Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-11-22

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'Sefpents are small It first, replied In,
savage, but in . few moons they hav,
fangs and deadly poison, ,Harken; branch
from an evil root II Sm i Kansil !. The
youth your parent spared il thsi6rsst Ia.
now become lnAa. Warriors Of biz
tribe point to him and say; His father.
scalp adorns ~ lSake oftke Unrelentihe
but the wigwam Of the. Kansi is bare!A
Wind Foot IL must be bare NJ ilcnger!' 80
The boys heart beat quickly hit beal
true ld,the stern courage Of his ancestors
Il 4 am the son Of chief, he answered
my cheeks cannot be wet with tears Il
The Kansi looked 1t him ! few second.
with admiration, which soon gave way q
malignant scowlA Then producing from
an inner part Of his dress withe Of some
tough bark, he stepped to Wind Foot and
began binding his hands. Il was useless
to attempt resistance, lsf besides the dis
parity Of their strength, the boy was an
armed, while the savage had at HIS wais,
. Ratchet, and q rude weapon resembling
a poimrd. !! He pointed to Wind Foot the
direction he must take, gave signifcan,
touch at his girdie, and followed close be-
hind. :, y, ,,..,. -, q lsfJ
:, When the. Unrelenting and his people
started to, seek for the child, and. that fear.
ful stranger, they were lucky enough. Ia
find the trail which the absent ones had
made. None except an Indians eye could
have traced them BY 50. slight and devious
aguide. But the chiefs sight was sharp
with parental love; they followed on
winding, and on again--at length coming
to the fallen tree. The trail was now ir-
regular, and they traversed with great "a.
pidity. Its direction seemed towards the
shores Of long narrow lake which lay
adjacent to their territory. Onward went
they, and as the sun sank in the west, they
saw his last fitting CLEANS reflected upon
the waters ofthe lake. The grounds here
were almost clear Of trees, and as they
came out, the Unrelenting and his war;
riors swept the range with their keen
eyes.
Was it SO indeed!-There, on the grass
not twenty yards from the shore, were
the persons sought, and fastened near BY
canoe. they saw from bis posture that
the cSptive was bound; they saw from
this too, that if the Kansi should once get
him in the boat, and gain start for the
opposite side, where very likely some of
his tribe were waiting for him, release
would be almost impossible. For mo-
ment only they paused. ), Then the ,Unre-
lenting sprang of, uttering the battle cry
Of his tribe, and, The rest Joined in the
terrible chorus and followed him.
A the sudden sound wae swept along
by the breeze to the KANSAS ear, lie Jump
ed to his feet, and with that wonderful
which distinguishes his
species, detfrmlned at once what was The
safest and surest for him to do. He seized
Wind-Foot by the shoulder and ran To-
wards the boat, holding the boys person
as shield from any weapon the pursuers
might attempt to la,inth aftef him. He
possessed still the advantage. It was
fearful race, and the Unrelenting felt his
heart grow sick as the Indian dragging
his child, approached the waters edge. >
Turn, whelp Of Kansi,' the chief madlt
cried. Turn thou, whose coward arm wont
rest against children. Turn, if thou dar-
st and meet the eye of a full grown
oraye!'
A loud taunting laugh was borne back
rom his flying eheny to the ears Of the
urious father. The savage did not look
round, but twisted with his left arm and
pointed with his finger to Wind Foet's
hroat. AT that moment he was within
vice his length, Of the canoe. The bow
heard, his fathers voice, and gathered his
faint and bruised as he was, for
! last struggle. Vain his efforts! for j
moment only he loosened himself from the
rip Of his foe. and fell upon the ground.
That moment however, was q fatal one
o the Kansi. With the speed Of lieht-
ling, the chiefs bow was up to his shoul-
Ter; the cord twanged sharply, and 4 poi
on tipped arrow sped through the air.
faithful to its mission, it cleft the Indians
ide, inst az he was stoo,ing to lift Wind
Foot into the boat. He gave wild shrek;
lis blood sPouted from the wound, and he
down upon the sand. His
trength, however, was not yet GONE
late and measureless revenge 1.-The strong
r that they were ,bafiled, ragged within
lin, and shot thro' ,hiseyes, CLASSY as they,
vere beginning to be with death-damps.EI
twisting his body like . bruised snake, he |
worked himself close up to the bandaeed
Wind Foot. He felt to his. waistband, |
md drew forth the weapon Of stone, He |
aughed laugh Of horrid triumph--he
houted aloud-he raised the weapon in |
he air--aud Just a. the death rattle sound- |
d in his throat, the instrument 1.-THE shud- |
lering eyes Of the child saw it, and shut |
heir lids in intense agony, 4 came down, |
lriven too surely to the heart Of tho hap
witch liz; unrel.n,ing cam. Up q ii.
on, the last signs Of life were fading inthe |
,oy's countenance. His eyes opened and |
urned 70 the chiefs; his beautiful lips
parted in 4 smile, the last effort Of expir- |
ng bndness:. On. his features fitted 81
ovely lSok, transient as tie ripples ath-
vart the wave, slight tremor shook him;
md the next minute Wind Foot was dead. |
CUaIous EvEsrs.-A game keeper of
Prince Albert's was fined $2lO for setting
! dog On p.,or woman. who was picking
~ chips On tho Princes grounds, and |
,lerkydiap. being prosecuted for some. mis-