Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-03-10

ment intended for its support and at the
same time the purple stream gushing from
the irighful wound, carrying with it the life
Of her he loved
| The sharp crack of rifle was heard and
as the savage gazed upon his wife, ball
intended for him, passed first through the
head ofthe child, and lodged in the body of
the woman. Both fell over on the floor, mo-
tionless all was over, and the old chief
was alone with horrid veil, he started up
and gazcd around him The fair flower of
his wigwam, and she who gave it life, and ca
ressed and nourished it, were both wthered
and gone forever; his brave warriors, who,
faithful TO the religion ofthe Indian, which
taught him to die rather than to Weld. lay a
heap of dead around him; aud he, like the
sturdy oak, which has survived the fury of
the whlrlwnd, stood the only living thing
amid the general chaos one glance sullic-
ed-with his bow in one hand, and in his
other the broad knife yet dripping gore, he
sprang over the dead body of his wife, and
rushed towards the entrance three bullets
sped after him, but they lodged in the heart
of the sentinel, and he fell dead The saw
age cleared the passage at bound, and leap
ed into the street Finding himself sur
rounded, and all hope of escape cut off, he
sprang into an adjoining building, sort of
clubhouse, without windows, aud with but
one door, aud before untenanted there like
tiger at bay, he awaited the sure death
that fate had marked for him He stood in
one corner of the room, his eye flashing fire.
His bow never yet bent in vain, firmly
grasped, and with its cord stretched TO its
utmost tension, the deadly arrow was poised
in its place; others hung in the culver at his
back, and thus he remained, as motonless
as death, guarding the only entrance to the
room. A sentinel approached the door, aud
on the instant an arrow quivered in his
brenst; citizen who thourhtlessly exposed
himself, shared the same fate. An awful
pause now ensued another sentinel, reck-
less OF the consequences, with his musket
levelled from his shoulder approached the
door-way,-but ere his fuger could pull the
trigger, the winged shaft of the savage laid
him with the other two on the stoop of the
building.
Slckened at the sight, the citizens devils
ed plan that should drive the desperate
chief from his strong hold. Just at this mo-
left with the baggage, was brought in pris-
oner. She was directed to 60 to the chief
and tell him, if he would throw away the ar
rows he might go in safety and peace As
she approached the door she spoke, and the
ehiei,ain recognizing her voice, permitted
her to enter. She delivered her message
and received for reply
"No-the white men have cut of all the
branches-now let them come if they dare.
and hew down the withered trunk She
returned with the reply, and was directed to
repeat the message. She re-entered the
buildlngwthe same answer was returned
with the assurance, that if she dared to tell
again the white mans story, she should die
All hopes of enticing him from his position
were now lost, and implements being pro-
cured, several men assembled on the outside
of the building to the roof and commenced
forcing hole through the cemeIed top for
the purpose of shooting him from above
1t had grown quite dark-the quick ear
OF the savage caught the first sound of the
crow-bar and, directed by the light of the
torch which stole through the opening
chlnks, he changed his situation in order to
command both positions-as he passed nn-
der the aperture a flaming ball Of liquid fire
dropped from the torch of pitch and fell up
on his head his long hair was immediate
ly wrapped in a blaze, and he ran screaming
from the building. Hardly had he reached
the threshold when five bullets were in his |
heart with terrific scream, he sprang into
the air--and fell heavily upon the ground.
When they arrived at the spot, the I'M
daunted soul of the Indian, like the morning
vapor of his Prairies, had arisen from the
dull earth-and the SCARED corpse was all
i left to suffer the indignites of his Pale
Faced enemy.