Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-11-18
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REMARKABLE ADVENTURE


'rhe uoH All" dafits iu ihr vicinity ii InI1, hon
iog eaunas afmns asfner brtNren savage aud civil
~ nm. lam har The liaan brsuse he hears hio
slskautt sjt,Rss D. sH ,Hr. llNiug l,s,rn.d lrnD
eralie 10 iB's m sffa-e yiafrc aHd p-rnsrd wlih
Ieest 4le narratives .. 50 -lai cunning aud rflrity
aud Numbering asn. aapel ilr ,4.llts al s.,e midnight
hts fsf,si al d'atrsi fanis. Is mol 10 be-
,.n,fd at tai hc slpuid iaraHi drtesi lhe sayaue
" hur tar W. htP i -uadpg IN his cas-, thr m
- kep 5,salass AMI ibe door secured with the
rrtuta 81 evening".
A nana ib.t. thishr md fcareJ. one Thomas Illr
gus. ~ kraueby, .aads pre- e.nu,ut Dnfinu the war
ai lsl2 he eaiis -, ihe aye ii teen IN company
Of fin.fs. aad came II ihnus. our Of the m,sl fenaf-
liable events Il al mat occurred ntar Nandalia IA
wGieb lli1gin, participated.
A ltulr iuf II ra'u,f hnl hirsr having heen cree.
ted aiaal IN.niy miifs from kandss. late the Capital
.i lao~. AMI aana eeh miles ,puih The present val
sae IT 6fe'nsir, = PROTECT The toner settlements
inm Tie Indians. iieui. journey AVID Twelve men were
assigned as lis gaffisaB OF the latter, Higgins was
uuc,
Tie surrounding country was At that time a conn-
lotes, aud te te hamlet oi oreonylllc frontier
town.
Ola The 20 Of August, 1914. strong Indications Of
saVaaes Hlng IN The ne2htnthood w.fn apparent aud
sthlsm lary ol Indians we've seen powlng about the
tin.
On ihc morpng nfihe 3l.,, before doyliuh. Lieut.
Joefnay. viii the vhur iorce under lis command sal
led lh "a u0t.ut at them; they ad not ptnceeded far
htlatp large parry ii s1vaees-se rniy or eighty IN
Husisfrse nom lheif auhush aud Al ihr 6r,t fire the
Lieutenant and three ui hts were Killed aud another
~e3aded. SIX 'etutu5d ssirl, To lhr ffl, and one
(ibo,as li2sins fingered behind urder to have lone
mon pail az Tic rnrdt.
The morning was snlly. The day Ind not vel dawn
cd heavy dew had ailfn during the nist ana ihr air
teng SUI and huln d. TIE smke run their guns hung
lhe cloud o,tr l.r awful srene.
by the ard 81 lhis cloud he cnupnnions of IIppins
escaped 10 the tuu iggns's hptse hpsnr been SHIT In
he IYr. 10 utlfu his h.
litggms. surpusing hun be nnttally Wounded dis
mnn.ied. aud MAS about Ia lrave HIM prrr,Iyiny sun
THEREAFTER his efur. aud hal the wound was not dancer
Gus. he DETERMINED Ia make good his retreat bat resolved
beie doing TO a,tn.e The dfai VI some Of his com
panians.
lie sought, therefore, Tree, from behind which he
Gould sh"d with safely snail em scarc.y sufficient
Il pfai,c his h'Jy, was near, l. was The only one in
sghi, aud htofe 'e could rrarh H. the smokr parity
aud dsray ned to hn nuairr al Indians ,nnt,arh
M ohe o' them was III the art If ladiny his gun
liggus having iaken Deliberate AIM fired and The fore.
inst savage tell Concealed still 10y the nuke lrnns
ri add munnird hls burse and iurnrd To ny when
VOICE aplafH't It'h lie grass. hauled hn wilh Tom
lnu Huith l,at" me. viii yuu}p
Higgins turned immediately Around an seeino , f l.
low Soldier hy The name nj Burgess lying ua the ground
wounded and gaSplnl ur BREATH itpled No, III nul
leave yuu--caae auup -
! can, e"he, said Burgess; my leg is all smashed
L. plrr4 s.
ll-eius dsnouoied. and taking up his friend. whose
anhlt had been etkrn, Mas about IN La hun nn his horse
"hr ihr iarf iahng nght daiied oil an instant aud
len li.glrs snd hs ~eurd,d n.nd leAlnd
'Ils Is Ia, bad sad ilgvlns: .ont don't fear; yno
hpp.n ,'rrr l'ss aud III say trhud between you and
Tie Indlans. AID keep them III Gel lnla the tales
pfass crawl a. uraf i,e sroond Pr ssbr' burgess
did 81 sni escaped.
lae SNAKE spn clcated away, and he resolved # pos
si'' !" FFtdl- Is letluw the lmca ii Brrlrss " a.
irir,d, "''
lie teiermned, ih.fefre, 10 venture boldly forward
anu ee..''h"' '"seeufe his osn SAFETY by The fapld
~ - h's night y" itasinl snail thrkrt in which
he had sugh r lu.r lc discovered tsil nly sav,y,
raf ", and 1~u ,1hels N dr,ion beln zen him and
ne hHt lie passed In a uun.ni. aad thnuuht If he
'ouu sraaie aud H-hi taen sng, his case vas not $,
desperate.
lie str I'd, therefore, Tor lle run of va,c, b,,d bv
nh' ntd 'ne Il his htn's failing him--u HAVING teen
sfurk ~ osil IL bt fist eueuun.,r ut which nj, now
be vas scafeely euhst-ous
Tie la'g's' indan lfessed elise upon llm-and Ilg-
a'ne inine' f4ohd tN"m Since tues in order Ia fire -
u" iiah tialitd and danced about IN order Il, ptey.ui
' 'ahig ann lisgths saw II was unsafe t. fire at ran
o'h' ana p'fetfiug two oilers appr,aeinu knew he
NUS ne "F"fP"ried 10 mnGeut, unless he could dis
pose of tie iH"ard indlan. lie resolved ,hereie /,
nan a'o receive as hn' The Indian raised his RI,
s1 higgins. hing his eve. irn.d suddenly as Ms
2.f Ihs>sd the trigger, az received the BAH IN IA.
nigh which 'thrr~Ise would have pierced his body
heems u, hui rise Immediately aud run The
'',i" - in"'ah' eefian ni ms poy, loaded again
aug WIN NE "hof iva pressed On They overlook hln
Higgins fell again. aud as he rose the vhl, ,bre
hf'd, and he received all her balls lie now fen and
rse aaan-and the Indians, throw ing away their guns
ad'ahetd ufon iIin with spears aud knives As h, pre.
scented his gun AT the other each lsa back
as' The iarses. indsn. surprising Higgins gun 10
BIZ empiy fun his IRE having thus been reserved advan
erd boldly TO The charge Higgins fired, and the Indian
fell
lie bad now four bullets in his body-an empty our
" MS ha"d-t"u Indians unframed. yet befnre him
AND whole ifibe lew yafds distant, Any other ma,
bsi Higgins .ssifii have despafed Mannheim womb
nave acknowledged himself defeated; Wellington, with
all his bslinary. wnuId have considered the case as
douhiu-And Charles Of Sweden w,nd hsve considered
y o'e % penn; Not SO HIlb Higgins lie had no no.