Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-15

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my worst surmi>cs fell far short Of the
truth. When, hours after. l met some Of
the fngiiiv es and they rehearsed to me tha,
tale of horror, l stood for moment thun-
d~rstruck, refusing to believe that being.
in human form could perpet.ate such
deeds it was all to true.
'..Alno., my first inquiry wa. for Kate
-no one knew, alas! that had b. come Of
her. One OF those who had csc ped the
fight told me that her father lad been kill
ed ut the begining Of the conflict-and
that deprived Of protector, she had
probably fell n victim TO the iniuriatrd
savages, while the other inhabitants were
severally engaged in protecting them
selves. How I cursed them for this self.
i<hness! And yet could l expect ought
else Of human nature, than that each should
protect those dearest to them, even 10 the
desertion Of others?
But my mind was soon made up. l
resolved. come what might to ascertain
clearly the fate Of Kate-so that il dead,
| might revenge her, and If living l might
rescue her! Bi il'iing farewell 10 the Ay-
ing group. l sh"u'dered my rifle, and
struck Oh, boldly into the forest, trusting
to the guidance Of that God who never de-
serts Us IN our extremities.
81 will not tire you by pro,racted mar
rativr; l will only say, after numerous in
qniries from the fnsi.ives | met, l learned
that Kate had last been seen in the hands
OF party Of savages. This was sufficient
for clne-I once more oegan 10 hope.-
| waited until nigh,tall. when | soug h, the
spot which had been described 10 me as the
one where Kate had last been secn-and
never shall forget my feelings Of almost
rap,urons pleasure when found in the
neighboring forest fragment Of her dress
sticking ona bush, by which it had doubt
less been torn from he' in passing. Twas
Row satisfied that Kate had been carried
off captive. Fortunately, had met in the
group Of fugi,ives, a hunter who had been
under some obligations 10 her family, and
he was easily persuaded to join the in the
search. Together we now began pur-
suit OF the savages. He was an adept in
the forest warfare could follow the trail
as hound the chase-knew the course
which would most likely be chosen by a
flying party OF indians, and wi,hal was
one of the keenest shots that carried a rifle
OIL the border.
Its nv opinion said he, that these
va,min,s did not belong TO the regular body
OF Indians who followed Butler, :houg ii
even they were bad enough. think how
ever, he wouldn't suffer deed like this.
These villains seem TO have acted on their
own behalf and i: so they would fly TO the
back country as soon as possible. You
may depend upon i, we shall overtake
them il we pursue tina, way
II Eel, the truth of these remarks, and
a>sented to them at once. In less than
quarter of an our after we first discover
III. trail, we were in pursuit Of the
savages.
lie, me hasten I" close. Hour after
hour ,all through the livelong day, we pur-
sued the flying savsges crossing swamps,
clarnberins over rocks, fordirg streams,
aud picking our way, until, towards night.
fall, we reached the edge Of an open space
or, as i, were, meadow, shut in by gently
.huing hills.
'nnlE>aid my companion, I've are up
on them Do you not see that thin thread
Of smoke curling upward over the top of
yonder henlock.
'.Ay, it must be them-let us on
softly, or we lose all. We know not,
certainly, tha. this is the party we seek
let us recoinnoitre.'
'.Slowly and steal.hily, trembling lest a
iwig should crack under our feet, we crept
up toward. the edge OF the meadow, and
perping cautiously through the under.
wood, brheld the object. OF our search in
six tall .war,hy savages. sitting smoking
round the remains OF fire. At little
distance with her hands bound and her
eyes appraised 10 heaven, sat my own Kate
6h, .hs - my heart leaped a. the sight. l
rai.s,f by rifle convnl>ively and was about
To fire, when my companion caught my
hand and said
Softly or you spoil all. Let II. get the
var,nini, in range, and We shall fire with
some taste. Hi>t'
"This last exclamation was occasioned
by the sudden rising OF one Of the savages
He gazed moment cautiously around, and
then advanced towards the thicket where
we Law concealed. Idrew ,ny breath ir
and trembled at the beating Of my owr
heart. The savage still approached. My
companion laid his hand upon my arm
and pointed from my rifle to one Of the In
dians. / understood him. At this juno
iure the advance savage warned Of OIL
presence by the cracking Of an unlneky
iwig beneath my companions feet, sprane
back with loud yell towards the fire.
Now said my companion sternly.
"Quick as lightning raised my piece
and fired. Ny companion did the same
The retreating savage and one Of his com
panions fell dead upon the ground. Elcl
OF us then sprang to tree, loading as w
ran. Il was well we did, for in an instant
the enemy was upon Us. Shall describ,
,ha, draedfnl fight? My emotion forbid
il. Fighting from tree to tree-dodging
loading, and e,deavoring to get sight OH
foe, we KEEP, up fight for nearly fiv'
minutes at the end Of which time foun,
myself wounded, while four or fv,
savages lay PROSTATE on the ground -
The other two finding their companion
dead. and dc> pairing OF being able to carr!
of their prisoner, suddenly rushed on he
and before we could interpose, had seize'
| .h h.,>l.se ,,;ct;m I had opl,, haar ,,ro