Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-17

daus -depcnded the celebrity of their movements.
To remove the laceraed and ha ess Glass was ceFain
death Ia hlm-and to the rest OF the party such mea-
would have been fraught with danger. Under
these circumstances, Major Henry by offering an ex
travagant reward, induced two OF his party TO remain
with the wounded man until he should expire, until
ic could 50 far 60 bear removal TO of
the trading establishments IN that country. They re
manned with their patient ye days. and supposng his
longer possible, they cruelty abandoned
nn, taking with them his rifle, shot-pouch SC. and lea
wing h.n OF either making fire or procuring
food These unPrIncIpied wretcheS proceeded on the
trail OF their employer and when they veroo him re-
ported that Glass had died of his wounds and that they
had inferred him in the best manner possible They
produced ms effects in continuation OF their assertions
and readily obtained credence.
Meanwhile poor Glass, retaining slight hold upon
life, when he found hmselt abandoned. crawed with
great difficulty to spring which within few YARDS
where he lay days During this period he subsist-
ed upon cherries that hung the spring, and grams
GeS C'aiS, or buiiIoe berries, that within his
reach. AcQuirlpc, ny show Degrees little strength
be now set of for ort kiawa, a trading establishment
on tue Missouri River, about three hundred and 6tty
miles distant 1t required no ordinary portion of for-
tude to crawl to the end of such journey through
hostile country without fire arms with scarcely strength
10 drag one limb after another and with almost other
subsistence than wild berries. He had, however, the
good fortune day 10 be in the death of buaioe
calf which uveratSen and slain by pack of woly cs
File permitted the assailau carry the until no
signs ct life remained in their victim and then interior
ed and took possession the Ted cui' but a. he had
no means OF striking fire. may infe that he did not
make very Pf2figdL use of the veal thus obtained.
with lnetagab industry he continued TO craw. until
he reached For, hlawa.
Before his wounds we're entirely healed the clvaIrv
OF Glass was a'vakened and he Joined n party of FIVE
engages, WHO were bound in pi,ogue TO yellow Stone
RWer-ilie primary object of this voyage was dccar-
ed 10 he tue recovery of his arms, and vengeance on
the reCreant who had robbed aud abandoned him i'm te
hour ofhs peril When the party had assembled to with
IN few miles 81 the old AIanan village our trainer of
hair breadth scOpes landed for the purpose of proceed
For at mi. IA,
that OF thc river On the following day. all tho com
panons OF his voyage massaCred bv the AricLara
Indians Approaching the fort with caution, he
observed TWO sIuaWs whom he recognised ArickaIas
aud who, discovering ,u at the same time. turned and
fled This was the first intelligence which de obtained
OF the fact, that the ArCkaras had taken post at the
Aandan village, aud he nj perceived the danger
Of ms situation The squaws were not long in rallvne
The warriors o the tribe who Immediately commenced
the pursuit Suffering still under the severity of his re-
cent wounds, the poor fugitive made feeble essay at
flight, and his enemies within rifle shot of him
when two Nlandan mounted warriors rushed forward
and seized him Instead ofdcspatching their prisoner
as he had anticipated, they mounted him fleet horse
which they had brought for that purpose and car
red him into Iitons Fort without injury.
HE same T-r'Hg. Gtoss crcpt out of the fort, and
after --2r-...ag thirty eight days, alone and through
lie country OF hostile Indians, he arrived fenrl's
establishment.
Finding that the trappers he was in pursuit of had
gone 10 Fort Atkinson, Glass readily consented TO he
Tue bearer OF letters for that post and accordingly left
february, 1921. Four men accompanied INN They
travelled acros to Powder ris, which cnpties Itself III
to the Yellow Store below the mouth of the Horn
They pursued their route M the Powder TO its source
and thence across TO the Platte. Here they Construc-
ted skin boats, and descended i'll them the lower end
of Les C0,teS NoYs (he Black TIlls where they dis
covered thirty eight lodges of Arickara Indians This
was TIE enCanpment OF tFTuy Eyes band. That chief
tad been killed III the attack of The American troops
upon his village, and the tribe under com
Iuand OF Langue de B:chc, (EIl', Tongue.) Ills war
rIor down and invited little party ashore and
BY many professions ofrendship Induced them to be-
heye him to be sincere Glass had once resided with
this tongUcy OLD politician during long winter. had
joined him IT. the chase and smoked his pipe and crack
ed many bottle by the genial fire of he wigwam; and
when he landed the savage chief embraced him with the
cordality old friend The whites were thrown oil
their guard and accepted invitation smoke in the
Indians lodge. Wie engaged in passing the hosrita-
be pipe, small child was heard TO utter suspicious
scream. Glass looked towards the door of the lodge
and behcld tic squaws OF the tribe bearing the arms
and other effects of his party This The signal ur
general ulJycmen-the guests sprang from their seats
aud He'd with precipitation, pursued by their trcacher-
Gus entertauers--the whites ran for life the red war
rors for blood Two ofthe party OvcrtaIcn aud
put 10 death of them within n few wards of GLASS
who had gained point of rocks unpelccwcd and lay
concealed from the view Of his rnsucrs. Ve1sed in all
the arts OF border warfare adycnturcr was enabled
10 practice them IN the present crisis with such success
as 10 battle his buOtthirsy enemies; and he remained
III his lurking place until live search was abandoned IN
despair Breathing free air he al led forth
under cover OF the night aud resumed his line march
towards Fort hiawa. Tic butdIOe calves that sea-
s"n Of the year, generally but few days old and
tie country through which he travelled was album
dainty stocked with them, lie found ii difficult task to
Oyertake often as his appetite adnonshed him to
task his speed for that purpose "Ahough,n said he,
81 had lost my rifle and all my plumber, felt quite
rich when found my knife, flint and Steel in nv shot
pouch, These little fxcns, he added, ''make man
feel right Pea't when he is three four hundred miles
from any body or my Ptacc-a alone among the paint
erS and Sd garments"
journey of fifteen days brought him to Fort Kiawa.
Thence he descended TO Fort Atkinson at the Council
Bluffs where he found his old tratorous acquaintance
the garb Of priv ate soldier. This shielded the de-
hnquent from Chastsement. The commanding officer
nj tue post ordered his rifle to be restoed and the We
tcran traPper furnished with such other appliances
or rens! as he would term them, put him in plight
again to take the field. This appeased the wrath of
Hugh Glass, whom my informant left astounding with
ms wonderful narration, the gaping rank and fc ofhe
garrison.
Santa Fe-Au expedition to the interior provinces
OF Mexico Is about filing OUT from ts neglbourbood