Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-02-11

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hastily collect and the marauders received
I an opposition which gave them no little
4 trouble Around the body of thebride the
4 strife was terrific, and those who had seized
i her had already began to waver, when Re-
! mosa's glance in that direction was the
means OF saving all from total defeat =
4 With one. hand he parried the -infuriated
i thrusts of his adversary, and with the other
i threw 3as pisso..m..his daeeswith such hercu-
] lean force that Don Philip fell as quick. as
lif be had been strnck.by a ball,
/ Bounding then, ike a. liser, upors the
group that had half vanquished his follow.
ers, Remosa inspired his men with a trum,
pet voice, made more terrible by rage at
| his delay, while he rained bloHs upon his
enemies that resulted in the death Of more
thanone. Thrice his powerful form had
been struck down by blows of those who
pressed behind him, and thrice had he risen
! from beneath their feet, more furious, and
more dangerous than ever. - 3zg :.
Courses on those amorous fools," NUT
tered he, as heard the shrieks Of women
and the laughter Of his comrades above,
chad they left me with more than hand:
! ful, we should have sent these minions to
their trenches long ago! Run, Pedro, and
tell them to desist Instantly and come
hilher." ..,....--s........-
| But the command was needless. Poor.
! ly armed, and without system in their at
tacks, the opponents of Remosa, scantily
as he was assisted, gave ground fast, and
finally fled to a neighboring village for as
sistance The castle was pillaged, and
ere an hour had passed, Remosa with his
captive burden, and his band glutted with
spoil, were retreating fast to the noun.
/ tains.
| But they did not fly unfollowed.. AS
soon as Don Philip had recovered, and
learned the disastrous termination Of the
conflict, he hastily summoned and armed
for the pursuit abou, fifty men-that nun.
Der being all he could prevail on to join
the expedition, either by threats. orentrea-
1 ties, or bribes.
The name of Remosa had long beena
1 terror to the country, many. of the inhab.
! itanls Of which we're secretly in his service.
and, besides, the odds were'in shis favor,
and2the storm and darkness were anything.
| but inducements. TO wage contest with
1 well equipped force like, his, being thor
! oughly acquainted with the intricacies of
lie mountain paths, and strongly lodged
in their bosom. z"re -
The guide who offered to lead the pursu-
ing pa;ty, was none other. than "hre
Yankee'' "all lho way from Vtsrmaoaast,' J.,
who had comezlo Mexico 10 peddle f'no-
tions,i' and make his s'tarnal .forting" il
be could, in any enterprise that might turn
up. He had come from the village 10 the
castle stbefore the show, commenced," in
order to see.if they s'didthihgs up" in Mex
leo as we'll as they did Stu hum," and he
exercised his candid opinion, sthat altho'
the affair was pretty well done, and the
gals was much handsomer than they raised
in .Varmount, yet, upon the whole, 1t did
not bent Thanksgiving party, and the
men were mueh ugliersthan monkeys
Actuaied by Yankee curiosity, and partly
by the hope of gain by the discovery, Zeb
jackson had, q lew days previous, penetra-
ted the neighboring mountainous district to
the very cavern occupied by Remosa and
his band. And now, for a large reward,
he offered to lead Don Philips party to the
spot. He was confided in, for he had done
good service in the recent conflict. j5zs
s.The, wear and tear of trowsers and,
shoe.Ieather,'' said Zeb, together with the
chance Of being knocked on The, head, Ell.
thel here or bun.bye, when Pm specula-'
tin, through the country, and makes me
think, ,that to drive fair trade, | ought
to make about five hundred dollars, and as
II amt pertlckler, III take it in Mexican
dollars. throw in my services when you
come to the scratch" @''s u" -s' -l5=
The hargrin was confirmed, and thepar-
ty started off in pursuit. UR;5 ss. .Gsg
| st"You'll take good care of your toes, =
advised Zeb, as they proceeded, "lor it's
dreadful bad walkin,' and It's a pity you've
got ON your Sunday fxins. But fire away,
as the frog said to the hunter I'ue got no
feathersto loose.''' 7sg5 & .,..l5iszes..;3. :
In mountainous, districts and eruptiye-
countries it is not uncommon to meet with
immense fragments of rock staEding frown-
ingly on the preciptuous heights, from
which by thunderbolts they have been
loosenad, Or upon which they have fallen
from the heights above, loosened by the
mining ofstorms, or, perhaps, hung there
since Chaos. To one of the these ponde'
rous masses we are now going to refer. 1t
stood upon the brow Of a precipiee which,
fronted the cavern of Remosa''s. band, and
was Of sufficient magnitude to have COM
pletely filled the narrow gorge beneath,
which divided the immense heights on
either side, and formed the sole space be-
fore the mouth of the cavern. These
heights were perpendicular, and rose to
the altitude Of at least hundred feet
Bushes and small trees grew from the
clefts in their sides, of almost sufficient
density to shut out every glimpse of the
sky from the abyss beneath. =
The sole pathway to this gorge, which
was not more than fifteen feet wide, was
ridge Of rocks at the eastern end, which as
cended TO it in steep inclined plane from
deep vale beneath This ridge: or wall,
was only wide enough to admit of single
passenger at time, and completed the al.
most impregnable defence of the cavern;
for. at the western end of the space be-