Demoine courier., 1854-09-28

en- lul, ana sustained himself by il all
this distance, badly wounded as he was.
Here was a trial for such a man as Har.
rod; his foe was wounded and helpless;
take him prisoner he feared would be
impossible. and letting him escape he
ieliio be contrary to his duty to his own
people. He thought within himself some
little time before deciding upon wha, he
should do, for shan, the poor wretch he
| could not. His determination formed.
he made wide circuit, and crept eau.
'iously upon the wounded warrior be-
hind, a large tree stood close to the drift,
which being gained, Haired laid down
his gun, .hen, suddenly stepping into
full view from behind the tree, raised
his hands TO show that he was unarmed.
"Ugh!" grun,ed the asionlshed warrior.
making sudden movement as if he was
gong to plunge into the water again.-
iiarrod placed his hand upon his heart,
spoke two words in the Shawnee tongue,
when the Indian paused and looked at
him moment earnestly, bowed his head
| III token OF submission. Harrod helped
him to The bank. tore his own shir, and
bound up the wound with cooling herbs;
| aud then. as he found the savage unable
To walk, threw him across his shoulders
and bore him, not to the station, but TO a
cave which he used as one of his places
of deposition. No one knew of the ex
istence of ihis hiding. place bu, himself,
, and he had discovered IL by the acciden,
OF having driven wounded bear into il.
he entrance was very small, and cov-
cred with briers; pushing this aside, you
locked down Into what seemed a deep
well, when the. eye became accustomed
to the darkness, you could gradually dis.
cover dry, white bottom. Harrod had
descended into il By means of a pole
ladder which he had let down. This
ladder, which is essentially a frontier
conirlvance. consists merely of a stout
saping, which is thick set with limbs,
the sapllng being cut down, the limbs ere
chopped off within six inches from lhe
trunk, thus leaving excellen, foo,holds to
climb by. When you reached the bot.
tom, which was about twelve feet below
the surface, you found you,self in small
bat rregularly shaped room, the ceiling
OF which was hung with many beautiful
and fantastic salacties, from among
which. and at the farther extremity of the
room, small, clear stream poured stead.
lly down into a white, round basin, which
II had worn into The solid limestone
The little stream, after passing across
the length of the chamber, found vent
through dark hole in the wall, about
large enough 10 admit man, crawling
IN on hands and knees. Here, over the
whitest sand, ii escaped into unknown
caVerns beyond. From the point of
every ssalactite on The ceiling a drop OF
water fell slowly upon stalacti,es rising
to meet them, many Of which had as.
sumed The most extraordinary shapes
About twelve feet square of the ceiling
and floor OF this singular subterranean
chamber was rs dry as tinder.
am thus particular in describing this
cave, having once visited it, and been
singularly impressed with the quain,
peculiarl,ies OF the place. Among other
things. the steady dropping of the water
upon the white and ringing stalacliles
formed sort of low harmonicon, the
sweetness of which shall never forget.
in this stranga hiding place, as the
story goes, Harrod concealed his wound.
ed foe, for the generous hunter having
once determined to aid him, possessed
too much magnanlmi.y to subject the
proud warrior 10 The humiliation worse
TO him than death. of being paraded be-
fore his whits foes as prisoner. Har.
rod took care of him ill his recovery.
visiting him regularly on his hunting ex-
curslons. When the warrior grew strong
again, Harrod gave him supply of pro.
visions, andpointing towards The north,
bade him return to his people. and tell
them how the Long Knife treats his
wounded foe.
Nothing was ever heard directly from
this warror again, though Boone, who
was aware OF the circumstance, and who
was taken prisoner by the Snawanees
short lime afterwards, always attributed
The kind treatment he received from the
Indians. and their good faith to eighteen
of his men to the good offices Of this
grateful savage. These men were en-
gagged, under his command, in making
salt at the saline spings, and surrendered
at his own suggestion, he having been
surprised and taken prisoner while hunt.
ing, and the promise of kind treatment,
and release having been pledged 10 him
by the Indians. They, after taking their
arms, ammunition, &C., permitted the
men to return. to the Station unharmed.
They took Booze with them however. to
Canada. where he was shortly after ran
somed.
The popularity of Harrod became
very great; for these many extraordinary
fea,s and kind acts were no, his only
claims on the now rapidly increasing
population of Kentucky for their respect
and gratitude. His manly wisdom and
counsel was fully equal to his efficiency
In the field; for, though to the last he
could hardly write his name. and con.
tiaued 10 be a man o. few words, one
short sentence Of his, direct as it alwa avs
was, and to the purpose, was of greater
value IN those times, Than all mou,hing