Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-10-07

/ there. % "a ma,cdy oislight fevers and chill
Icompucd with tlio continued and arden
fever, which riotcd In the veins OF their IA
,lcys and mothers.
Ash said, these eminent societies bro
|aU their charities with them. These feel
|iags received even an accession Of emery,
and lutensHcss from those peculiar cIrcum
Ie,ances, which rendera similar soiourn IL
Ian Indian wilderness, the strongest cemen
I OF neighborly affections. The air, before
/ the forests were leveled. was generally re
morkablo for It's salubrity. The chas,
Welded the most salutary viands aud im
measurable appetite aud digestion cores
p01di1g To these denizens of the low
eriug wilderness life was the sensation oil
high health, Hercu.eaa ylg0r and redua-
dant JOY. It was nvigorauug to hear the
cxaalatOry inteloCtIon, the sdicty-vaiTe re
spuau0n, as they struck their well temper
ed axe into the enormous trunk Of the tree,
they wero about to fan. These were the
men, who were parents OF the pioniee and
roses, that now bloom there; and OF ,ha
men c, square form. unblcnchiug cheek,
and sure rifle shot; the players with thua-
JerboIts, the swimmers oftho mississippi
and the chalic1Eers of battle with whole
maaegerjc ofpanihers and wildcats, with a
supcuumarary zebra TO kick withal
When the social band hadplauted their
feet on the virgin soil, the frs, object was.
20 fix on % spot central to one of the mos,
upland aIuyaGs of gentle swell and dcciv-
,ty, Uhero pawplw, cane ana wjjI clover
marked oyallUu, fertility; ani where the
woods were So open, that tha hunter could
ride ia any direction OF bali speed. The
curse of party ieuds, and polhcola spcri,v
had aot vet sn,uel the soil with stCr,i,'y,
add 1t YIELDED almost w.tlou. o.aer cuiI.
walton, Jaanp.anung. from eighty Goa hua
bred buslel of MAKO % the acre; and all
other desirable products in proportion.
Game was SO abundant ,dat ,wo hua,ors
would often klil ologLl iI two days, %
last station of o. hundred souls O month,
aodthese rsbusti0U young wainsaud dam
sells were not OF your rice cake and wafer
enters neither They walked PLAYED. dam
ced hunted and loved IN strength and glad
ness; and their consumption of tender yea-
is0n was 10 proportion.
Tao next thing, after finding the central
point ofthis hunters paradise, was tobut,d
a Station which now remains 90 be des
scu5ed. Il was desirable that it should
be near a flush limestone spring; and If q
satIcI and prodigious sugar maple or
chard were close az hand, SO much the bet
ter. The next preliminary step was, 10
clear a considerable area, so that nothing
should be lo1 to screen an enemy from
view and q shot. fla spring could be ea-
closed, or good well dug in the enclosure.
It was considered an important element;
bat as an Indian siege never extended be
yond two days, and as wafer enough to
last through the emergency, could always
be restored in a reservoir, It was deemed
still more important, that tho position
should be on rising ground, as much
las possible overlooking the adjoining for
est. The form was % perfect paraiio,o
gram, including from a half 90 "a foil acre.
A trench was then dug, four or five iec'
deep, aud contiguous pIcscts planted int,
so as Co form q compact wall ten or twelve
feet from the ground The pickcls were
Of hard and durable timber, nearly .o3,
/. In diameter: and formed o rampant beyond
the power of man either 20 leap, or over
throw. bv the exercise of individual and
gna.ded physical power. As the angles
were small projecting squares. ofshll suoa
. ger materials and planting. technically cal
Red Gaukers, with o5ique port holes; So
. that the sentinel within could rake the ey
tcra5l front oftbo station wi,hol, being ey
|nosol Co shot without. Two folding gates
in the front and rear, swinging on proli
gious wooden hinges, gave ingress and O.
rress 90 the men and teams In time OF $50
cur.ty. so other times, a trusty sentinel
on the roofof an interior bu'lding was sta
toned so as % be- able 90 descry at dis
lance every suspicious object The gales
are always fymly barred by night; and
seni1cls through IFS silent watches reIjev
ed each other IN turn. Nothing can be
imagined more eGectual for Its purposes,
than simple contrvance IN the line Of for
ufcaton. True these walls would not
f have stood against thc battering ram o.
/ Joseohus. or the bllls of six FOUNDER
I Butthey were proofagainst Indian strength
and patience and rifle shot The only eX
.pedieut was, toundermine them; or destroy
. them with ERE; and this could not be east
'ly done, without exposing them to the rifle
|ofthe naukers. OF course there are few
recorded instances, where they werc takeu
when suliiully and resolutely defended
/ Their regular forms, m the contra wilder
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