The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-09

4 ''seo tiles9G q Fiddle or. iIeN now SeIz ,. ed Golfer, stripped him entirely uakee 1 ftid began to consult on the manner h .Esheaid Dc pat to death.
 They were first Inclined to#set him U. as a mark to shoot aL but the chief illtel
 tered, and seizing him by the shoulder
 asked him if he could run fast2 Col
 ter, who had been some tine amoi4gs
 the Aeekatso or Grow Indiaha, had il
 considerable degree, acquired t5. ] '5iaelsleol language, gu and was also wei Eaeqaalllted with Indian customs; he
 Knew that he lad now to run for his life
 With the dreadful odds Hive or six hun
 ared against him, and those armed In
 aiitIts; he therefore eunHihgiY replied
 ltlat he was q very bad runner, although ne was considered by tie hunters as re. mafkabl3 swift. The chief DON com. mahdedsthe party to remain stationary. ana ne led Golfer out on the prairie three or four hundred yards, and releas- ed hlm, bidding him save himself if he could. At thls moment the. .horrid var .Naeep seiiiieita b tie ears of poor tsso. ter, who, urged withthe hope of pre- serving lie, ran with q speed atwIlIch hlnself was surprised. He proceeded towards the Jefferson Fork, haying 10 traverse plain six miles in breadth, .aPounding WithsPrickl5 pear, on which ne wies every instant treadiag with his naked feet. lie ran nearly half way across the plain, before he ventnred to look over his shoulder, when he per celsed that the Indians were very much scattered, and that he gained ground 10 aeonsidefablc distance from the main bodJs but one Indian, who carried a 55i'eFtfs l'assts much before aiithe rest, and not more than one hundred yards behind nun. 2 fsia! se5lesgnof hepe HOW cheer ed the heart ol1olter; he derived eon- tldencc from the belief that escape was within the bounds ef possibility but that confidence was nearly fatal to him, for he eXerted himselfto such degree that the blood gusbed from his nostriIs. and soon almost covered the fore part Of bis body. He had now arrived ,yitsll# 2 mllezof the river, when he distinctly
 heard the appalling sound footsteps eeAmd llln, aud eVefy nista4t expeetea. to feel the spear of his parsner. A gaia. he turned bis head, aad saw. the say.sg4. not twenty yards tfenl hiTn. i3eterItiil.= ed, if possible, 10 avoid the expected blow, he suddenly stopped, taraed round, and spread out his arms. The Indian, surpassed by the audiences Of the action, and perhaps by the bloody appearance ofColtcr. also attempted to stop; but, exhausted with running, he fell whilst endeaVorins 10 tbrow his spear, which stuck in the ground and broke. Colter instantly snatolled up. the pointed dart, with which he pinned him to the earth, and then continued his flight. The foremost of the Indians. oD arriving at the place, stopped til others came up to join them, whenthey setup
 q laideotis3eiii. Every moment of this time was improved by Golfer, who, though tainting and exhausted, succeed. cd ia gaining the skirting of the cotton. tree wood, on the borders of the Fork, through which he ran, and plunged into the river. Fortunately for him, alittle below this place was an island, against the upper part of which. a raft of drift. ed timber had lodged. He dived uh- derthe raft, and after several efforts got his shead above water,amongst the trunks of the trees, covered over with smaller wood 10 the depth of several feet. < Scarcely had he secured himself when the lndians arrived at the river, screceh- ing and yelling, as Golfer expressed 1t, ssliltse so aaa1ly dcuzls.' They were fre- quently on the raft during the day, and were seen through the chiaks by Golfer, who was congratulating himself on his escape, until the idea arose that they might set the raft on fire. h horrible suspense he remained until night, when hearing no more of the Indians, he dived under the yaft and swan silently down the river to a considerable distance.
 where he landed and ttravelleda!l night. { Although happy in having escaped from the Indians, his situation was still dread l fal; hewas completely naked5 under
 a burning sun; the soles of his feet
 were entirely filled with the thorns Q
 the Pfickly pear; he was hungry, ano
 no means of killing game, although he
 saw abundance around him; and wai
 lat least seven days journey from Lisa'
 Fort, the Bighorn brancho the Roche
 Jaane riveE These were oircumstan
 ces, undermhieh almost any man, bn
 all American hunter, would have des paired. lie arrived at the Fortinsevet I days; haying subsisted on . root mucl