The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-02-20

tic form of Edward Gardner. The FL
voice they heard was his, accompanied
the shrill whooP of the Indian, Abraham
The Indians were panic stricken {; they h'
till this minute fought bravely--yes, de
perately but no sooner did that cry
the red man burst upon their ears, tha
they turned and fled, for then they kne
they had been betrayed. Many fell in Il
pursuit, which continued not long, for Il
whites sought not the death oftheir enemie
or no more than their own safety requires
But what u different scene did The morr
ing sun show, to what it did on the pr
vious day. Heaps of smoking ashes Ia
where had stood stacks OF rich grail
Barns were PROSTATE in ruins, and nous,
perforated with balls while thickly strew
around lay the stiffsned corpses of the re
men.
Struggle after struggle betwix, the settler
and the red men followed this attack, i
numbers too great forus to attempt to record
so pass we on to an event which is con
nected with our tale.
The Indians knew that the person who had
betrayed them could be no other than Abra
ham, and deep and deadly was the ven
geance they swore against him. They
knew, too, that il was from his soD alone
TIM, he could have gained his intelligence,
but ms he had fought bravely on that fatal
night, they c0ntenled themselves with ex-
peIIing him from the tribe. His wife was
not allowed to accompany him end he
went forth alone a disgrnced and branded
mar. He knew that he had done his duty,
that his punishment. was unmerited, and
the blow sunk deep into his soul.
Abraham. after the battle, lived with the
whites, for he knew that should he attempt
tn live in the woods that he could not es-
cape the vengeance of Philip. For about
nine months he continued in the house Of
Gardner, occasionally accompanying the
whites in their expeditions against the Ia
dians. But he pinsd for the free home he
loved in The boundless forest, and he sought
n retreat IN some spot, near enough to the
whites for him to flee to them for protec-
ton, should Indians appear in the neigh
borhnod. The place he selected was the
rock which stll hears his name. II seem
ed to be a spot formed expressly for such
a tenant. Commanding from It's SUNNI,
~
most in accessible, except on one side,
while abont half way up, on the other, was
"a natural recess, entered only by secret
path, which gave every accommodation for IA
sleeping apartment. Here, then, he deter
mined to take up his abode Immediately
Gardner attempted to dissuade him, but in
vain and ns the rock was within about
two miles Of the settlement, he Mt length
concluded that Abraham would be as safe |
there rs he would be in hi. own house, ns
the lndians had never been seen so near
the settlement, since the night when they
met with such severe repulse.
For about three months after Abraham
had taken up his abode at the rock, Philip
was continually at war with the whites |
;--.--i &c . &c -i~euce on tho |
part OF the whites, it had become one of Of !
fence (; for they had found that there was
no peace for them so long as Philip could
bring force into the field. His forces
were now nearly broken up, and The settlers
were engerly looking for the final blow.
Philip had just been defeated at Ma,tapoi-
set neck, and it was thought had retired
with his broken band to the swamps around
Mount Hope. But we must leave him aud
return to Abraham.
u vas the month Of August and the short
twilight was fast ending. Abraham was
sitting on the top Of the rock, meditatinp
IN his own loneliness and tho csirnnge- a
nent OF the son whom he loved SO well. n
when his eye caught the figure ofa man v
lowly approaching through the forest. v
hp ,,f ,l,, Ia.
nent thai 1t was one Of his own race, but {
IS the person was alone, he determined to
eniain were he was, as his position gave /
nm every advantage over the other, If he q
a'ne as foe. Perhaps, too, he longed to 4
INQUIRE afier his son Imngiue, then, his $
1rprse aud his pleasure, when he found $
the person who approached him the son .
'hom he had been longing to see. Find I
" tfat he had not hcen discovered, he hns-
y descended from the rock and ia n few 4
''nuies stood confronting him. In n mo-
,en, the Father and son were in each 9TH
RS arms. The history of the son was
oou told. Perhaps the father reioiced
hat II was so-thnt he was thus banshed-
pr II again united his son to him. "But |.
"es not my father know tha, Me,acome,
5 IN the neighborhood continued the
"n. Does not my father know that he is I
.ot safe SO far from the village of the pale
aces," " You tell me strange things, my
on, replied the old man. I thought that
'hilip was far from here with his warriors
,u' If he is indeed here I must again seek
he protection Of the white man for since
have again found my son, do no, vet
'ish to die; especially Ivy the hand Of Met.
comet" That he is here is but too Ger.
,in," replied the son, :" for saw two of ,
is band but shor, time ago, aud knowing
"u were somewhere here | came to warn
ou of your danger. But let my father re.
re TO his hiding place. will enter the
oods aud see if any of his enemies are be-
viIt him and the dwellings of the white [,
Zen. Ii they are not, then can my father 1
10 in safetv. The son droar,ed .,d Al J