The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-11-25

NOAN
the Long bows" who visit our Western bor-
ders
Some years ago, was one of conviyisl par
! ty, that met in the principal hotel il the town
of Columbus, Ohio, the seat of government OF
the Buckeye State.
1t was winter evening, when all without was
bleak and stormy, and all within were blythe
and gay, when song and story made the circuit
Of the festive board filing up the chasms of
life with n,irth and laughter.
We had met for the express purpose of making
! a night Of it. and the pious intention duly
and most reIigiously carried out. The legi.a-
! ture was in session in that town and not few
of the worthy legislators were present upon this
! occasion
| One OF these worthless I viii name, rs he not
only took 4 Hig swarth in the evenings enter
taiumert, but be was man more generally
known than oar worthy President, ,james X.
Polk. That man was the famous Captain Riley
whose narrative OF suffering and adventures are
pretty generally known over the civilized world.
Captain Riley was fine, fat, good-humored jo-
| ker, who at the period Of my story was The rep
resentatiye Of the Dayton district, and lived
near that little city when at home. Well, Cap
tain Riley had amused the company with many
of bis far-famed and singular adventures, which
being mostly told before and read by millions of
people, that have ever seen his book, VIII not
attempt to repeat them.
Many were the stories and adventures told by
the company. when it came to the turn oe &
wei known gentlemen who represented the Gin
cinnati district. As Nr.---isy yet among the
living and perhaps not disposed to he the sub
icct or story. do not feel a, liberty to give his
name. Mr--vas slow believer of other
mems adventures, and at the same time much
disposed to magnify himself into = maryeious
hero whenever the opportunity offered. As
Captain Riley wound up one OF his truthful,
though really marvellous adventures, Mr.--
coolIy remarked, that the captain story was all
very loejI but it did not begin to compare with
an adventure that he had ''once upon time
on the Ohio, below the present city of Cincin-
natl
Lets have it Let's have it - resounded
from all hands.
well, gentlemen" said the Senator. clearing
his voice for action, and knocking the ashes from
his cigar against the arm Of his chair. Gen
de1nen. am not in the habit (quite notorious
for It = Of spinning yarns OF marvellous fc,
tious matters and therefore it IS scarcely Dgee--
sary to affirm upon the sponsbiity OF my rep
utation. gentlemen, that what I'm about to tel
you, most soemnly proclaim to be the truth,
an
'.Oh never mind that, go on Mr--,'' > /
chimed the party.
We'll. gentlemen in 18- came down the |
Chic river, and settled at Losanti, now called |
Cincinnati 1t was at that time but n little set
Fement of some twenty or thirty log and frame !
abins, and where now stands the Broadway
H4el, and blocks Of stores ana dwelling houses /
was the cottage and corn patch Of old Mir,
a tailor, who, by the by, bought that land FOR
the hiking of Il coat for one of the Settlers
WelI,t put up my cabin, with the aid OF MY
neighi,rs, and put in patch of corn and pota-
toes, aput where the Fly Market now stands |
and setAbout improving my lot, house, &c.
'Occaionaly, l took up my rifle, and started !
off with w dog down the river to look up a lit
tie deer ~ BAR meat, then very plenty along |
the river. The blasted red skins were lurking !
about, and Svering around the settlement, and |
every once II Il while picked off some of our
neighbors, orFole cattle or horses. hated |
the red demon, and made no bones of pepper
ing the blastedsarpents whenever got u sight |
at them. In fat, the red rascalS had dread !
of me, and had lid great many traps to get |
my scalp, but l nsnt to be caught mapping
Nc no, gentlemeA was too well up to 'em for |
that
''Well, l started a one morning, pretty ear
ly, to take "A hunt, and travelled long way
down the river, overb be bottoms and hills, but I
couldn't find no bad nor deer About four
o'clock in the afternoa, made tracks for the |
settlement again. Byand by, l sees a buck
just ahead of me walkig down to the river | |
slipped up, with mp faisul old dog close in my
rear, to within clever aooting distance, and
just as the buck stuck hinoss III TO drink /
drew bead upon his top-Aot, and over he tum-
bled, and splurged and bouAcd awhile, when |
came up and relieved himy cutting his wi
zen"
''Well, but what had that lido with an aGuen-
ture 2'' said Riley.
'Hold on bit, if you pleae gentlemen-by
Jove it had great deal to D with it. For
while 1 was busy slinning thdaind quarters of
the buck, and slowing away tn kidney-fa in