Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-24
From ne Literary S,lbaiiern.
HALLS 'rR AVEI.S,

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WA, Oh fi'gHrnsd American iurs,, who has spent
loun hts ~ lic Yves orn part OF TIM country
Ne "ay', All .s'ca the whole work. ailj for the
tts'ir N now make, ARE indebted To MIR. William !
nc..,.tit, she able cditor ut the Nav York Critic
The following sketch VIII be read with interest by
'e patrons OF tis paper; and selected speech
men OF ;hv manner and matter of Judge Hall |
"Amjng the adventures whom Boon described as
having reinforced hs little colony, was Young cen-
;,'man nl,ne, Smith, WHO had been major in the
ilitia oil Virginia, and possessed iuli share of the
,saliantry aud noble splri Of his native state In the
absence ot Boon, he was chosen, account of his
utary rank aud talents, coualsnd the rude ctade
winch contained MI tte wealth of this patrarchal
hand--thcir wives, their children and their nerds.
IL held also an object particularly dear To this young
soiier-a icy, the daughter Of OF the settlers
Ia whom he had pledged his affections. IL came TO
pass upon CERTAIN DAY. when the scCC was over, |.
tranquility restored, and the e,nnloyments at Iusbon
dry resumed, That tls young lady, villa female |
companion strolluG ou,, as youag laoies,r luvc arc
cpry aptto do, along the bap ~ the Kentucky
llasing ranibied about tor some alc. they espiec
canoe lying by the shore, and IL n frolc seppod into
1t, with the differentiation OF visiting neIghbor ON
the opposite bank. Il seems that they not 50
well skilled III. navigation a. the LAZY IF TIE LH"e,
who padded her canoe verv dcxero,islv, for
stcaduf gliding to the point of dcst IN ton, they were
whlrled about by the stream. length thrown
Oh sand-bar, from which they ubligei ~ wade
10 the shore. Fun Of uhrth eXcied by their wild adj
venture, they hastily arranged their dresses, and
were proceeding To climb the banks when three In
dams, rushing from neghhoring covert seized the
lair wanderers and forced them away. Their savage
captors, evncng no sympathy for their distress,
allowing them time fer rest rejection, hurried |
them along during the whole day by rugged and |
thorny paths. Their shoes were worn of by the
rocks, their clothes torn aud their feet and limbs Ia
cerated, and stained with blood. TO heghteu their |
misery, one OF the savagcs began 10 make love TO
Miss - (thc intended OF Major Smith, and while
goading her along with pointed stick, promised in |
recompense Tor her suiierIngs, to make her ms
Sg"dw This at once reused all the energies OF her
niind. and called lis powers into action. In the |
nope that her friends would soon pursue them, she |
broke the twigs she passed along, and DELAYED the
party as much as possible by tardy and laundering
steps. But why dwell or the heartlcss aud unmanly
cruelty Of these savages? The day ami the niGh
passed, and another day of agony had nearly rolled !
over the heads of these afflicted females, when their
conductors halted 10 COOK a wild repast OF buffalo
meat.
"The ladies were soon missed from the garrison
The natural courage aud sagaoy OF Smith, now
heightened by love, gave him the wings ut the wind
aud the iierceness ofthe tiger The hight traces OF
fcniaie feet led hlinto the place of enblrkaiiom-the
canoe was traced IN tine opposite shore--the deep
PRINT OF the noCcaSn III the sand told the rest anu
me agonLed Smith, accompanied by few of his
sest wOodsmen, pursued the spoil -cncumbcred foo
he Track, once discovered, they kept with that
herring sagacity SO peculiar TO hunters The
fendcd grass, the dsentanged briars and the com.
pressed shrub, afforded the only. but to them the
certain indications of the route of the enemy
w hen they had sufficiently ascertaned the general
course of the retreat Of the Indians Smith quilted the
trace assuring ms companions that they would al IN
with them at the pass OF certain stream ahead for
which he struck direct course thus painIn on
the foe, who had taken the most difficult paths '
Arrived at the stream, they traced It's until
they discovered the water newly thrown upon the
rocks Smith, leaving his party, now crept for {
ward upon his ha nds and feet. until he discovered
OF the savages seated bya fire. and with DELHI
crate aim shot him through the heart. The women O
iuShed towards their deliverer, and recognizing I
Smith, c!ung to him In the transports ofnewy ava v
kened Joy and gratitude, while n second Indian h
sPrang towards him with his tomahawk. Smith b
dsengngng himself from the ladies' aimed n blow q
at his antagonist with his rife, which the savage n
voided by springing aside, but at the same moment
the latter received mortal wound from another "
hand. Ehe other and only remaining Indian fell in c
attempting te escape. Smith, with his interesting r.
barge, returned in triumph TO the fort, where his
gaantry, no doubt, was repaid by the sweetest OF Il
oil rewards" 81
The stofy Of two travellers called the Harpcs, I
possesses much interest, and is now copied.-Tbe r
story, we not IN error published some five
OF slx yenrs ago. by Judge Hail. in une of the peri
nllcals of the day. As for It's truth we have no p
doubt vi At and We we'll remember of having listened
20 II, when we were boys, whilst residing in Ken
lucky. Oar young hair would stand erect whilst e
we listened to its frightfu details, and often did we
SIGH for our native country and the peace and quie
ude Of happy, blessed, and beloved Rhode Island II
nonnler not altogether dE'sImilor TO the Harpes,
travelled through Kentucky about ten yeats AGO, o
md spread death and dissolution before him He G
was of the blood Of the first born CAIN aud seemed
10 have been formed for the employment of muir p
derer. He was German by birth, and had not u
ong remained in Americn, when he swore eternal r
aired for all mankind, and commenced his bloody c
deeds lie had regard for friends foes; all y
Who came within the reach of his knife, foil victims
20 his rspacity Men who had travelled with him n
and who had shared with him their last shilling in
tHaf and 81
keen edge OF his knife His last bloody deed was a
porpetrated in the town of New Albany Indiana op- i
posite Lonisvliis, Kentucky At this place, he aoci-
dentally met coultryman of his, baker, who had
by honest industry and incessant toilngs accumua-
led snug little 1oTigpe. The German called upon II
lIm-clamed the rights OFT countryman, and was p
Ieadily received and kindly treated. This course of
conduct continued for some two or three weeks v
when in requtsl oft'e kindness Of lis benefactor
She German murdered him, and threw his bodv into
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