Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-16

livery HOlnent expected Iuey WOulu llhu me
All, what would have given to have been
out in the open woods with them again, with
only two or three hundred yards between us.
During my hard run, thought did not get
along at all, my legs and feet seemed to
be made of iron, though my breath did moi
fail but now | thought if was in an open
plain could use them little. My case was
now getting desperate. Buried TO the neck in
mud, even if the savages did not find me, life
with me would soon be o'er-hope was almost
extinct-death seemed inevitable when, bark
listen to the yolley of musketry Yes, look
at the Indians, their heads thrown forward,
noslrlls distended. A moment they listen,
when off they start, whooping and screaming,
reminding me of hungry pack of wolves.
After this learned what then seemed to me
the interposition of Heaven, that Captain Jer-
nigan, true to his promise, had turned to the
relief of his friend, Capt. Garmony; but he,
too, with only his twenty men, was forced to
retreat, leaving four of his men behind not
only wounded, but dead and about this time,
too, came up our twenty-five men that Capt.
Garmony had sent to help guard Fort M
Crary. They had heard our firing, and like
true, brave-hearted men, had saddled their
steeds and started to our relief. Though they
came too late to help US, they made good Cap
tain Jernigan's escape.
| After the Indians had left, made my way
ont of the swamp, with great caution, and
succeeded in gaining an out field undiscov-
cred, and lay there until night threw his sa-
BILE mantle ever both friend and foe. Law
concealed, indeed, and chilled and exhausted,
but with firm resolve not to give over my
attempts to escape, until the last spark of life
was gone; and to trust in God who had shield
ed me thus far, and could protect me to the
end. How lonely and still everything seemed
and the moon seemed to look down with sad
ness on man-that he, the last of God S works,
should thus war on another.
think that it must have been about an hour
in the night, when resolved to make my way
to Lumpkin, if possible, believing that the
Indians had killed nearly all of my comrades !;
for out Of fifteen or sixteen who had started
with me, only knew Of about four who had
outrun me. And Captain Garmony and the
men who had followed him, thought surely
they were all massacred, for the Indians
seemed to be thicker in that direction than in
any other. They retMated to the lot at the
camp, and there Captain Garmony fought
hand to hand with his foes, until he was
brought to his knees by shot from one of the
Indians and then he saw the savage whirl
his tomahawk above his head for the fatal
blow, he raised his gun, and the savage bit
the dust with his death wound. A panic
seemed TO take possession of the men, as one
of their number cried out, sOur captain is
killed No no he cried, mot killed, on
ly wounded. Stand firm, he cried, 'and as
sist me to my horse, and we will try and make
an escape And though he was weak and
faint from loss of blood, and one of his legs
being useless and painful, yet he succeeded in
guiding and making an effective escape with
his men to Fort Jones.
Soon after left the out-patch, came to
corn-feld. / got over the fence and followed
the rows Of corn until came to the opposite
string of the fence, and saw that it ran along
the edge of swamp. While on the fence
saw several small fires. / jumped down and
ran back into the field some two or three hum
dred yards, and leaned against an old tree,
alive to the slightest noise. | believed that
was near to the Indian encampment, and feared
that / had been seen. And must I now be
discovered, after escaping from them in broad
daylight! While leaning against the tree,
and drawn close up to it, heard a rustling in
the corn, and soon saw a man with gun
brought forward in his hand advancing straight
to me. / silently raised, pointed, and cooked
my gun, determined would kill him if / could, I,
then run again for my life. My good angel,
know not what else, caused me to hail him.
Judge of my joy, my astonishment, at hearing
Almost doubling my senses, said, 'come
nearer and give me your name.' SHIP was
the answer All doubt and hesitation were
gone, as l sprang forward and clasped his
hand, for I recognized him as one of our COM
pany.
But he was perfectly bewildered and could
hardly believe that / was even white man,
muddy as was, and in state of complete
nudity. After had told him again and again,
my name, he yet seemed to doubt. yes,
yes | know that you are white, but surely
your name can't be , for | saw him lying
with his head split open.' After I had con-
vinced him that / was no one but myself, he
dropped his head forward and seemed to be in
deep thought, then looking up he said, 'Ah
it was poor Tate, then, saw.
/ now told him of the fires had seen in the
swamp, and he thought of them as had done,
that they we're the fires Of the Indian encamp-
ment. After we had vowed to live or die to-
gether, we left the field and entered the swamp
some half mile lower than we had seen the
lights. After we had gone some distance in
the swamp, we came to small dry hillock,
and concluded we would rest awhile. saw
pool of muddy, stagnant water, and laid
down and strained it through my teeth. How
cooling and refreshing it was to my parched