New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-13

sul.-every muscle of hunters frame strained TO
ba rtn,ost rension-the fear Of horrid death-the
excitement of exertion-tosether producing a We
Ioci,y seldom equaled by bipeds had been alaya1l-
ing in contest With that OF the superior strength
| and heetness of the raging animal. But, forta-
natciy it could not last lit was expended In the
distance from loss of blood its exertions became
| more feeble the sacrifice of deserted conrade
had saved their lives they reached the camp in
safety.
When sufficiently recovered, they reported the
death of Glass, and their escape from the pursuit
Of the wounded grizzly bear. large party was
instantly in arms 1t had gone but short dis.
lance when the bear was discovered and despatched
without difficulty. Glass, they found, was not yet
dead they bore him to the camp, suil lnsensloie
from the shock of his dreadful wounds lhey
were considered mortal, and, of course bound up
and treated as well as their circumstances would
| admit of.
question then arose, how he should be dis
posed Of to carry him farther was useless, II not
impossible; and it was finally settled that ne should
| be left Eighty dollars were subscribed Tor any
| two men who would volunteer to remain with nm,
| avail, his death, and then oyertake the party
man named Fitzgerald, and youth OF seventeen
accepted the proposals; and the succeeding day
| the main party continued its route as usual.
| For two days they faithfully administered to his
wants then their imaginatons began to create
difficulties in their situation at least their 1nactVe
STAY became very irksome; and as they considered
his recovery SO hopeless, they equally agreed TO
think their remaining longer useless. l hus wrought
upon and from innate depravity, they conceived the
horrid idea Of deserving him, overtaklng the party
and reporting his death:-and they determined upon
the prompt execution Of their design may, more !:
these most heartless of wretches, taking advantage
| of his first Sleep contented with the deseruoh
of sacred trust, robbed him Of his rifle, knlte and,
in short every thing but small kettle containing
water, and wallet on which his head rested and
which, fortunately, contained razor
On awakening, how could he realize his siiua-
ton Helpless from painful wounds, he lay in the
midst of a desert. His prospect was starvation
and death. He was deserted by the human race.
| But ali could not equal the mental conflict
created by this act which words cannot sufficiently
blacken He muttered mingled curse and prayer:
He had motive for living! He swore, as If on
his grave for an altar his endless hatred and, if
| spared his vengeance on the actors in so foul
| deed.
Glass, when his water was exhausted, for fear
he should become so weak to perish for want OF
it, succeeded with great difficulty, in crawling TO
the edge of the stream where he lay, incapable CT
| farther exertion for several days.
Few are aware, until tried, of their capacity for
endurance: and the mind seldom shraks from an
exertion that will yield single ray of hope to
llume the darkness of its waste.
| Glass did not despair: he had found he could
crawl, and he determined to endeavor to reach a
spot where he could better hope for succor. He
crawled toward the Missouri, moving at the rate
of about two miles day! He lived upon roots
and buffalo berries. On the third day he wit
messed near him the destruction of a buffalo cali
10y wolves and here he gave proof OF cool
| judgement: he felt certain that an attempt to
drive the wolves from their prey before their hun
ger was at least somewhat appeased, would be
attended with danger, and he concluded to wait
till they had devoared about half of it, when he
vas successful in deprving them of the remainder
and here he remained until it consumed, rest
ing, and, perhups, gaining strength. His knees
and elbows had now become bare he detached
some of his other clothing, and tied them around
these parts, which must necessarily be protected
rs it was by their contact whh the ground that
motion was gained.
The wound on his thigh he could wash but his
shoulder. or back, was in a dreadful condition.
For more than forty days, he thus crawled on the
..arth, in accomplishing FIVE days journey to the
Arictara village Here he found several Indian
logs still prowling among the ruins; he spent two
tiays in tanning one of them sufficiently to get 1t
within his power: he killed it with the razor, and
or several days subsisted upon the carcase.
Glass, by this time, though somewhat recovered
If the effect of his wounds, was, as may be sup
posed, greatly reduced but he continued his weary
| and distressing progress. upon arms and knees,
| down the Missouri River. In few days he was
| discovered by small party Of Sioux Indians !:
| these acted toward him the part OF the coed
| Samaritan. The wound on his back was found in
horrid condition The Indians carefully washed
it, and applied an astringent vegetable liquid. lie
| was soon after taken by them to a small trading
house, about eighty miles below, at the mouth OF
| the Little Missouri
| Glass slowly recovered from his wounds. He
! had been greatly reduced: he was, indeed, when
found a mere skeleton: but vigorous frame and
strong constitution Injured constant exercise and
rough abors, thus rendered iron-liko, with little
encouragement quickly RECEIVERS from shocks that
would be fatal to men Of diferent pursuits. While
in this situation, his curse, his oath of vengeance
on the authors of half his misfortune, had not been
forgotten. When in his feverish dreams ha fought
his battles oer,-entrapped the wary beaver, EN-
riced to its death the Curious antelope,-when the
antlered buck was arrested in its pride by his skill
] and weltered before hm-and when the shaggy
| strength Of the un,ameable buffalo sank beneath
his fatal rifle, the bear, the grizzly bear, would
still disturb his sumbers; thousand times would
be imaged to his mind the horrid, the threatening
| grin of its features; now its resstless paw was
suspended over his head, with naught to avert the
death-inhicting blow,-and now his bloody teeth
mangled his vitals. And again it would change,
and he was confronted by mortal foes ;-and he felt
spel-bound inactivity: geblin-ke they danced be-
fore him, retreated, advanced, in mockery of the
impotence of their intended victim and then he
| would tharo ofn nf With damon ccnntenaDcps
of grim satisfaction in leaving him to fate they
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