Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-02-05
Tin. TENN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ), 1867

out let, check or stop, until one ol
the two we're slain. As soon, there
fore, as the horses could be brought
round, their respective riders recouch-
led their lances, and dashed at each
OF her again with the fury Of contend
in g tigers. II might ha We been but
the effect of a heated imagination,
bit as they met | fl hcied | heard the
scratch Of il lance as it entered the
flesh, and at the same moment the
p 3wnee chief was Adng as if a round
shot had bowled him from his Seat
Id an instant, however, he was upon
bis feet, trying to clutch the lassO
which dangled at his horses heels;
but missing his hold, the a himal made
tn le best use Of the oppor tunity, and
nqd away with all the aeetress he
possessed.
j Black Wolf now dism9 united, and
gi wing his horse and lance to Fire-fly,
who rode forward to receive them,
st rode toward the Pawnee chief arm
ed only with the knife and toma-
hdwk.
The appearance Of both as they
I advanced towards each other, Uas
most appalling. From head TO heel
tlIey presented one thick mass Of
blood from the numerous wounds
which they had received; but as il
INF a4ensibl le to pain or Elintness each
ab peared apt as game cocks to renew
tAe leud+ II
| They now went to werk hand to
/ hh Ind, hacking at each other with
tbeir tdmahawks with deadly fury,
a nd inni citing now and then most ter
rible cut 5. As the battle progressed,
t heir shields became, chopped to
d ieces, and hung in strips from the
5 urEace while the blows were shows
d red upon the em as thick as hail.
/ With that advantage, however,
Which big man possesses IN a per-
Jonal encounter with smaller one,
provided his courage be not ialerior,
The odds now became painfully eyi-
dent in Glvor Of Black Wolf. Up TO
The point of the Pawnee being hurled
from his horse, Ihe chances Of the en-
counter appeared to be pretty nearly
Nbalanced; but when its features be-
came changed into stand up fight
/ between man and man, hand to hand,
/ in sporting phraseology, it was a
/ horse to hay seed. Towering above
! bis enemy but little less than a foot,
1.-The Usage drew his tomahawk down
with terrific. force, and from his SUI
/ Iperior reach Of arm, often kept his
Antagonist completely OH the deien-
Isive, and returned two blows for one.
Nothing daunted, however, the
Pawnee maintained the unequal con-
test with spirit which was to be eN-
tineuished only with his life. Altho'
his arm grew momentarily weaker,
and he staggered and reeled before
his enemy's fierce onslaught, yet he
made as good requital as lay in his
waning powers, and faced bis foe as
the bravest Of the brave could only
do. But like an expiring lion he
was to be conquered but with his
death, and when apparently on the
point Of falling before the repeated
strokes of his enemy, he suddenly
sprung forward and clingingto Black
VOLTS shield, endeav vored to make a
thrust with his drawn knife under it.
The wary Usage, however, was too
!, much upon his guard to be taken by
i surprise, and shaking the Pawnee oil,
as he would a snake, he caught him
]. by the throat in his iron grasp, and
4 holding him at arms length, drove
his long Spanishblade into the lower
part Of the belly, and ripped him to
the chest.
A long wild shout Of exultatiOn
burst from the lips of our party as
they witnessed this decisive act on
the part of Black Wolf, who stood
over the dead body of his fallen fQt
with his head proudly erected and
! turned towards the body ofthe Paw
nees. who we're silent spectators o
their defeat. For a few seconds the
/ Osag re maintained his attitude, with
out theperceptible motionof a muscle
and then STOPPING be took the dea(
chief scalp lock between his fingers
and passing the point OF his knil
adr0itly round the skull, plucBked th'
scalp not and bleeding from 1t, am
held the prize in triumph above hi