Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-05

the then we WOuiu Hdst ai'5''
didn't you all wait, said Tuskenugsce 't'li We got
them clear up into the camp; might then have Sic
cd them M taste. FOR two hours one or w"
canoes were rmploycdn trrrvng them over now to inc
south hank: some ascendrd the r'r"r ana many y.
could not tell how MANY strolicd assay from the picket
10 III. north and northeast. George still was AFRAID !"
move Presently Chitle came along, with Tiger ana
one or two souaws who had remained on the field with
them till the rest gone. The s1uaws were chat-
tiur and laughing George trcmblcd FOR his fate; the
canoe, approached linn he felt lis ripple; ITS paddle
PASSED an inch or from his One Of the laugh
mo ,auaws remarked, she was passing, Il think
that interpreter is dead-icr IL fell sideways INTO tn"
river as if he woundcd: and appeared to b" delight
ed =; his f,,,-.r was so swongo, (pruud) said she
Tiger ami Tuskcnugg"e only went up a short dis
tanc To the other side, and made small hrr wien
Davis and TonpkinS went for Hopkins, they ana inc
las, Indian within his hearing were gone he heard
their oars but iudIstIncy that he stl thought ih'!
were Indians SWELL oh! my Lord this place wall not
do for me- said Gcorgc-so he just before day
break one hundred yards the river, TO hchr
of hirh grass, whose extent afforded Solr iu!tMI p
cury Here h. remained for two or three hours alter
cak-pcrccving BY hearing and sight no Indian
vel he feared to stir step lie now dragged hilisc
for three hours ike crapin up the long gully when
forms the bed of the long grass until he rot dur
north from the picket and al lis termination lie Then
| pulled himself trcmhngly and hastily through tue
unlnctos of the pine barrcns Tor one or TWO hunnT"a
wards till he reached the next gully of high grass
Drradnp detection every instant h turned ms eyes 10
look and saw al considerable distance an Indian max
in. after him full speed George plunged into the
deepest par, Of the intricate gully fled as fast as he could
until II became more and intricate and heard the
Indians coming ikr wild cattle after HIM. 'Oh! my
God, what shall do" lie lodged at right angles to
his line of flight, and raising ms head ab"v" inc water
saw the Indian OFF Of his track Pursuing tins course
three ar four times he cluCcd him until he came I" a
r;vulc this he swan and rot into the inangr"I"
swami through this he pulled and pulled on all-fonfa,
nnpcdcd at every inch By bushes hrnrs PITS knots,
roots. stumps vines branches, &c. climbing, twist.
inr turning. hanging, sinking &c, TIL ne reached
another riruct. Here he rested. III" algatofs were
,oo thick He hra rrcd himself up branch, the water
drippng from his clothes; the mosquito allowed lm no
! sccp-and here he remained all the second night IT."
haoocd however when he first arrived there rs he heard
the hammers of camp borne TO Inn by The hreczr;
hut the noise of the surf browns all noise Tor us coming
from M the river ssTlc Indian wants to Kill me-c
white MAJ, does mol for me, though George alter
hulcong for long time in YAM Changing ms pos
ton slightly in the Indian might have heard hi'
he now onngcd away the nigh, with III" mosquitoes
I AT daybrcak, looking up, he saw two noccaSn SNAKES
/ hop0inu over his head 81 don't mind you, SAID lie,
and hearing the oars of boat at aybrcak he haoocd
,rujn and arain-but their sound died away and he al
most rave himself up to despair. Wei, SAID he u
STAY here these Indians will scalp me- and rather the
aIl;rators to catch than that they should The dark
rvulrt gas literally black with them lie saw one or TWO
rah, in his path looking 10 the right was monstrous
LARGE one and the left several vita .!rr Hat mouths
cruncbinp some kind Of water reeds lie tied his jacket
sleeves around his body to bear his and putting the
handle of his c!t. knife in his mouth plunged III and
landed OH the opposite siue--orc alligator Ilnne-
d;otel, an his right and another on his left lie then
Recommended his labor, and by III o'clock, having
threaded the rest oftc Inangrove swamp, and crossed
in all four black alligator rvulcs, ne reached our ss'
! Oh how glad WAS to cross over 10 Lrfi nm BACK.
