M.
We passed about a week in this manner, when the centinelwas taken off, and we were allowed to look about us a little, though not to go out of the palace, as they were pleased to call it.
On these provocations, the captain attempted to strike him again, but the centinel said, he should strike no prisoner of his.
Accordingly I set out with him, and when he and his family betook themselves to rest in the little wigwam they had made for that purpose, I kept my station as centinel over them all night.
Strict orders were given the centinel to keep a good look-out, and have a watchful eye on the provisions.
Illustration: "The Dog at the gate as a centinel stood.
There was then one Cole at the foot of the ladder, to whom also the captain gave a dram; then there was a centinelput upon the cabin-door; but Cole asked the captain if he might go in, and the captain said he might.
If you please, Sir, said I, I will; so the centinel opened the door, and we both went in.
Some time about eleven o'clock at night I heard the gentleman knock, and said, He wanted to ease himself; to which the centinel gave no manner of heed.
Then the centinel opened the door, and I came out, and the captain and I went into my place again.
I went down and asked the centinel for the key; he told me the captain had been there in the night, and had taken away the key in his pocket.
You must not mind what he says, said the captain; and he was ordered down to the purser's cabin: I was ordered centinel there.
The centinel told me no-body must go in there; however, I went in, while they turned the points of the nails.
He added that though sincerely sorry for what had happened, he could not possibly punish the centinel who had only done his duty according to military discipline, neither would his soldiers allow of any such thing being done.
At sunrise, Quiqualtanqui sent four messengers demanding that Alvarado should punish the centinel for having been guilty of a breach of the peace, more especially, as the wounded man was a chief.
It may be necessary, first to enquire into the situation the centinel was in, for whose relief the party was said to have afterwards gone down.
This he had a Right, nay it was his Duty to do, because the Centinel was in Danger & we must presume the People were the Aggressors.
They assemble together in companies of forty or fifty: one of them remains as centinel on a tree, while the rest commit their depredations.
As soon as the centinel perceives any person near, he utters a loud cry, as a signal to the rest, who immediately obey and scamper off with their plunder, leaping from tree to tree with prodigious agility.
At the very time that this dispute was maintaining by the centinel and the drummer--was the same point debating betwixt a trumpeter and a trumpeter's wife, who were just then coming up, and had stopped to see the stranger pass by.
The centinellooked up into the stranger's face--he never saw such a Nose in his life!
The stranger's mule moved on at so slow a rate, that he heard every word of the dispute, not only betwixt the centinel and the drummer, but betwixt the trumpeter and trumpeter's wife.
Sergt Ordway informed me he should have done last evening had not the centinel hailed him.
It shall be the duty of the centinel also to announce the arrival of all parties of Indians to the Sergeant of the Guard, who shall immediately report the same to the Commanding officers.
I have observed, that for some time no private centinel has ever risen to any rank above that of a serjeant, and that commissions have been reserved as rewards for other services than those of the camp.
The centinel looked up into the stranger's face----he never saw such a Nose in his life!
Jones then apprehended it might lead to some other apartment; but upon searching all round it, he could perceive no other door than that at which he entered, and where the centinel had been posted.
Upon this occasion the lieutenant formed a conclusion not very different from what the serjeant is just mentioned to have made before, and immediately ordered the centinel to be taken prisoner.
When the centinel first saw our heroe approach, his hair began gently to lift up his grenadier cap; and in the same instant his knees fell to blows with each other.
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