The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-11

plenty Of wo0d 20 give them . good Gre;
the prisoners were ned and laid in their
places: alter / was laid dnHn. 0ne u them
had occasion 10 use his knife: he dropped
IL al nv feei; turned ms foot over IL and
concealed i; they al lay dawn and fell
asleep. About midnight got up and
found them in sound sleep. slipped
10 Pence. who ROSE; cut him loase, and
handed him the kaife: he did The same
for me, and ] IN turn took the knife and
cut Pike Loose; 10 minutes time we dis.
armed them. Pence took his station 81
the guns. Pike and myself with our
;omahaSks IOuk our stations; ! wss 10
Iomakawk three on The right wing. and
Pike two on the left. That moment
Pixies two swake. and were getting up;
here Pike proved aeoward. and lsiddown.
II was q critical moment. ! saw there
was no lime 10 be lost; their heads turned
mp fair; ! despatched them in q moment.
and turned 10 my 10, as per agreement.
and as was shout to despatch the lasi on
my side Of the FIRE. Pence he shut. and
did good executian; there was only anc
al The off wing that his ball did not reach;
his name was Mahawkr, a slOnt. bnld.
daring fellow. In The alarm he jumped
OF about three rods from the FIRE; he saw
IL was the prisoners that made the attack,
and giving the war-whoOp. he darled To
take possession Ofihe guns; was as quick
10 prevent him: the contest was then be-
tween him and myself. As | raised my
ioeahawk. he turned quick 10 jump from
me; | followed him and struck al hin,
but missing his head. my tomahswk stue.i
in his shoulder, or rather the back ol
his neck; he pitched forward and fell: Al
The same time my foot slipped, and fell
by his side; we clinched; his arm was
naked; he caught me around my neck,
at the same time caught him with my
left arm around The body, and gave him a
close hug, al the same time feeling for his
knife, but could not reach il.
In our scuiIis my iomahawk dropped
out. Ny head was under the wounded
shoulder. aud almost snlTncated me with
his blood. | made violent spring and
broke IRON his huld; VIC both rose al the
same time, and he ran; il took me some
time TO clear The blood from nv eyes; MY
iomahawk got covered up and could mol
find i, in time To overiake him; he was
the only one Of the party that escaped,
Pike was powcrless. always have had
a reverence for Christian devotion. Pike
was trying 10 pray, and Pence swearing
a, him. charging him with cowardiee
and saying j, was no time to pray-ht
ought To fshG we were masters Of the
ground, and in possession Of all theil
guns, blankets. match coats, &c. | then
turned nv attention to scalping them; and
recovering tile scslps OF my father, broth
er, ani others, strung them all on my
belt for safe keeping. We kept our ground
till morning, and built raft. il being near
the bank of the river where they had
encamped. about fifteen miles below
rioga Point; we 60, all our plumber on it,
and Sc. sail for Wyoming, the nearest
settlement Our raft gave way, when
VIC made for land. but we lost consider
able property, though we saved nur guns
and ammunition. and took 10 land; we
reached Wylusins late in the afternoon.
Came to the narows: discovered smoke
below, and a raft laying at The shore. by
which we were certain that a party Of In.
dams had passed US in the course of the
day, and halted for the night. There was
no alternative for us DO, 10 roui them or
go over the mountain; the snow on The
north side Of the hill was deep; We knew
from the appearance Of the raft tina. The
party mus, he small: we had Two rifles
each; nv only fear was OF. Pixies cowar-
dice. To know .hesworst afi. we sgteed
thai | should ascertain their number and
give the signal for the attack; Icrept down
the side nj the hal, so near as 10 see bleir
fires and packs, bat saw no Indians. |
conelutlsd they had gone hunting for
meat, andihai this was good opportunity
Cor US ~ make off with their raft To- The
opposite side Of the river. gave the
signal: they came aud threw their packs
on to. the raft. which was made Of small,
dry pine timber: with poles and paddles
we drove her briskly across the river.
and had got nearly out Of reach ef shot,
when two Of them came in; they fired.
their shots did no injury; we soon got
under cover OF an island. and went several
miles; we had wsded deep creeks through
the day. the night was cold; we landed on
an island aud found sink hole in which
we made. our fire; after warming we were
alarmed by cracking in the crusG Pike
supposed the Indians had got on to the
island. and was. for calling for quarters; TO
keep him quie, we threatened him with
his life; the stepping grew palmer, and
seemed coming directly to the fire; kept
a watch, and soon noble raccoon came
under tile light. Isho. the raccoon, W hen
Pike jumped up and called out, Quar-
tiers, gentlemen; quarters, gentlemen"
! took my game BY the leg aud threw it
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