The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-01-25

aeeting clouds that hurry over the scene.
A tioheht only | ,gazsll Upon their fury,
and casting my eyes Upon The opposite
bank, | suw approaching what I discerned
to belihe hall-brsed,a bsering The frighten-
ed and nearly unoonsclous maiden. To-
stanily Isprang forth, and grasping my
pistols, | stood resoltbd 10 fire upon him
ere he crossed tbe stream Twice lie es.
osayed to gain afooiing upon Iihelog which
served as, ,he bridge. bulifsiled from sheer
exhaustion. He then called 10 his assist.
ance the Indians beneath me, one Of whom
had altesdy sprahg npon The log, and was
fast crossing when raisedmy arm TO fire,
but scarcely had done 80, when he fell
with a heavy groan, Upon the log and
rolled Of into the waller, pierced by an
arrow from an Ihdiuh 9spidly advancing
! from below.id Hardly chad the frs, Indian
fallen, when another sprang upon the log
TO follow lin, and agaih, before ! could
raise my pistol, be too Tell with a heavy
sound into the water. The third and last
was now rapidly passing across, when an
arrow went whizziug past me and struck
in tree over my bead. alnslanlly my
finger pulled The lrigg3 r, and sharp crack
of a pistol rang upon the air as the Indian
lsaped from the log and fell with a shrlll
cry Of horror, into the stream. My pisl
tol had done iis work, bot the Cash re-
lvealed my person to thehslLbreed, who
drew forth his tomahawke and was about
to hur il at me, as the lover Of the maid
Ell sprsng out behind bin. Suddenly,
and by an almost superhuman effort the
half-breed, with his precious burden,
gained a footing upon The log and was fast
crossing! when | raised my arm TO. FIRE
upon him, bu, susPecligg my design, he
shielded himself by bringing the form Of
the maiden before him. Scarcely had he
done this, However, when the swift and
sure tomahawk of the lover buried itself
in the arm tha, bore his treasure divi-
ding its tendons so that il released its hold
and the maiden fell heavily on the log
Not so with the half.breed, however, for
the blow from The tomshawk caused him
to loose his footing and fall but as he did
SO he graped with one arm The garments
of the maiden, and dragging her after him
mulered. 80 o ..''''a
al got not alone, bul thou shalt die with
me r. and both sank benealh the water.
The young Indian had already sPrang
upon The log, and as The garments OF The
maiden rose TO The surface, lie leaped in
eager 10 rescue cher from the grasp Of his
enemy. The witty halfrbreed, soon she
saw ihe arm encircled the maiden, rose
upon the surface Of the water, and with
his hunting knife commenced an attack
upon vhe Indian, who having TO sustain
| both himself and her who lie priced more
than lils could only parry the thrust o
his assailant. The conflict was but mo
menlara, tor the half-breed was so deeply
wounded that after one or two blows he
disappeared beneath The wafer. and the
young Indian supporting his precious bur
den was nerving all his strength ill assist
ance could be rendered. | had already
Strung upon the log, and was about To
lean into the water, when shrill cry, thai
still rings in nv ears, renI the air, and
casting my eyes down, | stood horrIted
10 behold lhe life blood sPirliug from The
mouth of ihe maiden. The hall-breed's 8
knife had done its work, and sank with
its possessor to, the bottom. AS Stood
gazing upon this strange and tragic scene,
the young Indian turned one glance uPoo
the now lileless form of The malcen, and
then folding it to a still closer embrace,
them sank throughthe water TO a long and
last repose. In moment more moi RIP
pie was left, but the smooth quiet stream
rolled on as silent as before, leaving no
trace 10 tell the sad tale. s.I 2 gH'1o trsm.
Thus perished the remnant Of this once
powerful tribe, Tor The old chlel, when
hearing of the sad fate Of his daughter,
returned to his burning wigwsm, and in
the frenzy Of grief cast himself among
ihe.burniug ruins and became a par, oI'he
unfeeling con1agra'ion; while The re-
manning warriors either joined another
tribe or faded from before The advance ol
civilization. By the light Of the lurld
flames, | wandered back 10 my tent, where
nv com panions stood hOrried at behold
ing lha, creates. of scenes--a forest on
fire. u u.sHI#a.f J.H. .s ..u u4.e..' ...
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