Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-07-14
VOL. VINO. 81.

swept from the face of the earth. Strike,
if you dare
The mans arm sunk suddenly by his
side Fear for his own safety restrained
him from acts of unmanly violence; but
the demon was still in him.
I am not master of my own wife and
child be muttered. The one threatens
me, the other refuses to obey. All my
plans are continually thwarted; am al
ways TO be opposed both BY mother and
daughter And so it has been with the
Girty affair. he IS good enough for Innis.
and in that matter I viii have my way. ia
spite of resistance, threats, tears, or en-
treaties
You never Will live to see Innis wed
ded to such false knave' replied Mrs
Mckee. The moss will gather upon
your bones first
1t is for my interest, tell you add
ed Mckee, violently.
'LLooh ? exclaimed his wife, contempt
uously.
He will soon own great deal of land
en- the south side Cf kentucky River he
added
Just enough to bury his vile body in 2
EalU MIS- NC hee.
The Indians have promised it to him
when Boonesborough. Harrodsburg aud
Logan are leveled with the ground, and
not a white settler has a foothold in this
country, rejoined Mckee
That time will never be- responded
the Indian spouse The white stations
will remain long after the red men have
lost their power. The descendants OF
Daniel Boone will build their houses IN
peace upon the graves Of the Wyandots,
the Shawanese, aud the Cherokees.
sAccursed prophecies of evil What
will stop your dismal croaking your bo-
( ding voice always sounds in my ear when
any great project is started, that promises
/ we'll to all eyes but yours. Even at this
/ very moment Boonesborough may be in
/ flames; for Girty and Du Quesue have
already attacked it with hundreds Of In
dians.'
/ They'll fail and 90 away Ike whipped
dogs responded Mrs Mckee
1 'Croak on q he retorted angrily, 'Croak
on like an owl, and make yourself hoarse
with your evil sayings, and see what It
will all amount to Innis may make up
/ her mind as soon rs she pleases. TO take
I Girty for better or worse for we've talked
4 it all over atw6en US, and decided on it.
So mark what say both of you.
With these words and threatening
glance at each. Mckee arose and left the
cavern.
Can BonuesBoroueb hold out against
so many enemies q asked Innis, after a
pause.
Yes: it always has been able to defend
itself; why shouldn't it now p replied her
mother
The odds are so great against 1t, that
it don't seem TO me possible resumed
Inni5.
Long Knife Daniel Boone) is there.
and he is 2 very great warrior; the sta
tion can't be destroyed while he's alive,
But it may be taken by stratagem.'
Possibly reioined Mrs Mckee
la that event, what would be the fate of
: the women aud children2' asked Iuni5.
earnestly.
Some would be slain on the spot; some
would be taken prisoners, and die on the
/ long march and others would perish by
torture
It's dreadful to think Of continued
Innis
'WeU 60 mp there and see what they're
doing. said Mrs. Mckee
TO Boones borough 2 asked Innis
The Indian mother replied in the affirm
ative Ia a short time they both issued
/ from the subterrauean dwelling, and walE-
/ ed in the direction of the station referred
/ to- and to which il Is necessary that we
should now return.
! We left the bold pioneers awaiting with
( painful anxiety the retrrn Of the heroic
women who had descended the slope to
procure water from the spring Eliza
( Ballard and Matilda Fleming we're the
/ two last of the party to fill their vessels
with the sparkling fluid. While they were
/ in the act Of doing so. half a dozen Wy
andots, headed by Girty, rushed from the
covert of the surrounding shrubberv
seized the two maidens, and in spite ot
their resistance < shrIeks bore them away
before the men at the fort were scarcely
aware that anything had happened.
Joel Logston was the first to realize
fully the new misfortune that had bcfal
len them
Come on, men to the rescue 2 be shout
ed, running to open the gate; while sew
eral young men followed him with equaI
Iimpetuosity.
Stop, I command your cried Danie
Boone, in tones distinctly heard above the
confused tumult Of sounds.
Away, away! exclaimed Joel, with ter
rible earnestness.
Pause Joel reflect, listen TO reason.
4 hear only the shrieks of those fe
males. reioiued Logston 1 listen oulJ
to their calls for help. Let me go-I an
desperateF
And if you 90 with those who are ready
to follow you. who will defend the fort
who will protect those who yet remain tc
Us, and have equal claims upon our excr
tious 2 replied Captain Boone.
This view Of the case seemed to have
/ some weight with Logston, and he stooo
irresolute.
And what would it avail If we should
attempt d rescue 2 said Reynolds, who bad
been among the first to follow Logston -