Demoine courier., 1854-11-23

The Indians might reach Inc door before
il could be securely fastened again.
There were not men enough in ,he for,
to fight the large body of Indians in q
close combat
The balls from the rifles Of the In.
dians continued 10 strike around him
A moment The young warrior was en-.
gagged in deep thought-thenh he cried:
For Gods sake Dig hole under the
for. and III creep through it,
Immediately his request was compiled
with and the brave hunter reached this
curious avenue TO safety without injury,
aud was caugh, in his mo,hersarms and
wepi over as one rescued who had been
given up as lost. The baffled Indians
retired with savage yells.
When Flee, Foot and his com panion
reached the cabin they had no difficulty
in finding the "signs" made by the hunt.
ers who had followed the Indians as
spies. They pushed forward on The
trail with the speed which only expert
enced hunters could attain.
|! was ye, early in the day when old
Martin showed party Of five hunters
where he had killed the Indian who shot
his son Bob. This party Immediately
followed in Pursu, Of Fleet Foo, and
Mac.
|, was between midday and shutdown
when Fleet Foot declared that the IC.
dIans could no. be much in advance, and
be and Mac began to calculate what they
should do when The savages were over
taken. They conversed few minutes
when Fleet Foot said:
lis no use-we don't know how we II
find en-. it'il be time to fix how we
shall give it to 'em when we've go, a
sight OF The varminls'
Again the hunters pushed forward
zeaiously. They had not ye. overlaken
the two hunters who left the cabin the
night previous. They began TO lave Sc.
rlous surmises about their fate. AS they
FASTENED on they frequently conversed in
low tones about their tore runners -
Lengihened shadows were sreepiDg in
! HE forest, indicating shat soon it would
be impossible tor the hunters TO keep
trace of The signs which had been left
during The day. Fleet Foot observed a
small piece OF linen on a bush. lie ca
gerIy grasped it and showed j: 20 Mac,
saying:
That's lee,le encouragin. II shows
the women are alive ye. any how; but lis
tarnal strange we haven't ketched them
other boys; | b'lleve they've been lee,le
careless aud the Ingins have got EN-
He had gone but few steps after he
made these remarks when Flee, Foot
cried:
'Js! as | expected. Here's one O:
EN- on, how. Them Ingins ii roas, the
other. By powder. eff We dom. gel 'em
GU! OF their hands
That they will answered Mac, who
looked upon the dead body Of The hunt
er, with whom he hac been well acquaint.
ed. ly ing directly in their path. lie had
been shot and his scalp laken.'
Las. year old Blacklist said he'd
roas. lie first hunter he could gel into his
camp, and ef they've got the other fel-
low prisoner, I'll bet they mean TO give
him taste of what we give young pigs
on Christmas, but We won't let EN-, by
powder, as you say, Fleet Foot
NO by powder, we won't cried Fleet
Foot.
The hunters did no, stand over the
body of the dead friend even long en-
Ough for this conversation. Their du.
ties 10 the living were too pressing -
They talked cautiously as they proceed.
ed. Experienced as they were in de.
!ecling Indian "signs." they knew that
the sayages could not be far in advance.
and they hoped TO overiake them before
il was dark. While the hunters were
Fastening in pursuit under this i'm pres.
sion. The Indians were encamped upon a
small stream. in a spot which afforded
no particular advantages TO them ia case
Of an attack.
1t was late in the afternoon " hen the
female prisoners, from over fatigue. be.
gan TO grow tsrdy in their march. Both
fell behind the main party of sarages
and were guarded by brawny warrior
who delighted in tormen,ng them. The
spies on their trail came in sigh, of the
women and thus warrior. who, with an
Indian boy, was, a, tha, moment, all the
savages in sight. and supposog this to
be the whole party, with reckless im
pulse rushed to the attack. They saw
their error too late. The brawny war
rior was severely wounded by ball from
the rifle Of one Of The hunters, but no
sooner had the repor, of his gun runp
throug h The woods than the hunters were
surrounded. One was sho, and scalped
and the o'her taken prisoner.
While Fleet Foot and his compan.
ions were cropping their way by staIligh,
the Indians were holding council upon
the fate of their prisoners.
The spies had found much difficulty
in tracing the path Of the Indians. bu,
they lief. behind The m such signs as indi.
Gated 10 their followers the path to be
pursued. The savages had pushed for.
ward with much speed and caution ill
they had been attacked; when, supposing
that all in their pursLi, had been remov.
| ed from q watch over their mnva,pa,,