The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-11-21

preaching One OF them was In the act OF loading his
gun Higgins having taken aeIibetaIeaims fred and
the foremost savage e Concealed still by The smoke
Higgins reloaded mounted his horsepnd turned 70 a,
when a voice apparently from the grass, hailed him
with "Tom you won't leave me, will your 'o~ a''
Higgins turned Immediately around, and seeing a.
fellow soldier by the name Of Bureessaying on the
ground wounded and gasping for breath replied, No.
III not leave you come along" os. n ,ssp ,r,ssi
Il can't come, said Burgess my leg is Il smashed
| to pieces 4 ~. 81.
Higgins dismounted and taking up his friend, whose
ancle had been broken, was aboutto lin him on his
horse when the latter taking fright dared off in an i
slant and left Higgins nd his wounded friend behind.
This too bad said Higgins; but don't fear yoa hop
oon three legs, and Il stay behind between You and
the Indians, and keep them off. Get into the talest
grass and crawl as near the ground as possible Bur
CESS did SO and escaped y "*-- Fsaste 1fea@sfi
/ The smoke sooncIeared away and he resolved IL
possible to retreat To fellow the track Of Burgess was,
thelmost exPedieht. 1t would however sndapgeT his
| friend go
He determined, therefore, to venture boldly forward,
and ifdiscovered to his safety by the rspi
diy Of his flight. On leaving small thicket in which
udu oouSiu odtdSC
near by and two others ina direction between him and
the fcr. He paused feg moment and thought if he
oud separate and fight them sipgy his case vas NOT
| so desperate. -.
He safted, therefore afot aliale fdn ofwSter hard
tby but found one Of his limbs failing him. having
been struck with ball in the first encounter of which,
till now he was scarcely conscious sa S,ssdi al
I The largest Indian pressed closely upon him, and
Higgins TUNED round two or three times in order 10
fire. The Indian halted and danced about in order to
tpetent his taking aim Higgins sawfwas ubsafetO
fire at randoms and psrceirng twoohers approaching,
knew he must be oyerpowered in momsnt unless he
could dispose otthe forward Indian. Hersso Vel there
fore, to halt and receive hs fire. The Ind ian raised
bis rife and Higgins, watching his eye turned sud
denly as his finger pressed the trigger andreceved the
in his thigh, which otherwise would have pierced
his body, s.Ts "a s4sts sso4 red, a,s,aoesst
higgins. fell, but rose Immediately and rud,. The
foremost Indian, certain of prey now loaded again,
and with The othertwo pressedon They overlook hin,
Higgins fell again. as he rose the whole three fred and
he received all their balls He now fell and rose again,
add te Indians, throwing away their guns, advanced
upon him With spears and 1nives,A he pesen ed his
gun at one eor the Other eaeR fell back Isas "a
Al last the largest Indian, supbosng Higgins gun
be empty from bis having thus been reserved advanc
ed boldly 10 the charge Higgins frsd, and ihe Indian
fell. 81 &@ eagt sAqs sax ssssu
He had now -four bullets in his body an empty gun in
his hand, two Iiians unharmed as yet before him,
ana whole tribe a few yards distant Any other man
but Higgins would have despaired. Napoleon would
have acknowledged himself defeated Wellington, with
a'hss 9bstnacy, would have considered the case as
doubtiul and Charles OF Sweden haveconsidered
tofperil. Not sowith Higgins. He had nonotion of
surehdering yet He had slain the most dangerouso
the three and having little to fear from the Others be
began to load hisrife. They raised savage whoopt
and rushed to te cncounter but kept at atesPecahle
distance when Higgins rife was loaded buwhen they
knew It was empty they were better soldiers vss f,.
q bloody conflict now ensued Slbe Indians stabbed
him 10 several places. eIhelr spears however, were
but thin poles hastily prepared for The occasion, and
bent whenever they struck rib bor muscle The
wounds they made were not, therefore, Deep though
numerous, as MS scars sufficiently testified AT last,
one Of them threw his tomahawk i struck him upon
cheek passed through the ear, which severed laid
bare his skull line back oithe head and stretched him
upon the prairie The lhdfans again ruched on but
Higgins recovering his selfpossessop, kept them of
lmh his feet and hands, Grasplpg, at length one IL
their spears the Indians ~ attempting to pull from
him. raised Higgins up, whos taking his rifle smoie
The nearest savage and dashed ou his brains In do
ing So however, his rifle broke the barrel only rema