Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-12-12

an athletic man, who, armed, in ina dnrss
? would Stay re In n m6msnt + / therefore
flptthed the weapons I possessed with mn
eager grippe, and watched my tnnfndr i
motions with painful vigilance, W. could
not bury AlsFandre's body, the earth being
50 'roaen II was impossibls 10 dig il With
our knives, we therefore started dawn ta
the riref, with The intention If rullinp a
hoia through The ice and dapasttinn il in
the stream, out Of reach Of ibe wolves
FeFbOncuHlif first commenced %rtitiug. hut
had not succeeded IN making n e~fsyiee b..
iote he snapped his ~hHifs=blads off about
'he midway. This accident, m sBy t,tpe
,Vhlie IN Tho mountains, would have be-, "A
l""fed upon ms n ersat misfbrt1up-ib mir
Situation 1t was vin4rd. ~ u fithfGd est~
hmiiy-a loss which rendered tts vnak
ana helpless n defence. and which Il was
impossible 10 replace end yet, pAtados NJ
7 may seem while | Rfisgsd I feioirrd, FIR
"hiia II diminished The number nj orr
weapons, It robbed my eompanien If the
only dangerous one he had ien, and oua /
had looked Upon with broad. represen
f"d to him The necessity Df carefully pro.
serving ihF other knife, aud ba aseeoled
w0 therefore concluded not N rick il in tho
iT0s bon folding up ths r]enains Of our dand
f~nhdpatlon IN b1dtlo rnbe Ion il fngb tho
praifie without 7epHlhre, with fhe Winds
aions 70 tolittnur bis DR. r.. 80 fsdsbed
the Brst victim Of The hMad WoIG"
When "f again stated, my companion
asked ue Tor the pistol In my bolt, and Tho
Fhtie Ia my sheath, which ha atgnad would
br hfait division ri the waa1nna nnI (
bad no good reason for refusing him, oftef
thhn my ~atefi frars. bit | PIT him off
with aH eEeuss that I wiRhnd In pIaee tHem
IN proper order before ( resigned lhrrn.
He smiled, ard wa iotirreyed on. After
observing his eoInfauHuce for sofna tfur
began n nrGev fea zsnfel=@it looked calm
and o]ndIstnrbsd, nnd bis step dispIayed Il
tfmnnss and decision which | helieved
could only belonR n health In body and
mind. While thus growing in hope and
eonAdehce, and whgu on tho vrr3 eve II
yielding up n weapon 10 him, II wgir how.
led IL 1tT immediate neiRbborhord. md I
could see him sbuddar, the muscles Of his
iaGe contract and his eye assume m nur-
subl Inslre, whilr a low eroan Irolfe from
his h]eaging chest. ! hugged the weapons
IN my possession with increased carer.
ness, hnd cluuu 10 them with q tauncilv
f9nuded on absolute frar FIR | ronlecfufrd.
and rightly, fhat the seeds n The dreadful
ultlndY which carried off our ]halfbfenI
companion 4srs making themselves mani.
fest in Ferbpucpo1r. In crossing a small
braueh which emptied into tho Lafamig.I
again Watched hfs f]aatures, and Ill tho
SYMPTOMS Of hydropb6bfa burst fifth in =
paroz yarn, unrnistakbie il ia eharArtst.
He instantly rushed upon mr., when with
n heavy barrel ofmy RHO | fellrdltm gems.
fcars had made me = Hercules
in sftsHeih--nDd then lenpinR upon his
inasBzibIs holy I bound him viii Il laraat
70 tightly that in vain be- etniggIrd
for freedom. / sat down beside him with
teeth clanched, nnd listened unmgzed
bis rawlings and prayers for dsalh-he
Ike Alexandra, besonRht me b. despatch
bim-bpt finding his applications rnoya
mr. not, hes broke into horrjd ~imprecaffons
and tbreats, In which he swore that bs
would kill ne~fhat he would tsnr mr. with
teeth, md, bound as be Was, he rolled
1is body lo,ward me. ! held him down 10
he earth, and he again reIapaed into
ifendftiI commissions. Ny despair had
no Iower depth. looked upon my
'ematntng conrade and shared in hi5 ugo-
y, for | expected that inevitable m Gslo
ny turn would como next and yet, with
bis belief Preying ~ my heart, some un.
.nown power of the human viii held back
ny hand when ! would have yielded N
comrade'a entreatfes for death.
At times the resolution 10 despatch HRS
follow il up With my own death, was
n q = vety eve ofbeing contaminated when
whisper Of hope would bid ms firmly ~
ifier on. Worn out nature could bear no
o longer without repose, and 20 Wsared
| in mind and body. that almost I'm.
oncionsIy Isunk into slauber. While
10 fire At my feet grew more and moro
i'm, my scnses wandered away In a
dream to the fre.aide of
y old home, and the wtldnosg Of tho
Hfst its many periis and hardshipy
away in the soft sunlight Nan an-
IN sky, which appeared to throw is p5l.
IN beams cher my lar Of home. There
70 settler smoked hia pipe In security, biz
p1sehnld aluruber in peace, and the NOR.
sun awoI<e him 10 enjoyment instead
fear. My dream had taken the hue Of
y hopes and wishes.
While my scuses were thus wrapped, tho
port 81 firearms dispeIled The vision,
Nd not knowing hr q moment whether il
az Il dream or reality, / sprung n nv
et and felt for my pietol--f was gone.
BOD for q moment collecting my ihoagfAg
nj partly waiting 10 feel the effects ofa
but no sensation Of pain maBifez.
" ITSELF / scized a brand from the mouI.
fire and held ii over my bound COM
; all WAS solved AZ a gIancs-be
ID in bis struggles released one arm, and
lucid fl Intervening, poor ~Fcrboncoeur
ddrawn my pistol from my belt, while I
spt, and eUded his glory by bis own
nd.
/ vas now alone-far in the wiIdsrneas-a
eadful apprehension Of the poison beng IN
Z veins ever present 10 my thyughis-aud
1s seated in darkness By NY dead compau-
my heart bowed down, and my mind
eerless as the gloon surrounding mo,
.lded to the feelings which we're preyiug
on my manhood, and weps Ike A child.
Morning at length dawHed, and folding my
ad companion up, as We together had pre-
,usly bestowed the first gl9lim, / mounted
mule, and with The pack animals pursued
solitary way. My march was now one of
Inference, and with a kind offoolish daring
through every stream impeding ny r
,gress, AID drank freely Of their walers,
'llIng, az il were, the madness I vas gura
uld come. My progress gas tedious, d.