Demoine courier., 1854-11-30

From the Columbian and Great West.
FLEET FOOT.
A LEGEND OF KENTUCKY. ..
BY w. r. CoGGEsHALL.

Fleet Foot was now within a few fee,
oil Tie prisoners-he saw them as dis
nelly as If il were daylight; and he could
see. seated upon the ground not many
yarts hey ond the prisoners, a liu!e body
q desperate sasages apparently consult.
ing abou. The fate of the three pale faces,
towards whom the full Ugh, of a brigh,
lre blazing on them. more than uae Ia
dian eye was continually cast. .Agn;n
flees Foot whispered. 10 his great ioy
ne saw ihas the Joucg woman heard
and recognized a friendly voice, bat hav-
Ing been warned by The eonJuc, of the
savage watching her, was shrewi enoush
to make no movement that wopiG again
arouse his suspicious. She dare no. an.
swer the voice, and Fleet Foot was left
to conjecture whether she knew If 1, was
he so near her-he would have lun any
risk TO have known how wildly her
heart beat for i. told her that he who was
risking so much Tor her sake could be
none other than Flee, Foot.
he hunter was determined not TO be
in doubt as 10 wheih.r she knew him, aud
he whispered:
I'm Flee, Foo, and Macs not far off;
and Old Martins comm with "A parry
of sharp shooters, and afnre mornin'
we'll give them varminls wha,'iI keep
EN- from KILN any more white fnIks or
stain any more wla,nen. When YOU
get a chance whisper 10 the old womaE
ard tell her no, 10 go to sleep, and tell
that chap lied up near her to be on he
lookou, for a fight
The young woman dropped her head
as if il had fallen upon her breast with
a nod in sleep, and Fleet Foot understood
thu! his message and warning were dis.
timely known.
A considerable length Of time had
elapsed while the hunter was engaged
in his dangerous enterprise Of reconnoi
lering, and OF communicating HE glad
iidings TO the prisoners, and il was far
advanced in The night. He had for mere
Thar an hour expect d The Indians would
appoint a watch for the prisoners, and
break up their council. Ii must have
been nea midnight when he was graft
fled with a sight Of preparations on the
part OF he savayes FOR a couple Of hour
repcse before they started on their march
!. the coming day. The hunter eau.
t!ous!y retreated from his proximity to
the camp. Two sevages left The main
body and approached The prisoners-ihe
others wrapped themselves in their Blank.
cite, and stretched themselves upon the
ground to sleep. The savag"s had Sc
cured their pris' ners by tying heir hands
tightly behind large trees. They siocd
in this painful position several yards dis
,anl from each other. The TWO warriors
lief, TO guard, manifested no disposition
to allow them any position more flvora-
BILE to rest Or re pose. Flee, Foot was a
thoughtful observer of this neglec, and
i, did not augur well in his mind for the
safety of the prisone,s on the morrow.
He was impressed lha, the councll.lha,
mad broken up, mad decided on bloody
deeds. He dare no, act alone under
such trying circumstances and he deter
mined TO see Mac. Ii would have been
no easy task for an inexperienced woods.
man 10 have found his companion under
such circumstances, but Fleet Foot had
calculated well what we're his chances
of return 10 his friend, aud he found but
little difficulty in tracing his way 10 The
vicinity where he Lft Mac. A signal
well understood between he hunters. and
no, calculated to alarm The savages, had
they heard it, was given aud answered,
aud in a few minutes the brother and
lover were earnestly consulting what was
10 be done to rescue kate and her fellow
prisoners.
There are ten or a inzeno Of EN- said
Fleet Foot. Il cant exactly tell which,
but anyhow there's too many Ut EN- for
US 10 fight, by powdei; Ingins or na In
gins, them winner shall be oui Of their
clutches afore the varmin,s leave This
camp, or I'm a dead hun,er.' aaaass
That's my mind to a har,' answered
Mac, grasping Flee. Foot's hand,
It's ,arnal queer old Maiun hahn,
come up, but may be he has seen ,his
fire, just as We did, and there's half a
dozen Of other fellows sneaker abou,
here now
May be- said Mac, but We can't
find 'em. and darsenl make any signal
or we'll have all them lngins up in a
mint. and no lellin' what nigh. happen.
We mus, calculate without 'em. and il
we &c. into a fight and old Marin is any
where near. we'll have him on our side
in less than a mint
WELT returned Fleet Foot. there's
only one way to do it-,ha, fires getting
low-i, would'n. be queer if them Ingins
on The watch wen, to sleep, cause hey
know the prisoners can's &c. away; and
l m certain they don't suspec, anybody's
on track Of 'em. Ef they did they'd
no. keep up sich a FIRE. Now. you fol
low me, aud we'll 60 over there and
watch The varmints, and whenever they
shu, their eyes. you take one and | will
The other so quick he shan't even giun,,
and then it'll be an easy matter to cut, the
prisoners loose
MAJ agreed to this arrangement
Daylight was now drawing nea What,
ever plans were calculated on must be
executed without delay. The hunters