Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-04-29

him As such. and thai in his own bar
baT5oEs manner Remember YOU are
E she NIle oi a soldier: be firm, or atleasl,
+ he sd with an emotion he could not
Z centres. do not un0an me. If | falf'
he hesitzsea for q moment, then sud-
6erlv caught his child, kissed him again
and again. pressed burning kiss on
the cold brow Of his wife, hastily en-
hrace6 her and rushed from the house.
He hsd not teen absent an hour be-
sore he discovered the lurking place of
the Indian- The wary eve OF the saw
are Was too busy not to see as soon as
he was seen
Then commenced those fearful
movements by which the sons of the
forest strive 10 induce their foes to
lezre some PoTIson Of the body expos
ed 10 their deadly rifles
TIE chief, though the most renown-
& oi his tribe, found the captain in ev-
eEv respect hiS equal, and after half an
haEr u intense labor and suspense nei-
ther had gained any advantage
TIE Iaiian al this moment saw
Warner leap from his lurking place and
disappear behind the trunk of large
alien tree What was now TO be
done, he scarcely knew-he was too
twarv not to apprekend some strata
gen bv Warner; he therefore neither
advanced nor retreateG. but kept be-
hlud 4 gigantic oak At length 70 his
great iov hediscovered the hat of his
eHemy slightly emerging above the bo-
az 81 the tree and quickly disappear
3 I'a5 Indian smiled with savage delight
as he mugsered. The pale face is a
great warrior. bat 4 fool The sons
q ire forest would not lie when he
could stand he would not expose his
had and feet al q time.
Daring the soliloquy he was slowly
2 ToiS5nE ms rife. ready TO take the first
= adVautage Of the impTudent move
} meals Of hi5 adversary. The hat was
ucvE 50 r.carly visible that he fired. Ii
.tufckl felL, and was silent for few
3 slilg5-cS. then a wild eXulting war
D. u-noop re-echoed through the forest,
, zu2 1he Indian rushed forward TO Sc
& c-re 5be scalp Oi his fallen enemy
- When uIth1n two rods of the fatal
- tree. TX paused with anazement. Be
so-e hi.n yEilh a poised rife, stood the
b. powerful form Of Warner. One look
- 4 Uautterable hate, il was the chief
;a7u's last The report Of the rife re-
. sounded through the forest, and the
+ Back Wolfe lay writhing among the
Ealca lUavez
TIE CsptaTa WAS not the feel the In
= dan had supposed him. Feeling that
D neither had gained any advantage, and
! beng deSirous OF bringing the combat
= % an issue. he resolved to hazard all
+. - = sJTstacen, which, if successful,
e would give him a fatal advantage over
the Oneida He therefore threw him.
- <elf seshInd the tree, and slightly eleva-
= ted his hat upon a stick This the In,
e dan saw. and afterwards fired at with
r the result We have shown above.
Warner looked upon his dead foe
E with The stern JOY which warrior:
3 Eeei.
= You have been 4 great chief, but ;
cruel WARRIOR" he soliloguiSed, eve
: vcu- weapons have been used witt
{ courage and skill: YOU shall not be de
pT5ved Of them even in DEATH"
8 With cords he affixed the rife tha
4 had proved fatal 10 so many, to tn
: cold hand, placed the tomahawk anC
j, Scalpiag knife IN their wonted places
; tiea I large stone TO the feet and places
the body in the canoe. When nea
4 the centre Of the pond, he lifted th
a inznImate form with his face toward
4 the setting sun. and the smooth wafer
became the Indians grave.
Y Warner, though conqueror, return
y ei with sadness TO his friends, who's
= }oy can be better imagined than des
! crIbed- From that day this beautifu
sheet Of water has been known a
= Black Pond"