Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-06-03


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taten IN change their nrevions order of ratreat
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i, bs arn,s mil Sba ,rss s;,, abla - ,,a1l.
bic srnos and Tohn felt thrill If o,ess,Ta e,ar
in ,ber h. n,ess s;tn,tion ss Tho ,ypr'an ,,bo
few DAYS before blnshed in his nresence and
trenbed at tbe tonch of his hand now wound
ber oronn5 his T3ecl and sol,bed on bic hn.
con-, Rnt the dre,dfnl realitv If tbeir situation
re,lr to HIM with all its horror When in
1901 beaitb and not fa,;aued he vond have
1honoh, loh1lv of earrvinn Hannah a short dis.
tance. E,t he felt now that he}ad not reclaimed
his nsnal aeoree Of strer 9th since he arose. from
> h. Of sickness and his heart snnk as with an
seott he lifted he heholess orl from, the oround
Rnt he tried to cheer and comfort her bt s,.ak.
he had lost all hone of timely rescue. As for
himself. he ftlt That a few hours. or np,haps
minn,es wopd decide his fate. After ma1chro
aho,t fi}tv wards IN His manner Iohn with ,he
oreatest diAicultv. continued IN drso himself a.
fono hearino his nrecio,ls hurden as tenderlv as
q mother wonld an infant. he hailed n,omen,
to cain breath hut was uroed on Nv the In.
dams. he staggered forward a few steps. became
suddenly Mind rushino noise in he a.rs nre.
vented his djstneujsbiua sounds finally reeled
and fall Hannab Who h,d heen i, q otto Of
e,bargv was aronsed nv he sloet she reca,ed
in the iaII as soon as her trembI;ng lin, he
would nerm;t she raised Jnhn.s head n her
knees-Efo foam issued from his bloodless Inns
larga heads Of sweat stood cold or bis brou!-
eaoerlv She onened his vest and f4lt Gnr the mil
safIon IF b;s heart ~ hat moment sbe fnas
WISHED aside hy tle chief and whilst she c1nng
10 his knees in sneecbless AGONY he daliberate.
IL made nrenarafions to take Johnss scaln He
stooned and nartino back the heavy dawn locls
from Iohn,s n,nlss viii one hand he nsoassd
ed with The otber in which he ba]3 ,be scsjn.
no kn;fa n 1nt he slim inst nnd.r the root 81
tbs hair from car 10 oar and &C tho o,;,terng
Made naseed across the hroad nale forehead AID
The darly blood ooZed ont HANNAH uttered one
Wild cry Of DESPAIR. aud slowly releas;nn her
hold an the chief she fell on her fro in s,roon
Tba ch;ef besita1ea . moment stood nm md
iool,ed do,n on Ia moor OH, ths,, ;i;no
ori,,S he was abont 10 rensw his 90 ga arl
when y sonnd Of annroachiner footsteps arrested
attention Immediately every Indian was in a
listening attitude, bending sliohtIv forward. with
parted lips and ewes distended. every feature
and limb indicative of intense and eager infer
est. They were instantly aware that Somebody
or sometime was aDnroaci,inp in n ranid and
cautions manner. The chief n,s,le sion noi,t.
inc to a large tree surrounded by the falI cane
and Grass common in the forests of Kentucky.
then lifting Hannah from the ground he strobe
hastily and laid her at the fool of the tree. hid
from View by tie thick undergrowth. from any
oerson who ,noht enter the omen srs.e occu nj
ed bv the bodv Of John O,Snliiva,,' The chief
chose a position from whence he had a view of
the snot-sca,ce|y had he done so when the
heavy step came crushing through the div leaves
and dead BRANCHES on The onnosile side Of The
| omen sDacp, and a large doc bounded III view
Tho chief 1round his teeth and raised his opn
wv, nrrence forb;a the nse of If The aoo ba
ed by the BODY of John O'Sullivan. uttered a
cn;clS and oyous bark, ran around him war,1ino
5;s tail and rxnressinn hia fondnesi bv I;cE;no
his his hands and face. For a Ehor. lime he seemed
.a.;sfiad laid down n,ost vatcb;n, ,ntent'
y, for some token Of RECOGNITION, then slart;no
IN ~ 70 seized hold Of Johnfs coat and barkine
Girce)v he tried to arouse him from his milne.
H. snmber =: ending all his efforts vain, he ceas-
ed. and sitting down he sazed mourntisly in his
fsse taen ra;sina his head he uttered 2 lono
and d.na] hovl2-aoa;n and again. mat Main.
1--WE moan moan ra mo, brouah he forest GRADUALLY dv-
na arav and RISING aoan like The Wind KIN
ihs dog said ya,ina Indian. he will betrav rs
The 1 cbjsf raised his Gun arain. when his acute
ear ~ cauoht a sound ike the murmur of many
snnnres5ed voices and the cantjous tread Of feel
aa,pnc;,te ;ntbe sarae direction from Whence