Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-24

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his narrow escape. adbury' travels ia III.
interior of America i'll 1909. 1910 and 1871.
she treatment by Golfer is to be ibed
TO the circumstance having spent some time among
the Crow indiaus tIibr enmity with the BiaeAf.,t
nation, aud accompanying them In of their
upon the latter HIS participation affair did not
escape tie tetsitiye rccoeS On of Indian memory ;i
when he came among the Backfeel his safety depended
Tue hostility Of the Blackfcet indians in this
be ts2ced moreover TO the circumstance of que irn
baVns been sitiea NJ Lewis. They are, tue whole
peaceabie tribe, friendly The u states hn, like
tie rest, observe the Ter tai0HiS. They labit part
ieoe o tue "hte settlements, on abe head Of
tie Missouri L4fRaiecf!c jfagN:L,c.
Tins ian came to St Lewis in May, ,n Il stial
CANOE from the head waters of the Missouri = d hce
OF 1000 miles, which he IN 30 DAYS saw hun
oh his arrival, and receiv. him a account of his
adventures after he had separated from ris a C,ark's
party one OF these, from its singuaiiy shall relate
On the arrival OF the mead waters of re As
sour Golfer observing the anelIsnce of Abundance OF
beaver beng there got PERMISSION To remain aua hun
for SOME tiEe, Which lac did company WIKI man uf
the nanie OF Dixon who had tive Immense
ofcoHntry from 81. Lewis the waters Missouri
acne. Sooa AFTER ae separated from Dixon and trap
pet in company with hUn,et named Ports and aware
o The hostility of The Elackiu indaus whom had
besn XII lied by Lewis they let their traps night aud
took them up early III the morning, remaining concealed
daring me day liv! were eNaunning ieir traps early
one morning. ia about miles from that branc
nfh Missouri called JeIersoas Fork, and ascend
ing In acanoe, when they suddenly heard great noise
iesenmhs tAe ranpl,ng OF aniniaIs but ileycoud Aot
ascertain the TACT, a. the hisb, erpendcala banks
each side of the tiver npeded thelr Colter
ostey pronounced TO he oovasioned by indians aud
aavIsed an instant retreat but cowardice
'Mo, ane tney proceeded on. In few minutes alter
wards their doubts removed, party Indians
making their appearance on both sides of the creek
ne amount Of "r COS, who beckoned them come
ashore As retreat was now impossible, Golfer turned
,he herd ntths canoe to the soe at the Of
onchh1 an indIan seized the rifle belonging To Potts ;
nv Caller who Is a remarkably strong man immediate
iy retook 1t and banded it Potts remained
canoe on receiving pushed oil into The had
soey suittedthe shoIe when arrow was shot al MN
and he CRED our " Col,sr,i wounded" Golfer re-
nostrated with him the fOy attempting TO escanc
of nlnIt
Instantly leveed his rifle Indian and shot him dsnd
on The spst This c0ndnct situated AZ he was nav an
pear 10 have been Of madness but il was doub,
less the eject but sudden and for ifta
ken alive he must haye expected TO be tortured TO
win aiIoNs numerous, that TO use the Ians,ae y
CoIter ." he ,nsde riddle Of" They now gsi "a
Sotsr stripped him entirely naked and bemsn 10 80,
slt the manner in which he should be pun to dra,
rhv.ers IA inclined 70 sci him I'm as ,,,,L -, -,
at hut the chief uterfercd and seizIe him hy The shout
der asked him IL he could fast Golfer WIN had
been some time amongst the Ksckatsa Crow indians
Had in cosidsIab degree acquired the BIackfect Ian
eaags and also we'll acquainted with Indian customs
he knew that he mad now TO for his life with tbe
dread(ul OF 600 against him. and those armed
Indians therefore cunnlnay replied that he was very
bad Tqnef slhoush he considered BY the hunters
"a reraTkai As swift. The chief commanded the
,,ry "a tru,Sn stationary, and led Golfer out on IN,
nrare "a IN wards aud released hn4 bidding him 10
srrr SnsT tShs cSd. AT that instant the hofrdw war
whoop was sounded Va the years Of poor Golfer wko
urged = nh the hope OF preserving bis life ran With
speed at which he himself surprised. lie proceeded
towards the Jefferson Fork having to traverse PLATA
miles in breadth abOundin2 with the pTickiy pear on
which he every instant teading with his naked feet
ne ran nearly halfway the plain before he ventcr
"a To look his shoulder, when he perceived that
tie Indians very much scattered aud that he bad
,ined ground considerable distance from the main
tdy: but one INDIAN who carried spear, was much
heiere all the rest aud not more tlan hundred yards
ffon HIM faint CLEAN of hopenow eheered the h, art
oftoer he derived confidence lTOm the helisf that Is.
cae vas within the bounds Of possibility, but ccui-
dec was nearly fatal TO him, he exered himself to
suc degree that the blood gushed his nostrils
a.. soon almost covered the fore paIt bis body He
49,, nj, arrived within nile of the river when he lie
tfsp ttf,ttf
~d every instant expected to feel the Of his pursu
"a, no turned his head aud saw the
,ards from HIM Determined possible to avoid the ex
oeried blow suddenly sopt, turned round & spread
nn his ars The Indian surprised by the suddcnnessof
ne action and perhaps NJ the bloody appearance Of Col
Ter aso attempted to s,op, but exhausted with running
he fe whist endeaTourins 10 throw his spear which
stuck in tue ground aud broke in his hand Golfer in
slau,y snatehed mp the pantea part with which he
nd him TO the earlb, and then continued his flight.
fne foremost Of she Indians, arriving at the
place stopped h Others came uP 10 join them, when
tsey sci up hideous ye-Every moneut Of this time
VS. improved Ivy Golfer, VINO although faniiag and
trsused, succeeded in gaining he shifting of,he
Ton cod trees the boz ders 81 TIE Fork thrO' which
he ran AMI pluEged the river Fortunately for him,
lite he.oH tIs ace theTe vas an island against the
upper part Of when rait of drt timber lodged
De owed under raft. aud after several efforts goi his
head above amongst The hunks Of trees, covered
etpr with snaller wood ihe depth Of several feef-
snarcey had he secured himself wien tie Indians ar
rived on the river scTeaching and Yelling Collier e1-
pressed IL, " like so many devils"
they were frequently on the raft dDring the day,
,,t wee sesn though te chunks by Golfer wD was
concentrating himself bis escape utitil the idea
arose that they ght the raft Ere In horrible
suspense he remained Midnight, hen hearing
~ The Indians he Owed from rndcr the raft and
silently dos u the RIVER a considerable distance When
he landed and travelled all Hsht. Although happy IA
sayug escaped fr0n the indians, his slacn WAS siil
dreadful; he was completely naked under burning
sun the s,ics Of his feet entirely nled with the
tharn, of tho prcsy pear; he was hungry aud had
means Of killing game although be saw abundance
rOund him. ieast seven days journey ron Lisa's
fort on .he BiehoTn bfaBc of The Rocee Jaune
Ihcs sfs circpnetanccs under which almost any man
hatan &nericaD hunter would have despsircd lie
rge athc .0rf In seven days havng spbsisted roo,
much esteemed by Indians ,of The Niaspnfl now
smcWn b. tEe uatuTaists rs PsoraicG sScHksuta.
TIE ANACONDA.
Tne rnllnt.in,r exfracf from MI eod's vnr.