The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-03-22

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ordered to keep them parallel with the
party on land. Arriving at the mouth
Of Raudon's Creek. the canoe party dis.
covered boat filed with Indians who.
however Immediately padded to the
shore and ned. The land party. finding
it impossible to continue their route. on
account of tho thick cane and vincs.werc
ordered to cross over. and proceed up on
the other side Willie they were effect.
ing a passage. Dale and several Of his
men kudled a fire a short distance from
the river to prepare their days meal
Thus engaged they were fired upon by a
rarity Of Greeks, from an ambuscade.
Retrcating to the river. 81 as to gain the
cover Of the projecting bank, thoy dis
covered large flat -bottomed canoe. con.
tanning eleven armed aud painted war.
riors The party bchiud them now re.
tired. leaving Dale to choose his own
course towards those in the boat. As
both of his canoes were on the opposite
side, Dale ordered the larger one to be
manned. Two Of the warriors now left
their boats and swan for shore; but n
ball from tho unerriug rifle Of John Smith
perforated tie skull of one. who imme.
diatcly sunk tho other gained the shore
and escaped. Eight meu had. in the
meantime '''."eu 'he larger canoo' ana
coming near enough to see the number
Of rife-muzzlcs over the edge Of the boat,
they hastily paddlcd back to the shore.
D"'V' "a ,t''"'9u " .n's c'ear DECK
'I' 40 ~ ''i ''''" ~, u ms '"G'i' Sn"u,-
cu 70 'nc,i III a scor''"l ,one' TO iook
"nu sec 'nrGe ,r"FV men GO "Aat eisht
'"" "'us ''"u '"'u''H '.o,h al" loIioW-
eo ~ -AuS''il "nn '9''i''h' ifaps ,nto Inc
"'S'''l ''noo' "'ic'i l"o ,"',ii,ui ~! Oiesaf
li"u JOSI proGanI over; Iaaaiing 'heir
cauoc u'rec'ly 'o"aruS tIer enemies,
'ney soon coihnene'P Inc "Csnoe fight
Iroper-So c'leor2'od IN Alabama ira
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W hen within twenty PAGES Of the In.
dians our heroes arose in their canoe, to
give them an opening broadsidc but
unfortunately, the primine fthcir guns
was wet, and they failed to fire Had
not the same accident bciallcn the one-
my, the result Of the canoe fglt might
have been very different Dale now or
der Caesar to bring his boat alongside the
othor, and hold them together The war.
riors, confdcnt OF their strength, and
eager to grapple with three men, whose
guns would not fire, allowed their boat
to move leisurely along with the current.
AS the two nesrcd each other. the Chief
arose, and with an ejaculation Of def.
oncc to " Big SAM levclcd lis gun
at Smiths breast but before he could
draw the trigger the latter directed blow
at himwhich would have proved fa.tal.lad
1t not been adroitly avoided. The canoes
came together with Jar. which threw
AuStill slightly of' his balance. and ere
he could regain it. well directed blow
from n war.clUh. piostratcl him Gcross
the boat \ half dozen powerful
arms we're raised to complete tic work.
when the heavy rifle Of Dale came down
upon the head of the Chief. with a
force which sunk deep into his skull
Smith had been lot less actiyo. and Liz
truety barrel bad fallen With like effect
upon the skull Of another warrior. aid
the two now felt tLcir death throcs, in
the bottom Of the canoe Austill Lad,is
the momtime, recovered, and added his
strength TO the work Of dcstruction.--
The bold Caesar held the boats together
with an iron grasp, and with one loot in
each, our heroes fought Two successive
llows from Austili rife despatched two
OF the enemy, one Of whom fill over.
board Thinking TO make sure Of his
foe by n second stroke Austill leaned