The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-03-13
PERRYsBURG, WOOD COUNTY, oHIo MONDAY MARCH 1a, 1854
NO. l..

the unequal fight from nearly the middle OF
the day
Now, for the first time, was the girl mis-
sing and the spies thought that through
terror she had escaped to her former captofs,
or that she had been killed during the fight.
but they were not long left to conjecture
The girl was seen emerging from behind a
rock and coming to them with rifle in her
hand. During the fight she saw a warrior
fall, who had advanced some distance before
the rest; and, while some of them changed
their position, she resolved at once, live or
die, to possess herself Of his gun and ammu-
milton; and, crouchng down beneath the
underbrush, she craWled to the place and
succeeded III her enterprise. Her keen and
Watchtul eye had early noticed the tata!
rock, and here was the mysterious hand by
which the two warriors fell, the last being
the most intrepid and blood-thirsty of the
Shawnee tribe, and the leader of the compa-
ny which killed her mother and her 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 thun-
der. Darkness, deep and gloomy, shrouded
the whole heavens. This darkness greatly
embarrassed the spies III their contemplated
night escape, supposing that they might
readily lose their way and accldentlv fall on
their enemy but short consultation de-
cided the plan. 1t was agreed that the girl
should 90 foremost, from her intimate knowl-
edge of the locales, and something mgh3
be gained in case they should fall in with
any of the parties or outposts. From her
knowledge of the language, she might de-
ceive the sentines, as the sequel proved. for
ly had +ba,, 1occaoIaI l.o
when low whist from the girl warned
them of their danger.
The spies sunk 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 spac ce
of quarter of an hour began to excite the
most serious apprehensions. Again she
appeared and told them she had succeeded
IN removing two sentinels a short distance,
who were directly on their route. The de
scent was noiselessly resumed, and the spies
followed their intrepid leader for half mile
in the most profound silence, when the
barking of a dog a short distance apprised
them of new danger The almost simuI-
taneous click of the spies rifles was heard
by the girl, who stated that they were now
i'll the midst of the Indian camps, and their
lives depended on the most profound silence
and implicitly following her footsteps.
\ moment afterwards, the girl was accost-
ed by squaw from an opening in her wig
wan; she replied in the Indian language,
and without stopping still pressed forward.
In 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 resolrsd
to adopt the bold adventure of passing
through the centre of the village, as the least
hazardous and the sequel proved the cor
rectness of her Judgment. They now steered
a 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 attack and the
rescued girl proved to be the sister of the
intrepid Corneal Washburn, celebrated in the
history of Indian warfare, and as the re-
nowned spy of Captain Kenon's bloody
Kentuckians.
The sterlity of the wife Of Louis Napole-
on is now n COnfirmed fact and all ,,raeo az