Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-01-02
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4 WI ODe 81 my pistol
! Hon' my pocket, (which vas rather a
ms = OF difficulty in my confined posi-
: uon,) hred. Tie ball crashed through
h!s facs snd skull, and heard bis dead
tO1V fall heavily 10 the ground.
A yell Of fear sRd rage rose from bis
, b'ac ( companions. uook Advantage ol
7 The opportunity and raised myself up SO
ds to look about me; but their threaten
ing spears sooh drove Inc back TO nv
} retreat. There was now smother pause.
and dead silence; and | hauered my,
self with The hope that the saVages, hav.
ing been SO frequeOily bsfiled. and baV-
ing suffered so much in their attacks,
would now retire. But the death and
the wounds of their comrades, il appears,
only whetted their rage; and stimulated
them to fresh endeaVOrs; and the cunning
devices Of that deVilish savage Mosquito
we're tuiped in anew and more fatal d.
Tection. 10 7t
As ] lay in my retreat, | head sound
as it heavy materials were being dragged
towards the tree. VentuIed to peep
out, and beheld The saVages busy in pill
ing dead wood round the trunk with the
intention, as immediately surmised, of
setting FIRE 10 ii,and OfburniDg ms in my
hole. goo
My coDjectureS were presently verified !;
! saw emerging from the wood lOf their
females, bearing the Ii GIFTED fro sticks.
which the natives always carry with them
in their journeys. | looked on these
preparations as a neglected bu. not indif>
ferent spectator, the natives disregardlng
my appearance above the opening, but |
waiting with sort of savage patience fOI |
the sure destruction which they were |
preparing for me.
The native women approached with
the fire, and the natives, forming ciIcle
round the tree, performed a dance Of
death as prelude 10 my sacrdfce. !
was tempted 10 fire on them; but did not
like to part with my last two shots, ex
cePt in an extremity gieater than this.
In the mean time The natives continu-
ed their dance. seeming to enjoy the in
teryal between me aud death like The e.
piCure who delays his attack on the de,
licious feast before him, tba! be may
the longer enjoy The exciting pleasure Of
anticipation. Presently, however, their
death song broke out into loud cries of
fury; they applied the fagOts, and as the
blaze increased, they danced and yelled
round the tree in a complete deliTium of
rage and exuitation.
The FIRE burned up! The smoke asceu
ded! / already felt the horIid sensation
Of being sliAed by the thick atmosphere
of smoke before The A,mes smcompassed
me. In this extremity, determined, at
least, to iDhict some vengeance on my
savage prosecutors.
scrambled up Com my hiding place,
and crawled as far as / could on one Of
The branches which was most free from
the suhjcating smoke AMI heat, and fired
the remaining barrel of my fowling piece
Al the yelling wreches which then hurl
ed at their heads. did the same with
my remaining pistol when to my amaze
ment. heard the reports Of other guns;
but whether they we're the echoes my
own, or that my failing senses deceived |
me, knew not. for the smoke and
flames now mastered me. Stfed and
scorched. remember only falling from
the branch Of the tree, which was not
high, to the ground, when my senses left
me. =
i was reused from my of death
BY copious deuges Of water. and heard
voice iamiliartO me exclaing-
We'll, if this is, not enough TO disgust
a man with this ,hortid county, don't |
know what he would have more. For
years and years I have been preaching 10
him that nothing good could come Of
this wretched den Of bush.rsngers and
natives, aud now, you sees the evil has
come at lsst.' .5.nmya9
Iopened my eyes at these words. 1t
was the voice of Crabb, whom heaven
had directed with party Of(Iiends to this
spot to deliver me. Overcome with ihe
intensity Of my, emotions, racked with
pain and sick IRON the very fullnessl Q,
ioy at my escape from death, uttered
"a piercing cry Of mingled pain and de-
light, aud tainted