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Chapter XVI.

Short Allowance

Five men had deserted from the fort trusting to the promises made by General St. Leger, and one had returned, after having suffered more than death, rejoicing because he was able to be once again with those whom he had betrayed.

At the moment, however, we had no thought of the deserter, but saw before us only a former comrade who had come out from the very jaws of death to claim protection.

The poor fellow had been cruelly cut on the legs and arms by the savages while they were bringing him across the river, and had lost much blood. His face and hands were covered with huge blisters, and it was not necessary either Sergeant Corney or I should ask how he came by them, for we knew through bitterest experience what the squaws and children would do when a white man was at their mercy.

Not until a full hour had passed could Reuben Cox tell his story, and even then he was in such a sorry plight that it was possible for him to speak only a moment at a time; but before morning came--before we were able to do very much toward relieving his sufferings--we had a fairly good account of all that had occurred from the moment the five foolish men clambered over the stockade until our cannon had done its work of mercy.

It seems that the deserters, after getting outside the fort, decided to make their way as nearly to St. Leger's quarters as might be possible, and to that end made a long detour to the westward. The sun had risen before they came upon a sentinel, and he was, fortunately, as it seemed to them, one of the British regulars.
1. Who had been cut?
2. Was it a bad injury?
3. Where was he cut?
4. By whom?
5. Was he bleeding?
6. Where did the savages bring him?
7. How was his face maimed?
8. How did that happen?
9. What ethnicity was the man?
10. What was his name?

Numbered answers:
1. a former comrade
2. yes
3. on the legs and arms
4. the savages
5. yes
6. across the river,
7. with huge blisters
8. through bitterest experience
9. white
10. Reuben Cox

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Post-punk is a heterogeneous type of rock music that emerged in the wake of the punk movement of the 1970s. Drawing inspiration from elements of punk rock while departing from its musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations, post-punk music was marked by varied, experimentalist sensibilities and its "conceptual assault" on rock tradition. Artists embraced electronic music, black dance styles and the avant-garde, as well as novel recording technology and production techniques. The movement also saw the frequent intersection of music with art and politics, as artists liberally drew on sources such as critical theory, cinema, performance art and modernist literature. Accompanying these musical developments were subcultures that produced visual art, multimedia performances, independent record labels and fanzines in conjunction with the music.

The term "post-punk" was first used by journalists in the late 1970s to describe groups moving beyond punk's sonic template into disparate areas. Many of these artists, initially inspired by punk's DIY ethic and energy, ultimately became disillusioned with the style and movement, feeling that it had fallen into commercial formula, rock convention and self-parody. They repudiated its populist claims to accessibility and raw simplicity, instead seeing an opportunity to break with musical tradition, subvert commonplaces and challenge audiences. Artists moved beyonds punk's focus on the concerns of a largely white, male, working class population and abandoned its continued reliance on established rock and roll tropes, such as three-chord progressions and Chuck Berry-based guitar riffs. These artists instead defined punk as "an imperative to constant change", believing that "radical content demands radical form".
1. When was the term "post punk" first used?
2. Who first used it?
3. Why?
4. What type of music is it?
5. Is it classical or jazz?
6. What genre is it?
7. Where did the inspiration come from?
8. Was it conventional?
9. What was it marked by?
10. What was seen during this movement?
11. What did the artist's embrace?
12. What kind of subcultures developed?

Numbered answers:
1. late 1970s
2. journalists
3. describe groups beyond punk's sonic template
4. heterogeneous
5. no
6. Post-punk
7. punk rock
8. no
9. varied, experimentalist sensibilities
10. music with art and politics,
11. electronic music, black dance styles and the avant-garde
12. visual art, multimedia performances, independent record labels and fanzines

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POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A fomer Pennsylvania high school football player was acquitted of murder Friday in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant last summer.

Luis Ramirez died of blunt force injuries after a confrontation with a group of Pennsylania teens.

However, a Schuylkill County jury found Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak guilty of simple assault stemming from the death of Luis Ramirez, who died of blunt force injuries to the head after a fight with the defendants and their friends.

Donchak, 19, was also found guilty of providing alcohol to the group of teens that encountered Ramirez the night of July 12 on a residential street in the rural mining town of Shenandoah.

Both teens were acquitted of ethnic intimidation charges.

Prosecutors alleged the teens baited the undocumented Mexican immigrant into a fight with racial epithets, provoking an exchange of punches and kicks that ended with Ramirez convulsing in the street, foaming from the mouth.

He died two days later in a hospital in Danville.

Piekarsky, 17, had faced a charge of third-degree murder for allegedly delivering a fatal kick to Ramirez's head after he was knocked to the ground. He also was found not guilty of ethnic intimidation, aggravated assault and attempting to solicit a cover-up.

An all-white jury of six men and six women heard from several prosecution witnesses, including a juvenile co-defendant and another teen who pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in the fight.

While the jury heard conflicting accounts about who initiated the encounter or delivered the final kick to Ramirez's head, defense lawyers attempted to place the blame on another co-defendant, who is facing charges in juvenile court, and Colin Walsh, who has pleaded guilty to violating Ramirez's civil rights.
1. Who died?
2. How many were found guilty in causing his death?
3. What were their names?
4. Were they charged with murder?
5. Was he convicted of that charge?
6. What other charge was he acquitted from?
7. What other charge was Donchak found guilty of?
8. How old is he?
9. and how old is Pierasky?
10. On what date did the altercation occur?
11. In what town?
Numbered answers:
1. Luis Ramirez
2. Two
3. Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak
4. Piekarsky had faced a charge of third-degree murder
5. No
6. ethnic intimidation, aggravated assault and attempting to solicit a cover-up
7. providing alcohol to teens
8. 19
9. 17
10. July 12
11. Shenandoah