Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1849-02-17

early, to take hunt; and travelled Il long
way down the river, over the bottoms and
( hills, but couldn't find bar nor deer meat
About four O'Clock in the afternoon, maae
tracks for the settlement again. BY and by,
| sees buck Just ahead of me, walking
leisurey down to the river; | slipped up,
with my faithful dog close to my rear, TO
within clever shooting distance, and Just as
the buck struck his nose into the drink,
drew bead upon his top-not, and over he
tumbled, and splurged, and bounded while,
when came up and relieved him by cutting
( his wZZen-"
Well, but what has that TO do with the
adventure!" said Riley.
Hold on hit, II We please, gentlemen !;
by Jove il had a great deal To do with it.
For, while was SHINING the hind quarter
! of the buck, and slowing away the kidney
fat in the bosom of my hunting shirt, heard
a noise like the breaking of brush under a
Imoccasin at the bottom. My dog heard
it, and started up to reconnoitre, and | lost
no time in reloading my rifle. had hardly
got my printing on before my dog raised a
howl, and broke through the brush towards
me with his tall down, as he was not used TO
do, unless there was wolves, painters, (pan-
thcrs,) or lngins about
g. picked up my knife, and took up my
! line of march in skulking trotup the river.
/ The frequent gullies on the lower bank
made it tedious travelling there, so scram-
/ bled up the lower bank, which was pretty
| well covered with buckeye and sycamore,
4 and very little underbrush. One peep be-
low, discovered to me three as big and strap
/ ping red devils, as you ever clap't your eyes
on! Yes, there they came, not above SIX
hundred yards in my rear-shouting and
yelling like devils, and coming after me like
all h-loose!"
"Well," said an old woodsman, sitting at
the table, 'you took tree, Of course'''
/ "Did /? No, by -, gentlemen took
no tree just then, but took to my heels like
sixty, and it was Just as much as my old dog
could do to keep up with me. ran until
the whoops of the red skins grew iainIer
aud fainter behind me, and clean out OF
wind ventured to look behind me, and
there came a single red devil, putting and
| blowing, not three hundred yards in my
rear. He bad got on to a piece of bottom
where the trees were small and Scarce--now,
thinks |, old fellow, III have you, SO | trot-
ted off ut pace sufficient to let the red
devil gain on me, and when he had got just
about near enough, watched and fired, and
down brought hun, dead as u door nail, at
hundred and twenty yards"
"Then you skelpd him immediately"
said the old Woodslian.
Did clear Of il gentlemen for by The
time got my rifle loaded, here came the
other two red skins, shouting and whOoping
close on me, and away broke off running
/ like Il, quarter horse. ] was now about five
miles from the settlement, and it was getting
toward sunset; run until my wind began
4 l.
aud there the red devils came, snoring like
mad buifaloeS, one about two or three or
/ hundred yards ahead of The other, so act
Z ted possum again until the foremost lngin
got pretty well up, and wheeled and fred
at the very momenl the red devil was draw
ing bead on me he fell head over si0nl-
ach in the dirt, and up came the last red
devil-''
$50 you laid for HIM, and" gasped
several.
/ No." continued the " member" Z" did
| not lap for him | hadn't time 10 load, SO
laid legs TO ground, and started again.
heard the blasted red devil every bound he
made after me. | run and run. until the
/ fire flew out of my eyes, and the dogs
tongue hung out OF his mouth a quarter of
a yard long!"
I Phe-e-e-e-e- c-ew !" whistled somebody.
Fact, by -, gentlemen. VI ell, what
was to do! | didn't know-riiie empty, no
big trees about, and a numbering red devil
not three hundred yards in my rear, and
what was worse, just then it occurred TO
me that was not a great ways from big
creek (now called Mill Creek,) and there
should be pinned nj last.
" Just at this juncture, | struck my toe
against a root, and down tumbled, aud my
old dog over me. Before | could scramble
up"
{" The red devil fredr' gasped the old
woodsmaD.
/" He did, gentlemen, and felt the ball
strike me under the shoulder, but that did
not seem to put any embargo upon my To-
comotion, for soon as got up, I took off
again quite refreshed by my fall. heard
the red skin close behind me, coming BOOM
ing on, aud every moment ] expected to
have his id tomahawk dashed into my
head or shoulders. Something kind OF cool
began to trickle down my boots"
Blood, ell? from the shet the varmlnt
gin YOU" said the old woodsluan in great
state of anxiety.
thought So" said the Senator, " but
what do YOU think it wasp
Not being blood, we were al puzzled 10
know what the biazes it could be, when Ri
ley abserved,
lSuppose you had"
Melted the deer fat which / bad stuck
~ the breast of my hunting shirt. and the
grease was running down my legs until my
feet got 50 greasy that my heavy boots Few
off and one, hitting the dog nearly knocked
his brains OUT
We all grinned, which, the member no
iicing, observed:
81 hope no gentleman here viii presume
to think I'm exaggeratiug''
40, certainly mott 90 on, Mr.. -"
we all cbimed ~.
"Well, the ground under my feet was
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