Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-01


Adam as we have slread, remarked,
was a powerful man, and had seldom en-.
counterrd his equal, on, never had he vet
feh en- embrace bike the, Of Big Foot. He
Insisu,,y relaxed bis hold the small Ind,.
an, who sprung to his feet Big Foot then
ordered HIM TO run for his ,omahawk which
lay within ten steps, and Kill the whit
man, while he held him ~ his arms Ad-
AN seeing has danger, struggled maniully
TO c1,rlcu,e himself from the lolds of the "a.
mt bu, IN VAN. The lesser Indian ap.
preached wrh his uplihtd tomahnwk, but
Adam watched him closely, and as he was
about TO strike gave him kick so sudden
and violent us to knock the lomabawk
from his hand, nnd sent him staggering
back into the water Big Foo, ute, cd an
exclamation IN tone Of deep contempt nj
the failure OF his companion. and raising
; his voice to its high.s, pneh, Numbered GU,
several words in tho lndpn tongue, which
Adam could not understand but supposed
to BE- n direction for a second attack The
lesser lndirn now agnin approached care
, fully stunning Adams heels and making
many mouons with his ,omahawk IN order
, to deceive him as 10 the point where the
blow would fall This lasted for several
: seconds, unit, laundering exclamation
, from Big Fool, compelled his companion
10 strike. Such wus Adam's dex,erity and
4 vigilance, however he mana ged 10 receive
( the lomahawk in & ancing direction upon
his left wrist, woundng him deeply but no,
! disabling him He now made a sudden &
| desperate ,fot TO free himself from the
4 arms OF the giant and succeeded. Instant.
=, ly snnlcbing up ufe (for the Indian
could not venture TO shoot for lear OF hurt.
. ing his companion) he shot the lesser Indi-
T an through the body. But scarcely had he
done so when Big Foot arose, and placing
one hand upon his collar and the other
z upon his hip, aud pitched him ten feet into
/. the dir, as be hirnsel would have pitched IA
p. child Adam fell upon his back a, the
edge of the water, but before his untago
MS, could spring upon him he was again
upon his feet, and sung with rage nj the l.
dca Of beng handled so easily, he ai'ar ked
2 his gigantic antagonist wi h fury which
for time compensated for inicriorIty Of
strength. 1t was now a fair fist fight be
tween them, for in the hurry Of Ine suug-
gle neither had leisure TO draw their
. knives. Adams superior activity and ex-
pericnce as pug list, gave him great ad
vantage. The Indian struck awkwardiy,
! and finding hnisc rapidly dropping TO lee
ward, he closed wthhis antagonist, and a
: gain hurled him to the ground They
quickly rolled into the river, and the s,rug
gle continued with undated fury each at.
tempting to drown the other. The Indian
r being unused to such violent exertion, aud
having been much injured by the first
, shock in his stomach, was unable TO exert
= the same powers which had given him
such decided superiority at first; and
4 Adam, sclzing him by the sea p lock, put
his head under water and held il there, un-
Ill the fain, struggles oflhe Indian induced
him to believe that he was drowned when
he relaxed his hold and attempted to draw
. his knife The Indian, however, to use
d Adams own expression, had only beer
. possuming He instantly regained hi:
. feet, and in his turn put his adversary IN
der.
d In the struggle, both were carried Gu
y into the current, beyond their depth and
e each was compelled to relax his hold and
s swim for his hCc. There was still one
u loaded rife on The shore, and each swarr
u hard in order to reach il, but the lndiar
=, proved the most expert swimmer, and hd-
!. am seeing tina, he should be too Lite, turn
e ed and swan out, into the stream intending
" TO dive aud Illustrate his encny's intention
e At this instant, Andrew, having heard that
re his brother was n lone in n struggle with
m two Indians, and IN great danger, ran u!
y hastily to the edge OF ibo bank above, in
order TO ass ST him Another white mar
;, followed him closely and seeing Adam II
D, Inc river. covered with blood, and swim.
10 MING rapidly from shore, mistook him fot
If an Indian, and fired upon him, woundIn9
p himdlngerously IN the shoulder.
ID Adam turned, and seeing his brother
~ called loudly upon him 10 shoot the big
OF Indian upon the shore" Andrews gun
u however, was empty, having Just been dis
ID charged Fortunately Big Foot had alst
I'd seized the gun With which Adam had ais,
lg shot the lesser Indian 50 that both were up
a ON EQUALITY The contest now was VIII
er should load first Big Foo, poured on, hi
T. powder Grst aud drawing his rsmrod on
&c Of his sheath in too great hurry threw
" into the river, and while he ranto rccoye
" it, Andrew gained an advantage. Still tn
a. Indian was but a second to late, FOR his en-
It, was ut his shoulder when Andre. baI
lie entered has breast The gun droppou iror
IN hi. hands and he FIJI forward upon ms ilc
- upon the very margin Of the rl,.r AZ
I" drew. now ALARMED for bis bother, wh
:, was scarcely able to swim threw down HI
a, gun. and rushed into lne river IN ord'
ed to bring him ashore but Adam. more II
Ife tent upon securing the scalp Of Big Foo
he as a t&rophy,hau upon hi, owr safety cal
m a t,,,Jl, No., bts byc,her 10 leave hun