The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-06
From he PORT Folio.


! tiers inthc western country. Among III.
ad,cntuIcrs whum Boon described rs
! having reinforced his little colony, wa-
n young gentleman named Smith, who
| had been major in the militia ol Virginia,
aud possessed full share of The CALAMITY
and noble spirit of his native state. In The
absence of Boon, he was chosen I'm ac-
count of his military rank and talents 10
command thu rude citadel which CON
tanned all the wealth of this palriarchal
band-thcir wives, their children and their
herds. II held also an object particularly
dear 10 this young sold,sr--e lady, the
daughter of one al the settlers, To whom
he had pledged his affections. II came
To pass, upon n certain day, when the
siege was over, tranquility restored, and
the employmenis nj husbandry resumed,
that this young lady with female COIN
panion strolud out, ms those In love nfe
apt To do, along the hanks of the Kentucky
river. Having ramblcd about for some
Time, they espied canoe lying nj the
shore, aud in a rrolic stepped into IL with
the determination of visiting nelghbor On
the opposite bank. II seems that they
were not so skilled in navigation rs ihe
Lddy Of the Lake, who "paddled her own
canoe" very dexterously instead of
gliding 90 the point OF destination, they
we've whir,ed about by the stream, and nj
| length thrown on a sRna har, lro,n which
! they We're obliged To wade 10 the shore.
Full Ofthe mirih excited by their adsen-
ture, they hastily arranged their dresses,
and were proceeding 10 climb the bank,
when three Indians, wishing from neigh
boring covert, seized the fair wanderers
and forced them away. Their savage
captors, etinclng no sympathy Tor their
distress, nor allowing them time for rest or
reflection, hurried them along during the
whole day by rugged and thorny paths.
Their shoes were worn off by the rocks,
their clothes torn, aud their feet and limbs
laCcratcd, and tanned with blood.--=Fo
heightrn their misery, one of the sayageb
began To make love 10 Miss, tthe intend
ed Of major s, aud while goadlng her
long with pointed stick, promised In re.
compencc for her suffering, to make her
has Sguno. This nj one. reused MI the
energies of her .lind. aud called It's powers
into action In the hope that her friends
would soon pursue them, SHE broke the
twigs as she passed along and delayed the
party ma much AS possible by tardy and
| hcartIcss and 0nmanly cruelty of The sa-
wages The day aud thr night passed
aud auotherday of agony had nearly rol.
led over the heads of these afflicted fe-
males, when their conductors halted 10
cook a wild repast Of batialo meat
The ladies' were soon missed from the
garrison. The NATURAL courage aud saga
city of Smith, now heightened by love,
gave bin the wings of the wiud, and the
Gcrceness of The tiger The light traces ot
female feet led him ~ the place al eln
barkalion the canoe wAs traced In the
opposite shorr-lhr deep print ol the moe.
casin IN the sand told the rest--and The
agoulzcd Smith, accompanied hy tw
Of his best voodsmch, pursued the spoil
encountered foe The track once dis
covered, they kept II With that unetring IN
gaclty 81 peculiar 10 our huhirrs The
Bonded grass, the dlscnlangled briars, and
the compressed shrub, nllnrdlng tllc only,
but TO them The certain indications, Of the
route Of the enemy. When they had sui.
Gciently asccrfaiued the general course ni
the retreat of The Indians, Smith quilted
the trace, assuring his companions tlat he
would fall in with them al The pass al a
certain stream head, for which he now
| struck a direct course ; thus gaining on
| the foe, who had taken The most difficult
paths. Arrived AT the strean, they traced
| its course until they discovered the water
| newly thrown upon the rockst Smith
lcaS ing his party, now crepl forward ON
| his hands aud feet until he Discovered one
ofthe sayngcs seated by the fire, and with
| deliberate aim, shot him through the
| ,,AlaI f,tpartl4 lin IA
drliyerer, and recognizing Smith, clnng Ia
him in the transport of newly awakened
! 10Y and gratitude, while second lndlnn
| sprung towards him with his tomaha"k.
Smith dscngaglng himself from thf
ladies, aimed blow AT his Antagonist with
his rnr, which the savage avoided by
| springlng aside, but at the same moment
the latter received n murtal wound Iron
anothrr hand. The other and DULY re-
manning Indian, fell in attempting 10 maxi
his escape. Smith with his interesting
charge Irturped in triumph Ia the fort
whore his galantry no doubt WA repait
by the sweetest of all rewards,
~ idc last week. aud the ncs' mn -
IL, 900 was cpl 4 10 NJ Murray by Lnr
Byrop's self drsliiuled leeais". The Ia
words of tha, nohleman, before the del
nm which s, izcd his powerful miad vim,
three days of his death, were" "l7h
10 be- known, thai my .last thoughts mcr
given to my riff, my elili, ard my sister,
H. addition To the Circumstance sNe haN
; already stated relative to lhf burning q
Lord Byron's Autographed memoirs, "
, have been infurm that the family of III
dorrasrH nohlcnan offered Mr.. Moor
$4,000 to deliver mp To thrm the manu-
script IN his possession. Mr., Moore dc
, cincd the peouniary rrcompense thus llbt
: rally rendered. but ass'ntrd I" commit tbel
I" thc flames ifthclr publication on per-
= al Of them, should hu disappro'rd Of b
D., his suryl,i ng relations onr readers are
! warc If lie ri suit, tte destruction
=, lhcyt moi interesting memoirs.