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! chief, and urged the pursuit with d
, keenness which soon brought him
, into the vicinity Of the enemy. For
: The last few miles, the trail had led
them up the southern bank OF the
Ohio. where the foot prints in the sand
were deep and obvious, but when with
in a few hundred yards ofthe point at
! which the whites as well as the Indians
were in the habit Of crossing, il sudden
ly diyerged from the stream, and strech.
ed along a rocky ridge forming an OBJ
Ituse angle with its former direction,
Here Adam halted for moment, and
ldirected his brother and the other
young men to follow the trail with pro-
lper caution, while he himself adhered
Ito the river path, which led through
clusters of willows directly to the poin,
where he supposed the enemy to lie.
Having examined the printing of his
gun, he crept cautiously through the
bushes, until he had view of the point
of embarkation. Here lay two canoes
lempty and apparently deserted. Be-
ing satisfied that the Indians were
close at hand, he relaxed nothing of
his vigilance, anu quickly gained a jut-
Icliff, which hung Immediately over the
the canoes. Hearing low murmur
below, he peeped cautiously over, and
beheld the object of his search. The
Gigantic Big Foot lay before him in the
lshape Of willow, and was talking in
a low deep tone 10 another warrior,
/ who seemed a mere pigmy by his side.
Adam cautiously drew back, and cock
cd his gun.
/ The mark was fair-the distance did
not exceed twenty feet, and his aim
was unerring. Raising his rifle slow
ly and cautiously, he took steady aim
at Big Foot's breast, and drew his trig-
ger. His gun flashed. Both Indians
sprang to their feet with a deep inter-
Election Of surprise, and for single Sc
cond all three stared upon each other.
| This inactivity however was soon over.
Adam was too much hampered by the
bushes to retreat, and setting his life
upon the cast oil the die he sprung over
the bush which had sheltered him, and
lsummoning MI his powers, leaped down
the precipice and alighted upon the
breast of Big Foot with shock which
bore him to the earth. Attic moment
iof contact, Adam had also thrown his
fright arm around then Of the small
Il Ter Indian, so that all three came to
the earth together. At that moment a
Isharp firing was heard among the bush.
es above, announcing that the other
parties We're engaged, but the trio be-
low were too busy to attend to any
thing but themselves. Big Foot was
for an instant stunned by the violence
of the shock, and Adam was enabled
to keep them both down. But the ex-
iertion necessary for that purpose was
so great that he had no leisure to use
ais knife. Big Foot quickly recovered
and without attempting to rise, wrapped
/ his long arms around Adams body, IL
lpressed him to his breast with the
lIcrusliing force Of Boa CONSTRUCTOR
Adam, as We have already remarkea
j, was a powerful man, and had seldom
i encountered his equal, but never had
, ne felt an embrace like that of Big Foot.
He instantly relaxed his hold of the
small Indian, who sprung to his feet.
Big Foot then ordered him to run for
ms tolnahawk, which lay within ten
lsteps, and kali the white man, while he
held aim in his arms. Adam seeing
> ais danger, struggled manfully to ex-
/ 'tricate himself from the folds OF the gi-
ant, but in vain. The lesser Indian
approached him with his upli fled toma-
$ l1awk, but Adam watched him closely,
land as he was about to strike, gave
G fhim kick SO sudden and violent, as to
r Ianock the tomahawk from mis- hand, and
send him staggering back into the wa
tier. Big Foot uttered an exclamation
lin tone OF deep contempt at the fail
:. lure Of his companion, and raising his
!, voice to its highest pitch, Numbered
out several words in the Indian tongue,
! (which Adam could not understand, but
supposed to be direction for the Sc
: lcond attack. The lesser Indian now
lagain approached, carefully stunning
/, Adams heels, and making many mo.
luons with his tomahawk, in order to
Receive him as to the point where the
/. lolow would fall. This lasted for sew
: leral seconds, until a laundering excla-
;, lmation from Big Foot, compelled his
Icompan;on to strike. Such was Ad-
: Jams dexterity and vigilance, however,
= THAT he managed to receive the tonla-
!, hawk, in glancing direction upon his
' wrist, wounding him deeply but not dis
J Iabling him. He now made sudden
land desperate effortto free himself from