The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1854-03-29
PUBLISHER.
A Female Hunter.
PERFORMANCES OF A YOUNG LADY.

PERFORMANCES OF A YOUNG LADY.
! received letter few days since, from .
friend Of mine, travelling as pedlar in the
wild portions of Delaware and Sullivan coun
ties, New York, in which he related an ac
count of an adventure he had. If you think
it is worth the trouble, you will please give
it place in your paper. The story is as
follows, l give it in his own words:
| must relate an adventure that met with
few days since. As was trudging along
one afternoon, in the town of Fremont, one Of
the border towns of Sullivan County, was
overtaken by what l at first supposed wasA
lyoung man with rifle on his shoulder, and
being much pleased with the idea of having
company through the woods, turned around
and said, ".Good afternoon, sir" "Good af-
ternoon," said my new acquaintance, but in
tone Of voice that sounded to me rather
peculiar. My suspicious were at once arous-
ed, and to satisfy myself l made inquiries in
regard to hunting, which were readily an
swered by the young lady, who had thus
| encountered. She said she had been out
ever since daylight, had followed buck
nearly all day, got one shot and wounded him
but as there was little snow, she could not
get him, and was going to try the next day,
hoping that she should get another shot at
him, and she was quite certain that she
would kill him. @.
Although l cannot give very good idea
Of her appearance, will try to describe her
dress: The only article of female apparel
visible was a close fitting hood upon her
head, such as is often worn by deer hunters.
Next an India rubber hunting coat; her
neither limbs were encased in a snug fitting
pair of curduroy pants, and pair of Indian
moccasins upon her feet. She had good
looking rifle upon her shoulder, and a brace
of double-barrelled pistols in the side pockets
Of her coat, while most formidable hunting
knife hung suspended by her side. Wishing
to witness her skill with her hunting instru-
ments, l commenced bantering her with re-
gard to shooting. She smiled and said that
she was As good shot as was in the woods
and to convince me, took out her hunting
knife and cut ring, about four inches in di-
smeter, in tree, with aSsmall spot in the
centre. Then stepping back thirty yards,
and drawing up ON. of her pistols, put both
balls inside the ring. She then at thirty-6ve
seds fseza the tree, put ball from her riAs
in the very centre.
We shortly came to her fathers house, and
| gladly accepted an invitation to stop there
over night. The maiden hunter, instead Of
sitting down to rest, a. most hunters do when
they get home, remarked that she had got
the chores to do. So out she went; fed,
watered, and stabbed pair Of young horses,
. yoke Of oxen, and three cows. She then
went to the saw-mill and brought slab on
her shoulder that should not like to have
carried, and with an axe and saw soon work.
cd it into stove wood.
Her next business was to change her dress
and get tea, which she did in manner which
would have been creditable to more scien-
sifc cook. After tea, she finished mp the
usual house work, and then sat down and
plying her needle in most lady
Ike manner. / ascertained that her mother
vas quite feeble, and her father confined to
he house with the rheumatism. The whole
amily were intelligent, well educated. and
They had moved from
rom Schoharie county into the woods about
hree years before. and the father was taken
anne the first winter after their arrival, and
ad not been able to do anything since, and
.ucy Ann, as her mother called her, has
aken charge Of ploughed, planted, and
arvested the farm, learned to chop wood,
rive the team, and do all the necessary work.
lame being plenty, she had learned to use
er fathers rifle, and spent some Of her leisure
me in hunting. She had not killed deer
ct, but expressed her determination TO kill
ne, At least, before New Years. She boasted
having killed any quantity Of patzidges,
luires, and other small game. Alter chat
ng some time, she brought violin from
le closet, and played fifteen or twenty tunes.
d also sung few songs, accompanying
! 'eiSe1-s> the violin, in style thst showed
he was faf-m~@. .dest;tnta ~ mue;c.I.I;li
Ifter spending PlesnNns~~,.-;.r. "a "a
red. ~
The next morning she was up at four
clock, and before sunrise, had the breakfast
at Of the way, and all her work out Of dooY
nd in the house done, and when l left, . few
Iinutes after sunrise, she had on her hunting
lit and was loading her rifle for another
lase after the deer.
NovEL CoxpEHssD.-Moonlight night
lady grove-two lovers-etefnal fdelity-
,ung lady rich-young man poor-great
'stacle-young man proud very handsome
very smart-sure to make 1 fortune
,ung lady's father very angry-won't con-
intercedes-no go--Yich n
l-very ugly-very hard hearted -lovsn
bad fx-wont part die anaf-noon-.
yht again-garret window opens-4spe
dder-hight-puTspit- late-marriage
old man in rsge-wont forgive them-
sowns them-od man gets sick-sends for
$ daughter-al forgiven-all made up
4 man dies-young couple get all tho mo-
,y-live in the old mansion-quit comtost-
little children-much happiness
-Finis.
The man thst hung himself with yosn
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