The Arkansas banner., 1850-02-05
tFrom Doairlsas's Advsntarss in Mexico l
 Feafial Deaih of . Rahhef.

Stopping si a miserable raEehsre, acar cavmlIlo, night. in ihe farepsFt of the Rsxt dav we ap- proacard narrow mOaatain psss, whea saddesiy the deep solitude was broken by aa Imdiaa wAo made the woods reseaDd with the echo of shFirka from his sten,oFisn lungs He vas pursued by Mexican Fobbes, who held his nusket eeisad tor shot HuTFiediy and expecieuiy they dashed past ps, from tlTs woods, upon brssd surface of rocks aud sand. iaierspersed with stunted bushes, at place which, thai starved and tangled elsapparel will hardly ever again live to witness. The FobheF sone- times tripped and fe.i- Tka ihafas and branches had away fragments of hss clothing sad barred his gray head but intent npoa his vietia he cared for noae of tliese thiags, All around lowered high hills half clothed win shaggy forests while their precptoas erags and scars ot salanehes gave them sn appearance of savage dcsolalisn. Thess hills in the proviace of 0ahRia, are the iermiaaiing ridge of that chain of the great Cordera. called the Sierra Aadse, and are eAsaHefird hy rsvinss. often exteRdiHg from top to bottom presenting the appearance of deep essises cut is ther sldes Aany of tbem expand sud grow shaIiow as they approach the base, where the torrent ef earth and stone spreads itself the valley. To such asecRt, the unarmsd Indian made his way. persaed by his furious antagonist. Our party all passed to witness the struggle little stream, whose waters at thts season triekled dowH the narrow ehasta, spreading over the rocks, afFordiag precasieus foothold, VI the frightened savage gropcd hts way, the sides of the raviae towering above his head and leaving only a strip of blue sky visible between their yerging edges.
 A fire in the rear'' was suddenly heard. aad the mou ntain believed back lhs report but the Indian climbed unhurt. gaining rapidly on his parsacr,- Al length, smooth rock. nearly perpendicular. rested, for a moment. the progress of the rohb1r
 He looked, and nothing of his prey. Al the renewed activity of tho savage, his anger aud dts appointment seemed to generate new fury, and lie pressed on. His sole desire seemed Co bs that ef overriding aud staying the Indiaa With every physical faculty strained to it's utmost extension, he worked his way up the precipice, ovsr the steep rock, here he compelled to pause, aud while his blood coosd, he became conscUns of his danger Above han, he ceu find creviccs large enough to thrust his finger, projection that his foot could rest agoinst-beueaih he saw the shaFp nglss of the rocks protruding from tho sides of the rayiHe and beiow which, sli lay tn deep hlac kaess, like boitomess gulf He tried to descend, but his feet found nothing to support them, and while dangling thus, over the awful chasn,, his gun fell froai his grasp, dashing from side 10 side, aud spliRtrred into t thousand pieces. The thought that he must per haps soOni follow, appeared to urge him almost to desperation. he gray bristles np9a his old head begnn take perpendicular position, and perilous the task, he ascended to the top
 His success almost uiirac lions; and his limbs aehed from the long ccAliaaed strsin of every cle-the ends of his fingers worn to the bone-ule the flesh rubbed from his bare knees-and his heart throbhing with violence unfelt whilc he was climbing, his energ.es relaxed. and he sank dowa under the effort lu the heat of the eXeisemet, eur party had witnessed the scence uBs6served. qua when we came up to the exhausted and prostrats robber. in instant he bounded upon his feet aud assumed beliisereut attitude, as if expecting to meet the object of his pursuit. The xera rigor of his features soon changed to suPpIiaucy, and he im medately began to warn eur .'bravs captors' of the imminent danger oftths pass, upon whose very thresthod we then stood We had approached ste edge of the pass, and dismoantsd, preparatory To crossing, when fierce shriek called one of our Is-.y s--' A%io rnhher Rlli he bad disapoearetl and the spot where we had sft him, stood the Indian. peeriug down upon his adversary from be- hind a stun,ed pine that projected over the gulf - He had tuned upon his pursaer. aud buried him hsadlong into eternity, over the frightfnl gulE.