New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-25

the warning cry, they expected to ses the woods
tswarming with hostile sayages. None, how
| ever, appeared and when the echo died away,
| they looked in vain for the seventh and last Of
| the Hurons. Hs had vanished AZ if swallowed
| up in the earth. No trace Of him was visible
| no sound of retreating footsteps was audible
The Mohican SILL kept his place behind the 10y,
immovable now as the log itself, but with his
| fiery eyes bent in quick and searching gIaness
ia almost every direction at once He Was OBJ
yiously at fault as well as the rest. No one
dared to move or speak above bis breath. There
was something awful in bis sudden and mystic
rious disappearance.
1 The silence continued for some fifteen minutes,
\ when the sharp crack Of a rifile Vas heard, and
1 the Mohican sprang to his feet With the blood
| streaming down one side Of his face. His only
| exclamation was the cultural Ught In an
| instant the fatal bow AND arrow were again in
| requisition, and his face toward the Indian he
sent another arrow On its fatal mission. The
| soldiers heard a slight serambling overhead,
and ON looking up they saw the Huron falling
through the limbs Of tree near by Up this
| he had the address to swing himself, unseen by
his enemies during the momentary confusion
| occasioned by the war cry Of his companion.
From that perch he had discovered the lurking
| place Of the Mohican, and bent upon vengeance
| ing and without caring, perhaps, whether or
not his enemies were near. The imprudence
cost him his life; and witha1 he had only sue
ceeded IN inficting upon the Mohican slight
wound in the temple.
The scene, however, now rapidly changed.
Shortly after the report of the rife, the distant
heavy tread of body of regular troops was
heard approaching through the woods They,
| too, plunged into the fatal pass, and met with
| q like, though more bloody reception, from the
soldiers in ambush. This time it was the rifle
that did the business. The advancing column,
however, was composed of veterans, who seemed
for q few moments to rush into the abyss where
their comrades and guides were lying wounded
and dead; but as they were ignorant Of the
strength of their concealed emery, and could
hardly tell even from what direction the danger
came, they finally beat a retreat and drew off
into the woods.
| The check was all that could have been de-
sired. That force was not engaged in the bat
tie Of Plattsburgh and after learning the dis
| astrons fate of the day, it made precipitate
retreat northward into the Canadas. 1t was no
| ticed that as soon as the seven Hurons were
slain Stockbridge Hank took no further inter-
| est in the fray. Shortly after the firing COM
menced ne disappeared, and did not accompany
the soldiers back to the army The next day.
| however, he appeared before the officer again
accoutered as at the time of his arrival in camp,
Dut Will tlic ui eSftn Dluouy AipS 6e-
tached to his belt, and the war paint washed
| from his face. His mission neemed to be ac-
complished. He WAS thanked for his services
and received promises of liberal reward. To
| all that was said he remained silent listener,
i and only pointed to the glorious trophies he
wore, seeming to signify that they were sufi-
cent compensation. In truth, the Huron was
| his hereditary foe, and he had been instructive
/ ly fighting for the tradition Of his fathers.
/ After this second visit he Uaa never again
| seen in the army. But the story Of his ex-
ploit was long the talk and the wonder Of the
camp.
| PHARsALIA COURSE RACES. - We learn the
particulars of the last days racing over the
Natchez Course from the Courier Of Tuesday
last, and append that papers remarks:
| The November meeting of the association
1 closed on Saturday with the galloping over the
course for the four mile purse by the famous
4 Leconte, and pretty contested race between
Capt. Minors colt LIE Roi and Col. Bingaman's
| flly by Bundle-and-Go.
! To crafty the large crowd present. Gen.
Wells ordered Leconte to be let out TO his speed
on the third mile, which was Accomplished in
| 1:513, and with shoes on.
| In the sweepstakes, Capt. Minors LIE Roi had
a sure thing, passing his antagonist on the
second mile in each heat, and keeping ahead to
the close. We annex a summary:
4 PHARsALIa oeunss: Saturday. Nov ls-sweepstakes
for colts llies-three years odtwo mile heatssub
scription $500 forfeit 500.
i VIM J. Minors ch. LIE Roi by Belshazzar, out of
L. T. erans Biassnans s. by Bandisaadao dam BY
Rufln .....'.........-.... ................s-..--s.
First Heat. second Heat
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