But the creatures ranrunoff a second time , before I could seize them ; whereupon there was a great shoutshoutin a very shrill accent , and after it ceasedceaseI heardhearone of them crycryaloud _ Tolgo phonac _ ; when in an instant I feltfeelabove a hundred arrows dischargeddischargeon my left hand , which , prickedprickme like so many needles ; and besides , they shotshootanother flightflightinto the air , as we do bombs in Europe , whereof many , I suppose , fell on my body , ( though I felt them not ) , and some on my face , which I immediately coveredcoverwith my left hand .
On this stairway he had once seenseea manacled free negro shotshootwhile being takentakeupstairs for examination under a criminal charge .
In this instance I was , of course , positive that Powell was the center of attraction , but whether I thought or acted first I do not know , but within an instant from the moment the scene brokebreakupon my view I had whippedwhipout my revolvers and was chargingchargedown upon the entire army of warriors , shootingshootrapidly , and whoopingwhoopingat the top of my lungs .
A week before , a great meteor had shotshootthrough the night , blood-red and bearded , drawing a slow-fading fiery trailtrailacross the heavens ; and the moon had risenrisethat same night blood-red , and upon its disk there was drawndrawin shadow a thing most marvelously like a scalping knife .