Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-12-20

that Won can't be known
The Indian looked fierce fur moment, an,
drew on, his hunting knife. The young maj
KEEP, his eye carefully on him. from the bot
tom Of the sheath there rollci oui a smal
/ piece Of paper, which he handed To- the young
man. He unrollcd i, and read
Should this ever meet the eyes u ID. r..
let him know that the bearer is Trustworthy
Follow him implicitly. SusAN o."
Young Redfeld srraug up, and caught III,
Indian by the hand, and almost shouted qucs.
tion upon question. lIc was ready to go
TEL, siropp-could ,il,el an day, and then feI
back exhausted The Indian gave him somc
wafer, and then some dried ycnisou from hi'
wallet, and bade him lic dawn and sleep ,ii
night, II he cuuld Rcd6sld did ~. bot H.,
brain vhirlej. In a ,ruublcd sleep, he now
dreamed Of home. sni then Of hls prison, ihcu
of susan Oriway then heard the alarm bell,
and the yuccs uf men pursuing, and thc
having Of bloodhounds hard AFTER him, and
then he would awake and fnd that il was the
roar Of the falls near him So be spent the
day. At nigh, they came out Of their cave,
and followed the course Of the beautiful
Chauilcre rNcr, up towards 10, head waters.
This charming Valley vas already occupied
hy Tire French population, and they were CON.
pcllcI to travel by night, and lie by duunr
the day Their progress was necessarily
slow. On the fnuih day the Indian crcr, oai
of their covert, and saw several horemcn
coming toward. them. IIr knew instantly
that They were British soldiers 10 pursuit --
They were oa a hlll about half a m,Ic distant.
and had To descend into a valley, aud risc an.
other hrll before they reached him H. galed
a, lhcm earnestly, tIl lhey descended the hlll,
aud then he spnng up like a cat lie mad'
the prisoner run tu the road side and climb up
into thick evergreen, fr up uu, Il sight
IIo then ,ook ol his moccasirs and bod them /,
then h. turned his rsl shirt. and D, Vas vel
'ow be turned hs skin trousers, aud they
were q klud of dirty green. H. drew a cap
sn close over hI. head. that Il almost made
III, head ache 20 look att, Thea h. "a,
down under tree, and very cUmpusedly be-.
gan to smoke. The horscmga came up 20
him n hrisk pace, anJ surrounded hIm, with
p,.,ol, in hand
.N,,ca c.,. ,ou doc Of a, Indian. and YOU
,rc dead. Shoe, o,ltmif he moves.
I'll, Indian smoked on. evidently mo-, able
=, understand q word. and "a, uam,,eI -, o
r.rg
To commander thea m,crrgga,sJ Alm ~
French.
WHO lrr your
Iargur Indian
.wb,, an, ypr here f,rr
,NIru,e,trb prisoner. hyyr much b'ank-,
,,b., ,,,,, him,
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,b,, fl.ot-
You say SOU are after rhg prisoner Now
.,.,L ,Lc ,rr,l, or our pi.,oI, vl.l make day.
l,,L, shine through ,uu. Whatvas the prs.
oo,r', psrrrU
.RcTrcId. car,a.n ,lv'
,r5vF, Al, yop srpro,.. wen, .l 81 Nh,
l,,orI,,,bIc.gll mee, b,mi
r.l,,. ~, ,,r,p,. Indian. Csr,,po.
.bo,, man. ri, b,cgera,L ITc bad Ina.sn-
.,.,I,v,y rr,,np,r'
.wb,,. ar, the r,,t 81 yuar ruunersw
The Indian ruiu,cd to ,h, smoke among ,ho
,r,cs The soldiers put up lh,ir pistols
came into a line, aud wen, away. Poor Red
field In ,he tree brca,hcd easier. bat C.pscnu
Lcp, on smosiur, IS uumo,cJ, as II be bad
been m 40 danger. Whether the smoke
which he ,lw really did arse from the camp
ot tie LoTsilc runners, he did not say. Bot
he len Chaujlcrc. and struck through the
wood, ~ direct line, I'LL they reached the
De- l.oup (wolf R,cr,) whose channel they
followed al night, only stopping to Listen a,
they heard the howl OF The wolf, or the crash
INC tread Of the moose. Then thcy went l..
III, head lakes. from which the Chaudlcrc ri-
- Here they pau,ed aud hull, a bark c..
nm, The cedar for bows and lining. the
bireh for the bark. and the spruce roots for
thread were an to be found here In abun.
dance. They went through the mighty Tor
c., and lakes which give rise to tic great
pcnob.co, killing moose aud catching trout
e., G,od
The Indian was surprised TO fnd that the
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