New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-02


came equal-thres 10 three. The savsges 70
! dueed IN number from nine to three now, tonight
| with the energy Of despair Light and activa
| they avoided many Of the blows OF the whites :.
| and dealt, in return, such well directed ones,
| that they were beginning to tell in their favor
| when Dale, calling to Cesar to hold the boats
/ hrmly together, sprang upon one Of the ssats
| and dealt blow which shfvered club which
/ mad been directed to meet it, and leveled an
| other warrior The remaining two were left to
| nave destruction meeted to them At the hands
| OF tne victorious Dale who, while Smith and
Aastill leaned upon their bloody, and brain.
/ oespattefed rifles dispatched them at two sue
| ces5ive DlcWs During the whole of this san
| culinary conflict, the heroes were eneouraoecj Nv
| the continued cheers Of their comrades. OF,
either bank Of the nine warrior,s a,,ith
Killed two, Austill two, and Dale Eve. g Hay-
ing laid them all low says Mr. Pickett. g these
uhdaunted Americans began to cast them inta
tne bright waters of the Alabama their native
stream, now to be their grave Every tiroe a
| savage was raised up from the bottom of the
canoe, and slung into the water, the Americans
| upoh ths ganKs set up shouts long and loud az
some some shgnS revenge for the tragedy of Fort
WINS; Inc indlan canoe presented sight un-
! usually revoltlng--segeral inches deep IN savace
| bleod--thickened with clods Of brains sn,I
| punches Of hair, etc.
"A few years previous to the canoe sobt ftsr
| Dale was engaged in another hand -to.bard
| rencontre, hardly less exciting Thaso =. ..''.t
much Of the spirit of. Wild adventure and
| romance connected with the incident yva ara
| surprised that it has not, ere this, been made
| the basis of one of cur thrilling border tales
When the Indian hostiities first began t. o.
sumo threatening attitude, in consequence Of
| the Galphinton treaty. white woman was
seized BY party of Indians, and carried into
eapsiylty All attempts towards reeapturinr
ner seemed fruitess; indeed, so many similar.
Eases occurred, that they failed to excite that
Iaesfest r'si Wh'eh ne would naturally expect
pale' however, having gained some information
as to her whereabouts determined-and w;tb
MN determination was but another word for
| accomphshment-to rescue her. Settfng ont
atone, his experience in trailing sonn brougbf
| hlm upon the heels Of the savages Findina
himself near them, with his characteristic coal
nsss' ne stopped at spring to drink and re-
/ fresh himself previous to beginning his 4rorIss
While stopping to drink, two Of the party. who
l were nearer than he thought, sprang ur6n him
| without attempting to rise, he drew his hunt
| ing KNIFE, and with an under stroke, killed ono
of his assailants; then rising suddenly, he threw
the other from him. and ere he could regain
| his feet, dispatched him Thus much aeeom
pushed. he took the trail of the others-foiIowed
| them many miles-came upon them asleep-
| knlled three of them--cut the thongs of the
| captive woman, and was about to commence his
| triumphant march homeward, when another
warrior, whose position behind log had screen.
| ed him from view, sprang upon him. Weak
rom the loss OF blood. and in the deadly grasp
| OF the savage, Dale would now have fallen by
| the hands Of a foe, whom he had ever conoueref
had not the liberated woman snatched m .
| tomahawk and split the Indians skull The
mutual deliverers, having exchanged congrat
ulations upon their fortunate escape, were soon
N the midst OF their rejoicing friends General
| Dale, IN after life often said that he had given
-
| hardly believe that the weak emaciated female
| whose captive thongs he had just cut, could be
\ his deliverer
The biographer of Gen Dale, John H. F.
Claiborne, of Mississippi cite the above incident.
and vouches for its truth. The tales of knight
Errantry could hardly equal it in romance and
| wlldness Of adventure; and no Bois. de- Gilbert
Of the Middle Ages, in sspanoply complete,' >
could boast greater triumphs of his lance, than
| could Gen. Dale of his hunting knife
| Alter the treaty Of peace with the indians,
| Gen. Dale settled in aulerdale county, in the
northern part of Alabama, where his old log
| cabin was the seat of an extensive and generous
hospitality In 1886 he was elected to the State
| Legislature, in which he served with his char
acterstic openness and independence of charac-
! ter An Interesting anecdote Of him is related
| by Mr. Claiborne, in his biographical memoir.
We give it in the author own language: ssSome
time ago Gen. Dale was held, in Mobile, as en-
| dorser upon note. The debt was in the hands
| Of a stranger. Accompanied by an officer he
sought the creditor, and found him in the saloon
| OF Cullnms far-famed hotel. sSr,' said the
6eneral, have no money to pay this debt
| Inc principal has property--make him nav IT,
| or let me go home and work it out The Shylsck
hesitated Very well,' said the veteran, in
tones that rang Indignantly through the apart
ment, Very we'll, sir Look at my scars
| VIII march to Jail, down MUSE street. and all
| Mobile shall witness the treatment of an old
soldier" These simple words fell like electricity
| upon that his toned people. In half an hour
| 4 dozen of the brightest names of the CITY were
| upon the bond; and before morning the debt
was paid, and a full discharge handed to the
General
Gen. Dale died in 1871, at his residence.
with the fortitude of soldier, and the resie-
nation of Christian" We know not bet
ter how to close this article, than by quoting
from the we'll written biography, which we have
| already used:
| g In many respects, physical and moral, he
| resembled his antagonists of the woods He had
| the square forehead, the high cheek bones, the
| compressed lips, and in fact, the physiognomy
OF an Indian, relieved, however, by a fine
benevolent Saxon eye Like the red man too
his foot fell lightly upon the ground and turned
neither to the right nor left He was habitually
taclturn; his face grave; he spoke slowly and
IN low tones, and seldom laughed observed
peculiar
border men of high attributes, he entertained
the strongest attachment for the Indians-ex
tolled their courage. their love Of country, and
many of their domestic qualities; and have
often seen the wretched remnant of the Choc-
taws encamped around his plantation, and sub
slsting upon his crops. In peace, they felt for
him the strongest veneration--he had been the
friend both of Tecumseh and Weatherford-apd
IN war the name of Big Sam fell on the ear Of
the Seminole, like that of Marius on the hordes
of the Gimbri y Georgia University Magazine.
VAsnoN, THE RICH CoLoRED BARBER-The
newspapers announce the death of John B.
Vashon, the colored barber of Pittsburgh who
died at the railroad station in that city, whilst
about to start for Philadelphia to take his seat
in the convention of the soldiers of the war of
1872. Vashon was a light mulatto, the son of a
Virginia planter of the name. He died
worth two hundred thousand dollars One of
his sons is a lawyer in New York The people
of Pittsburgh are indebted to him for the first
public baths established in that city Until the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided that
people of color were not legal voters, Eashon en-
joyed the right of suffrage In 1880 he sun
ported gentleman for the Assembly, upon the
ground that he was s'a fashionable man. the
meaning of which was that he bought his soap
at Vashon's shop.
On one occasion Vashon visited fhe Fal1s af