The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-05-25
BLOoMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, MAY 2

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gasped like dying person, She continued
on, and was almost past; when a party oI
Seminoles were seen pursuing at full speed
The moon shone brightly and the settlers
were expert shooters and consequently il
not discovered would possess great adyan-
tage' Their own party numbered fifteen,
and the red men twenty-five, They couch.
ed behind their coverings in an awful 81.
lence, knowing that to be discovered might
be fatal to many. The savages were now
opposite them, and presented an excellent
mark. Every man was prepared and wait
ed the signal-Captain Stewart fired; and
down tumbled the chief-groaned and died.
The sons of the wood halted, looked wildly
around and the next moment were them.
selves laid low with their leader.
The few who remained wheeled with pre-
cipitation, and with words threatening a
horrid revenge, darted through the trees in
the same direction as they had approached
The female when she perceived that friends
were SO near, had sunk insensible to the
ground. She was, of course, the first OBJ
ject that claimed their attention after the bat
tie. They could now easily distinguish
her as white, though it was impossible to
tell whether dead or alive. There was
stream running near, however, and her head
being bathed with its water, the spark of
life could be perceived to be not quite ex-
tinct. Still death clenched her with an iron
hold.
The contest was long and doubtful. At
length she revived, and SO rapidly gained
strength, that being supported by person
on each side, she was able TO walk. In the
mean time the Indians who had fallen were
examined, and proved TO be the same who
had long infested that region of country,
and had been extremely obnoxious to TIRE
inhabitants. Buckeye was their leader-a
gigantic and hideous monster, famed for his
cruelty and all the qualities which consti-
tute good INDIAN warrior. When they
were satisfied that each body was really
dead, and that il was not feint made, as is
the custom often of the savages to escape
destruction, they deposited the corpses in
the trunk Of large, hollow tree, few rods
distant, intending to bury them in the NOR
ming. They then returned toward the
house. They had not proceeded far when
the report of gun seemed to originate at
or near the house was heard, and immedi-
ately was followed by rapid succession of
discharges together with the shouts of those
either urging on an assault or repelling one.
Captain Stewart and his party made all
haste toward the scene of action, signifying
their approach in the hope of frightening
the enemy and invigorating their compan-
ions. But the former were not so easily
and it was a considerable time
before the united forces were able to drive
them off. Finally, however, the Indians
gave way and were pursued by circuitous
rout to the wood before mentioned, with the
loss of many of their brethren. The
whites then stopped and retraced their
journey home, deemlng it imprudent to
confined the chase. Seniinels were set
for the remainder of the night, new coun-
Gil was convened, additional measures were
taken and great preparations were resolved
upon
In the meantime the stranger had been
taken into another room, washed, clothed
in a civiised dress, and rendered comfort
BILE. AS she was about to give her histo-
ry, according to a movement of the whole
company-she asked if person resided
near named ICaptain Stewart. The old
man looked her steadily in her face, and
the next moment was hugging her within
his arms. She was darling grand daugh-
ter upon whom he had doated, and had dis
appeared several years before. Her father
and mother both had been lost in infancy,
and she had been accustomed to her grand |
father as a father. The event above spo-