Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-09-16

/ him was coyeIe with tho slain; the once white
aud projecting ,cks, blesched with the rain
and sun Of ca,uries, were crimsoned with
blood that had armed the heart and animated
the bosom of Il, patriot and the soldier. The
ipale qlimmerir of the moon occasionally
threw faint rh, upou the mangled bodies
OF the dead; the aPassing cloud enseioPeu an
| in darkness, an gave additional MOTTO. y ~.
feeble cries of sfew still lingering 10 me laS'
agonies Of protected death rendered douoIy APP
ipaiiinu by the oarse gIo"s O
loud howl Of lie wolf, the shrih ana vaIea
notes of the viii cat and panther, ieedins on
the dead and dyig. Morgan behsid the scene
with heart-rendng sensations and looked Io,-
ard " iii ti5s s.!s faespa's % bus nssn enn |,
A large. ferotous looking bear, covered all
over with bloc, now approached him; ne
threw himself N the ground, silently COM
mended his soulto Heaven. and IN breashless
ANXIETY awai,edh;s fate. The sa,iated animal
slowly passed O, without noticing him. Nor
gan raised his bed--was about offering thanks
10, mis- uuexpeeIsi pI,ssei .a;;oI, tic
OF a mack OF wotes opened upon him, and a.
aa;n awakened hn to sense OF danger. He
nl.ccd his hands ,yer his eycs-fcil on his face,
and in silen, aaon- awaited his fate. He now
heard a ,ns,lina iail,e bushes-steps approach
ed-.-a cold chill r.n over him. Imagination
creative, busy Imagination. was actively en-
Moved: death. the most horrible death, await
ed him: his limbs would in all probability be
torn from k:s body, and he be deyoured alive.
He fell, toach-the vital spark was almost
MISUNDERSTANDING touch more violent than
The fist. and he was turned over--the cold
sweat ran down in torrents--his hands were
violently forced from his faee--the moon pass
ed passed from under a cloud-a faint ray BEAM
ed upon him---his eyes Involuntary opened,
and he beheld his wife! who, in a scarce au-
dible voice, exclaimed, '.My husband!--my
nusband." and fell upon his bosom.
Morgan now learned from his wife that after
the Indians had entered the house, the found
some spirits. and drank freely; an alteration
soon took place---one Of them received NOR.
Ial stab, and fell; his blood ran through the
door ON her. Believing it TO be the blooA Of
her husband, che shrieked aloud, and betray.
ed her place Of concealnent.
She was Immediately taken and bound.
The party, after setting fire to the house,
proceeded to Bryant's Station. On the day Of
Inc battle the Blue Licks, horse, with sad.
die and bride, rushed by her, which she knew
to be her husbands. During the action the
prisoners were left unguarded, made their es
cape, and lay concealed beneath some bushes
under the banks of the river. After the Indi'
ans had returned from the pursuit, and left tie
battle ground, she with some other persons
that had escaped with her, determined to make
a search for their friends, and, il on the field
and living, to save them if possible from the
/ n n 4. r. a.
and almost despairing Of success, she fortu-
nately discovered him.
The party of Col. Logan found Morgan and
his wife, and restored them to their friends,
their infant, and their home.