Washington telegraph., 1848-05-17

- AHNiAAsk lll6 HllSiiAFNl HHHilA6 VI llAAAA
-hHl touch rs purse, aud at once the
ycil drops and is nmiugated seliishness
is revealed in all ii, delomiiy,
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USING Up 4 GANG OF ROBBERS.
The western hunter phoaeh rrely) I'm.
been sci upon by robbers, for the pack Of
nrs he wns carrying upon hi, back II
some OF the -qap1u t1Wns to dispose nj:
but as the iur hunters ure generally ON
foot, and from habits OF Watching about
loo either hostile Indians or Wild animals,
are always ou lhrir guard aud as the
robbers we'll know that they are, to IA
man riIemcn who seldom miss their
muki they ayoid them. Dufmamy nm
bles IN theWilds and iastuesses OF Culiluf.
mia. / became acquainted with many aI
them, -ome from the back settlements ol
the United ~mges, other, nom Canada.
| have hunted iof months with then,
and witnessed some conflicts between
them and Wild mimals, in which the a..
mos dgrIHg pchlas>uass Were cXhib.
tied by the hunter These are not tha
maH iAal foblgfs like 10 encounter, but
/ Hase sad. thes somaIimes akea ilsIHa
TO lie taluanIa pueA, OF lufs, which, ii
lhay lind my facility ior obtaining. the
may muka lHa attempt upon. II is the
.,.Y climax ui cruelty gu plmdef the
pour follow, ui pauh, Winch Wen pro.
cured ully hy ual.ayiHg lnf mouths mtha
depths eI lAe i9fp-Iz aud willis OF the
country and u0l WiTrguenly in Iha
hunting grounds ol tribe Of hostile L.
diuHs.
once hunted ihTge months in comp8.
uy with Il hunter well known IN Cailas.
H.a. In idea. ha Was wild aud mnaIm-
ite IN lhg yNHemci but IN lbs ucls o..
daring, 4, themusl cool aud phiIos5phir
fellow ever know. A commensurate.
or merchant Al san Fmueisco on whose
yeaeily know imm experience, / em
depend, told NO the following slory OF
tins man. which vii at ourc illustrate
his general character
ib- hunter Wu., zame months before
| had faiicu nWilh him, mHbiug the best
OF his WAY down The valley Of The Tulc
Lakes from the Interior with heavy
pack of fur, ou hi, back, hi, never en-.
ing rIilg 300 h..haul, aud hi, two dogs ly
h,, side. lie Wa, joined at the Honh.
most end ol lhc valley by the merchant
| have spoken OF, who Wa, armed only
with a sword and pistol They had
scarcely cleared the valley when uas.
ly OF robbrr, galIopcd ont before Them.
There were iouf whites, FULLY armed. aud
two Indians with their la-,0g.. co.lrd up
ia their u.lh hands, ready lor throw.
The humofioli tho omgrcAut whoNu.
UB horseback, io di-momt instantly, and
lo "eoycr' Fortunately i0l Them, thcu
was % good deal of Il ihichrt. aad trunks
o. large trees that had fallen, Wcfr stfcw
ed about iu % very desirable munyr-
lchud these log. the merchant aud the
hmlrriooA uplhrir position, and %, they
were m thgac,ol doing 20, Two or three
shots were ufgdai,rthgm w.th0a, lHeci.
The hunter rooIy united iha pack of iu.-
from his back and laid them beside him
lts my opinion, merchant, -lil Dc, "Inut
Them yaunuls there wants either your
-addlc.bags or my pack, bat reckon
they'll get neither 81 hc took up h.
rifle, tired, aud the foremost Indian. la,.p
IN hand, rolled oil his horse. Another
discharge rom his u.Ie, and the second
Indian lell, whilst IN the nc, OF throwing
lis las,o az the head aud shoulder, OF the
hunter as he raised himself up from be-.
hind log tlr. Now said iLr mu-
ter, as he reloaded, lying ON bis back TO
avoid the shots OF lha rohbrr. "ihaf f.
what | call the best Of tbc -crImngc, to
get them brown tlieyt. with 5heir n..
-oes out ol the way fret Srr Them
mscalIy whites, uow jumping over ghc
logs 20 charge u. iu our cover"
They were fast advancing whJn the
rifle again spoke ont, aud the foremost
iclli they still came ON TO within about
thirty yards, when another icll aud the
remaining two made a desperate charge
close mp 10 the log. The hunter from
long practice, was daXi,fous lu londmg
his guu. "Now merchant, said lac. "It
is time Tor your pop guns, meaning ihc
pistols, aud don't he ut all nervous
Keep a steady hmd, aud drop either man
or horse. Amau OF thcm shan escape.
The TWO remaining robbers were now
up with the log Tired each pistol shot
at the hunter which hc escaped by dodg.
ing behind tree close TO him, and from
which he fired with effect. As only one
rohbcr wis left, hc wheeled round his
horse, with the intention OF golloping oil.
when the pistol bullets OF the merchant
slot the horse from under him. "AEcIl
done, merchant, said the hunter. you've
stopped that fellows gallop.' As soon as
the robbcr could discntongle himself from
the fallen horse, lac took to his heels, and
run down along slopmg ground as fast as
he could. The hunter drew his toma-
hawk from his belt and gave chase at
ter him. As he was more of am puup4trI.