i isOh Cod, said he, 'you would not believe what
| have passed through. He remained exhausted and
/ far yyp DAYS and as sell "a ever,
without wound. He thinks the Indians will drposc
or lcspsc Che for not having got single scalp Tie
1 thinks they had hundred or Two hundred and hity
warriors mp there; and f you ever catch CEillr gen
tcmcll YOU must give hun 10 me, for don think You
San keep nv hands off from shooting him. On the
2Sth early two soldiers and two sailors were despatch
cd express per sail boat Key scnync, To put them
on their guard there and from Lieut. Davis 10 order up
Lieut. Handy, othc Navy, who arrived here the next
| morning
We have been utterly blocked up by the weather FOR
two weeks, and know not how long it will yet CONT
nue. | wrote letter for George, The interpreter tins
morning to his mas,rr, and would give it To you eorJa
tim, but ii is long. The first Indians who fired the
other day Arp:aa son, who G"nr ilne back re-
c,vcd me seemingly cordially III their camp than
did anv other Of the Indians, and Chittc brother
Ochcc Hadjo. The who pursued George 50 m
vetcrately the old fellow whose sick daughter had
visited III his camp: al that time he had but little
friendly feelings for Chl,tc liadIo was also, nu
doubt one of the main acto.s-a handsome Greek sta
tue of u man, and who any guide to his camp.
/ OCTOBER = I.39-Nothng ENTHUSIASTICALLY d
nocturnal sarc amid the hurry of the rain and wind
Drcnching torrents and high wind from the East since
the first and the whole coast, North and South whirn-
ed with the foam, breaking and rolling sixty feet over
the sandy shore They keep constant roar, and any
unfortunate vessel ID wrecked on til" coast It's fate is
pitae. and its meet almost certain cruel fate
The pillows look grand, and the RACES with The
storm Two vessels gimmcrcd in the mist off here TO-
davs,ruree hard sailors. for if these breakers catch
| vou YOU are gone The cOas. is generally lined with
4 parallel shoal, on".guartrr Of mile OF from si"c,
where another line of white foam forms, and all be-
tween the two lines is boiling white.
i a FoREIG< AMBASSADOR IS iEou EIE.-Thc Hon.
J Pncknev Henderson, ENJOY Extraordinary from ,i
Government Of Texas the Court OF France, arrived
in this city b. the British Queen, Saturday last
He was Monday arrested for dent at the SUIT oil
Mrssrs IIolbrook & Co, dry goods dealers in Pine
street. and, for want Of the requisite BAIL was commit
ted under custody of the sheriff
\ 4 motion made in the Superior Court, by li's
counsel, ID. Lord, r, Esq, for his release, on The
ground that Foreign Ambassador was under the law,
exempted from Ill liability of arrest for debt and, III
support of his POSITION Mr. Lord produced evidence
the credentials of General Henderson, and treaty
tered into, through his agency, between the Govern
mcnts Of France and Texas.
The motion was opposed by VI. s Bidwc Esq, of
counsel for the plaintiff He commended ia, the law of
nations exempting from arrest foreign agents and
bassadors intended only TO apply TO their rcsidcnc" in
such countries they were commissioned 10 visit and
TO their safety in their Journey from, and their
return to, their country; and nasmuch the
of the defendant had reference TO this country
and it not being Unnecessary part ohis route he was
much Liable arrest any other individual The sub
cct argued, at length, by counsel both sides,
and numerous authorities cited both in favor &c and
against the motion. The result was, that the Court
announced that decision would be- given Friday
next.-N York Courier.
4 As EvrSrrrL Lrrr.--Captam Gilbert Y. Francis,
formerly of Virginia recently died New Orleans, Of
yellow fever. His life is described having been par
culary cventfnl The Natchez Free Trader states that
h passed through many surprising adventures, and
has left memoir of them for publication. He was in
very early life attached TO the navy, then to the Stage