Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-11-26
Mistellantnus.
From the Great West
TIL e HUNTERS REVENGE
CHAPTER /.
A WESTERN LEGEND.

A few years since while wandering in
some of our Kentucky counties which Dor.
der upon the Ohio river, chance caused
me to pass the light in the house of one OF
the eldest pioneers Of the dark and bloody
ground The sight of such mer-relicis
Of departed age, and memorials of tha,
state ef infancy from which our country
has grown into its now glorious manhood
always possesses for me the highes,
interest. listen to their words with rev.
erence and delight. never tire of their
simple loquacity, for l feel that it is from
their stores of lraditionary lore that we
can become fully aware ofall the peculiar
and Distinguishing features of the spiri,
stirring times in which they bore part
He, to whom Ihave alluded, was a fne
specimen of his class. Though his once
stalwart form was somewhat bent, and his
white locks hung thin upon mis- temples,
yet his body and mind were still active
and vigorous. His cheerful laugh, the
iuddy glow upon his cheek, and the quie,
cleaning of his clear blue eye, told the
good effects of an early life of temperance
and active manly toll. In the opposite
chimney corner sat the gray haired ma.
tron whose love had cherished him thro'
all the tolls of youth and manhood, and
who now shared the peace and content.
ment of his age.
soon found, to my pleasure, that the
old man both remembered we'll and loved
to speak Of the scenes of his early days,
and never had stcry.teller, old or young a
more pleased and attentive listener. 1t
was cold, stormy, clustering, winter
night. The wind howled around the ole
farm house and drifted the snow wreaths
against the window panes with fury
tLat made the great fire of logs, that was
throwing its cheerful, Pickering blaze
override room, doubIy welcome.
AS the night grew colder, we drew oul
chairs closer around the hospitable hearth
and while the young folks were enjoying
the winter store Of apples and nuts, ant
the old lady quietly knitting and the hous'
dog slumbering on the floor, and the win
dow panes ratlling with fury, my venera
BILE backwoodsman detailed many a thrill
ling anecdote of the pleasures and peril
of the past; of the daring of the hunter
and the Vengeance of the red man.
At length at the earnest request of tn
young folks, he told us story that vii
endeavor to repeat accurately, thoug
without hoping 10 convey the charm i'm
parted to 1t by the simple words and man
ner OF its narrator.
Without further preface than prelim5
ry punch at the great backlog whica ser
cloud Of sparks up the huge chimney
yawning like the mouth of a cavern, an
roaring as if in defiance of the storr
without, the old man proceeded some
what as follows:
For several. years after the interic
Of the state had began to settle up an
was becoming quiet, this part of the cour
try remained continually liable to incu
sions by the wild rowing tribes of Ohio
Companies Of Indians, sometimes cons
ting of thirty or forty, sometimes of onl
three or four, were constantly crossin
over in canoes at night and setting fire
the barns and fields Of grain, stealth
horses and sometimes carrying off wome
and children. True there was one pett
station net far from where we now art
but the scant, though vigilant garrisc
could do but little for the defence of II
frontier beyond protecting the hmili'
within or around the walls, and by cha
ing retreating parties to the river. Itw,
about the year IT. that the Indians, tai
ing advantag Of this defenceless state
the border, increased their depreciation
TO an alarming extent. And it was
the spring Of that year there appeared
fhe station. paye mentioned, mt
whose character and actions seemed for
while to infuse neY spirit iptq the de
ponding fronsermen.
Who he was, or whence he came,
one knew, though his singular habits al
appearances called forth many inquire
Tall, sinews and rawboned, with su
burnt coqntenance, scanned across Il
forehead with deep scar, deep-sunk
Az eyes, which in moments of exciteme
+. CLEANED with strange lurid fire, a
dressed in the wild, half Indian cos,ur
Of the times, he presented arather remar