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ly occupied by his felow-companion. Now,
too, the attack in front was renewed with in
creased fury, so as to require the inccssant
fire of both spies to. prevent the indians from
gaining the eminence, and in short time
M'Cleland saw a warrior making prepara-
tons TO leap to the fatal rock. The leap
was made, and The Indian turned somerset,
his corpse rolled down tha hill towards his
former companion. Again an unknown
agent had in,erposed in tl.eir behalf. This
second sacrifice cast dismay into the ranks
of their assailants, and just as the sun was
disappearing behind the western hills the
foe withdrew to short distance, to deTise
some new mode of attack. This respite
came most seasonablv to our spies, who had
kept their. ground. and brav.ly y maintained
the unequal fight from nearly the middle OF
the day. :.
Now, for the first time, was the girl mis-
sing, and the spies thought that through ter.
ror she had escaped TO her former captors,
or that she had been killed during the fight;
but they were not long left to conjecture.
The girl WAS seen emerging from behind
rock, and coming to them with rifle in her
hand. During the fight she saw a warrior
fall, who had advanced some distance before
the rest, and while some of them changed
their position, she resolved at once, live or
die, to possess herself of his gun and ammu.
milton and crnuching down beneath the un-
derbrush, ahe crawled to the place and sue
ceeded in her enterprise. Her. keen and
wstchful eye had early noticed the fatal rock,
and hers Was the mysterious hand by which
the two warriors fell, the last being the most
intrepid aud bIoodthirsty Of the Shawnee
tribe, and the leader Of the company which
killed her mother and her sisters, and took
her and her brother prisoners.
Now, in the west, arose dark clouds which
soon overspead the whole heavens. and The
elements were rent with the peals Of thunder.
Darkness, deep aud gloomy, shrouded the
whole heavens; this darkness greatly em.
bsrrassed the spies in their contemplated
night escape, supposiug that they might
readily lose their way, aud accidentally fall
on their enemy but short consultation de-
cided the plan. 1t WAS agreed that the girl
should 20 foremost from her intimate knowl-
edge of the localities, and another advantage
might he gained III case they should fall in
with any Of the parties or Sutposts. From
her knowledge Of the language, she might
deceive The seutinels, as the sequel proved,
for scarcely had they descended hundred
yards, when low Whist from the girl warn
ed them Of their danger.
The spies sunk silently on the ground.
where, by previous arrangement, they were
to rem2in ill the Signals WAS given by the
girl 10 move on. Her absence, for tue space
of quarter of an hour, hogan to excite the
most serious apprcLensions. Again she ap.
peared, aud told them she had succeeded in
removing two sentinels to a short distance,
who were directly on their route. The. des-
ceut WIS noiseleesly resumed, aud the spies
followed their intrepid leader for half mile in
the most profound silence, when the barking
of dog at short distance apprized them
of a new danger. The almost Simultaneous
click Of the spies WAS heard by the girl, who
stated that they were now in the midst oil
the Indian camp, aud their lives depended on
the most profound silence, aud implicitly
following her footsteps.
A moment afterwards the girl WAS accos.
ted by squaw, from an opening in her wig
wan; she replied in the Indian language, aud
without stopping, still. pressed forward. In a
short time size stopped aud assured the spies
that the village was cleared, and that they had
passed the greatest danger. She knew, that
every leading pass was guarded safely by
the Indians, aud at once resolved to adopt
the bold adventure Of passing through the
centre of the village, as the least hazardous,
and the sequel proved the correctness of her
Judgment. They now steered course for
the OHIO river. and after three days travel
arrived safe at the block house. Their es-
cape and adventure prevented the Indians
from making their contemplated attack, aud
the rescued girl proved to be the sister Of
the intrepid Corneal Washburu, celebrated
in the history of Indian warfare, and AS the
renowned spy Of Capt. kenton's bloody
kentuckiaus.
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