Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-01-17

dropped from his grasp. He pressed his
right hand to his breast, and with quiz.
ering motion Of his lips, as if struggling
10 speak, expired. g
/ 'Oh! my God!' exclaimed Trevor, in
broken and hollow tone, with face 50
blanched and horror stricken that il froze
my blood 10 look at him. What have
fdone ss~Can all this be real = ..,ss.s /,
The unhappy survivor fingered an ex-
lie in foreign land Eve years. and died
Of broken heart.
The CELT AND THE EAoLE.-The ca.
ts!es are very ferocious and bold, and fire..
quently make desperate attacks upon the
bird ca.chers, flying at them as they de.
scend the cliffs with beak and claws, and
directing their fury against the eyes of the
intruders. To defend themselves agains,
these formidable enemies the men carry
long knives, and story is told Of des-
perate encounter that took place some six
or eight years since between bird catch
er and one Of these sea eagles, which was
well nigh terminating fatally to the former.
The man had been lowered from the top,
and hung suspended from the overhanging
craig, when an eagle dar,ed at him from
out Of fsure in the rocks. and commenc.
ed furious attack. The bird catcher
drew his knife and defended himself; but
his fea,hered assailant eluded for long
time every blow. At length, however.
finding himself closely pressed, and mad
dened by repeated slight stabs of the knife
the enraged bird gathered up his pow.
ess for a last desperate dart at the man.
The latter saw the impending danger. and,
blind to everything but the necessity Of
vigorous effort to parry the attack, raised
his knife and aimed furious blow at the
eagle. 1t took effect, but to well The
stroke tina. freed the bird catcher from his
fierce antagonist severed at the same mo,
ment almost in twain the rope to which
he was attached. leaving the unfortunate
man suspended but by single thread or
twist of the cable over the yawning abyss.
In this dreadful extremity there was no
thing lief! him but TO give the signal by
which his companions overhead would I'm
ders.and that he wished to be drawn up.
Most providen,ially they perceived his
awful predicament. and slowly, with the
greatest caution commenced pulling in the
rope. II was so slender that there seemed
scarcely possibility that the almost sew
cred thread would las. until the wretched
man reached the top, anc, with sickening
suspense and dread. he felt the frail link
that still bound him to life and saved him
from The horrible gulf below. stretch and
crack from his weight. Itrequired. too,
the utmost skill and carlton on the part of
those overhead to keep the fractured part
of the rope from coming in contact with
the sharp knife.like edge of the rocks; and
between the agony of seeing the fragile
thread alternate and become every mo-
ment weaker and weaker from the con,in.
ued pressure, and the necessity of draws
ing il very slowly, lest some unforeseen
shock should cause it to snap suddenly
and hurl the victim into the chasm beneath
the men on the cliff were in state of
scarcely less suspense than the object of
their anxiety. At length the unfortunate
bird catcher neared the brow Of the preci.
piece His companions redoubled their
efforts, for the rope was every instant
showing increased symptoms Of giving
away. 1t snapped just as he was within
an inch of the top, but not before one of
the men had seized firm grasp of his
clothes, by which he was enabled to drag
him triumphanty over the brink. AT the
sight of their comrade in safety, the men,
among whom a brea.hless silence prevail
ed, raised loud shout; but he heard it
not. The awful silence in which he had
been so long suspended was too much for
the poor bird catcher; he lay stretched
on the grass without sense or motion. For
a long time, so profound was insensibility,
his companions thought he was dead !; but
he al length recovered. He has never,
il is said, completely overcome the effects
OF that fearful hour.
A Coop notwithstanding in the
wilderness and encountering all manner Of
privaiions, gives person very keen APP
petite, without being particularly nice or
dainty about the food. The Indians near
| For. Laramie, highly pleased with the
enterprise Of Captain Fremont, determined
| to pay him high compliment BY inviting
him 10 dog fsasf. Accordingly the
| Captain went in state 10 the wigwam
| where the women and children were as
sembled, and took his seat on the buffalo
robes. The dog was in large pot over
The fire, in the middle Of the lodge; and
| Immediately on their arrival i. was dished
u2 in large wooden bowls, one of which
was handed 10 each person. The flesh
appeared very glutinous, with something
Of the flavor and appearance Of mutton.-
Feeling something move behind me-,