Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-09

were not long left to conjecture. The girl was
seen emerging from behind a rock, and COM
ing to them with a rifle in her hand. During
the fight she saw warrior fall who had ad-
vanced some distance from the rest, and while
some of them changed their position, she re-
solved at once, live or die, to possess herself
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
hand by which the two warriors fell, the lat
ter being the most intrepid and blood-thirsty
of the Shawnee tribe, and the leader of the
company which killed her mother and sisters,
and took her and her brother prisoners.
Now, in the West arose dark clouds, which
soon overspread the whole heavens, and the
elements were rent with the peals Of thunder.
Darkness deep and gloomy, shrouded the
whole heavens the darkness greatly embar-
rassed the spies in their contemplated night
escape, supposing that they might readily lose
their way. and accidentally fall on their enc
my, but short consultation decided the plan :;
it was agreed that the girl should go foremost
from her intimate knowledge.of the localities,
and another advantage might be gained in
case they should fall in with any Of the par
ties or Outposts. From her know ledge of the
language she might deceive the sentinels. as
the sequel proved, for scarcely had they de-
scended hundred yards, when whist from
the girl warned them of their danger The
spies sank silently on the ground, where. by
previous arrangement, they were to remain
till the signal was given by the girl to move
on. Her absence for the space of quarter of
an hour, began to excite most serious appre-
tensions. Again she appeared and told them
she had succeeded in removing two sentinels
TO short distance, who were directly in their
route. The descent was noiselessly resumed,
and the spies !, lowed their intrepid leader
for hafa mile in the most profound silence,
when the barking of dog at a short distance
apprized 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 Indian
camps, and their lives depended on the most
profound silence, and by simply following
her footsteps. A moment afterwards the girl
was accosted by a squaw from an opening in
her wigwam she replied in the Indian Ian
guage, and without stopping, still pressed for
ward In short time she stopped and as
sured the spies that the village was now
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 pass
ing through the centre of the village, as the
least hazardous, and the sequel proved the
correctness of her judgment. They now
steered course for the Ohio river, and after
three days travel arrived safe at the block
house. Their escape and adventure prevented
the Indians from making their contemplated
attack and the rescued girl proved to be the
sister of the intrepid Colonel Washburn, Gel
ebrated in the history of Indian warfare, and
as the renowned spy of Captain Centon's
bloody Kentuckians.