The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-07-27


Sc caught a glimpse of tall swarlhy war;
,. or cautiousl y advancing to the covert S
is recently occupiedby his fellow companion
d Now too the attack in front was rcnewe
!. with increased fury, 50 as to require III
3 lncessant fire Of both spies to prevent tn
;. Indians from gaining the eminence, an
a in short time N Clcland saw warriC
e making preparations TO leap to. the fat'
d rock. The leap was made, and the Ind
= an turning somerset, his corpse role
a down the hill towards his former compan
!. ion. Again an unknown agent had inter
d posed in their behalf. This second sacri
, flee cast dIsmay into the ranks Of their as
. sailants, and just as the sun was disap
}. pearing behind the western hills, the fo
s withdrew to short distance, to devils
E some new mode of attack. This respit,
, came most seasonably to our spies, VIII
had kept their ground and bravely main
! tanning the unequal fight from nearly tht
3 middle of the day.
Now for the first time was the CIR
missing, and the spies thought tha
through terror she 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 warrior fall who had advanced
some distance before the rest, and while
some Of them changed their position, she
resolved at oEce, live or die to possess her
self of his gun and ammunition, and
crouching down beneath the underbrush,
she crawled to the place and succeeded in
her enterprise. Her keen and watchful
eye had early noticed the fatal rock, and
here was the mysterious band by which
the two warriors fell, the last the most in
tripid and blood thirsty of the Shawnee
Tribe, and the leader of the company
which killed her mother and her sisters,
and took her brother prisoner.
Now, in the west, arose dark clouds,
which soon overspread the whole heavens,
and the elements were rent with the peals
ofthunder Darkness, deep and gloomy,
shrouded the whole heavens; this dark
ness greatly embarrassed the spies in their
contemplated nigh escape, supposing that
they might readily lose their way, and ac-
cidentaly fall on their enemy; but short
consultation decided the plan it was a.
greed that the girl should go foremost
from her intimate knowledge of the local
tiles, and another might be gained in case
they should fall in with any of their par,
ties or outposts. From her knowledge of
the language; she might deceive the SEN
tincls, as the sequel proved, for scarcely
had they descended hundred yards,
when low whistle from the girl warned
them of their danger. The spies sunk
silently on the ground, where, by preyi-
Gus arrangement, they were to remain till
the signal was given by the girl to move
on. Her absence, for the space off quar-
ter of an hour, began to excite the most
serious apprehensions. Again she ap-
peared and told them she had succeed
ed in removing two sentinels to short
distance, who were directly on their route.
The descent was noiselessly resumed, and
the spies followed their intrepid leader for
half a mile in the most profound silence,
when the barking of dog at short dis
tance apprised them of new danger
The almost simultaneous click of the spies
rifles was heard by the girl, who stated
that they were now in the midst of the In
dian camps, and their lives depended on
the most profound silence, and implicitly
following her footsteps. A moment after
ward, the girl was accosted by squaw
from an opening in her wigwam, she re-
piled in the Indian language, and, with
out stopping, still she pressed forward
In a short time she stopped and 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, and at
once resolved to adopt the bold adventure
of passing through the center of the vii
lage, as the least hazardous. and the Sc
quel proved the correctness of her judg-
ment. They now steered course for the
Ohio river, and after three days travel
arrived safe at the block-house.
Their escape and adventure from the
Indians, their contemplated attack /; and
he rescued girl proved to be the sister of {
he intrepid Coneal Washburn, celebra, r
ed in the history of Indian warfare, and @
Is the renowned spy of Capt. Kenton's
bloody Kentuckans.