Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-03-08

The officers looked at each other and
passed on. The young man was left alore.
He was pale, sad, and evidently in poor
health. From the lofty heights, of Que
bee, at sundown beat of the drum, he cast
his eyes down on the glorious St. Law
renee, and then turned eastward, and sent
his thoughts thick and fast through the al
most intermina5le forests, tha, lay in that
direction. He had left the parade ground,
and was making his way to the prison
I yard, when hand beckoned him behind
an angle of the wall.
'Me want see you.'
'Who are you! II is so dark cannot
see you.' ..Isl. .... ..s
'Me know you--know your mother
know Shag-know brick house-know
Susa. How long fore door shut up'
perhaps twenty minutes-perhaps fif-
teen.' ..i'iH o..
Good. Me walk on thus side street, you
'tother. Keep hees eyes on me, and 90
where me go.'
The Indian shufiled of, saying aloud,
Yankee man mad, say whip me, he catch
me, me get canue and he no find me- So
he had the appearance Of having inSulted
prisoner, and that prisoner, had the ap-
pearance of following in hot resentment.
Down the hill he went faster and faster,
till he he reached the St. Lawrence, where
lay canoe. In it stepped the Indian,
barrel y pointing 10 another which lay near
it, and pushed off. The young man leaped
into the other, and pushed after him as if
| in ho bou
little way, and landed below Point Levy.
They leaped ashore Just as they heard the
alarm sounded from the heights across the
river, signifying the escape of prisoner or
of soldier. The Indian paused moment,
and listened and said, white men too
much noise--too much parade-loose trail
while he drum He led the way among
the bushes as fast as the young man could
follow. How far they went that night,
the prisoner knew not. When morning
came, they were by the side of a river, just
below some beautiful falls. For more than
a mile they had waded in the rivers edge,
so as TO conceal their footsteps. Here, just
under the falls, was an opening from the
water, which led into cave. They
crawled up, and were soon on platform,
high and dry, with sutficiency of light
The young man was greatly exhausted, and
lay down leaning on his elbow. The IN
dian sat down before him, his feet cured
up under him, bolt upright. His head was
shaggy with hair, long coarse, and turning
grey, like the name of moose. His only
clothing was dingy red shirt, and trousers
of unnamed deer-skin. His moccasins
were the skin of moose's hind leg, cut
off little below the joint, sewed up at one
end, and drawn on and fitted 10 the foot
while green. His teeth were mostly gone,
and he looked as he was, a tough, short,
powerful creature, afraid of nothing, have
nothing to make or lose. They gazpd at
each other in silence awhile at length the
young man said 81 have followed you all
night. | have put my life in your hands
now who are you, and what do you want
OF me .
NO. And now, if you amt the evil
spirit who are your
'Spose we meet Lorette Indians: they
no hurt you. Me run, then you no car
say who Indian be .
r so you want to run if we are in danger
and leave me TO my fate, and that, too, Sc
a that you can't be known
e The Indian looked fierce for a moment
e and drew out his hunting knife. Th'
young man kept his eye carefully on him
= From the bottom of the sheath there rolle'
out piece of paper, which he handed t.
:. the young man. He unrolled it and read
Should this ever meet the eyes of ID. X.
s let him know that the bearer is trustworthy
n Follow him implicitly.-Susan o.
{ Young Rpdfeld spIang up, and caugh
: the Indian by the hand, and almost shoute
} question upon question. He was ready t
3 go-ielt strong-could travel all day, an
J then fell back exhausted. The Indian CAV
e HIM some water, and then some dried venl
son from his wallet, and babe him lie dow
ID and sleep till night, if he could. Redtiel
did so, but his brain whrled. In trouble
IS sleep, he now dreamed OF home, and the
ID OF his prison, then OF Susan Ordway-the
he heard the alarm bell, and the voices {
" men pursuing, and the baying Of BLOOD
le hounds hard after him, and then he woul
ne awake and find, that it was the roar of til
rs falls near him! So he spent the day. A
night they come out of their cave, and TO
lowed the course of the beautiful Chandler
river, up toward its head waters. Th
ba charming valley was already occupied b
- the French population, and they were con
.. PEELED to travel by night, and lay by durir
" the day. Their progress was necessari
slow. On the fourth day, the Indian ere
out OF their covert, and saw several hors
men coming towards them. He knew i
stantly that they were British soldiers
pursuit. They were on hill about hall
mile distant, and had to descend into v;
lev, and rise another hill before they reac
er, ed him. He gazed at them earnestly, I
ma they descended the hill, and then he spru
ne up like cat. He made the prisoner r
un to the roadside and climb up into thi
'eu evergreen, far up out OF sight. He tn
Ign took off his moccasins ard hid them; th
10 he turned his red SHIRT, and it was yello'
ny he turned bis skin trousers and they we
rd' kind of dirty green. He drew cap