Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-12-26

II -pau-De-kauS course brought him tt
the shore of small lake, in the centre O
the tamarack swamp; he reached the
shore at point where he had once found
and taken bee-tree: and a piece Of the
large hollow trunk, about twelve feet long
was still lying where he had left it; into
this he had just time enough to crawl
when his pursuer reached the spot.
i The aperture through the centre of the
log, though large enough to admit a man
would not so much as let in the head of a
white bear; so Bruin, after rolling the log
over several times, without effecting any
thing, exerting his prodigious strength
grasped it round the centre, and waded
with it into the lake. Running one end
of the log as far beneath the surface as he
was able to force it, he looked up at the
other end, and there was the head and
shoulders of Ish-paube-kau exposed to
sight; instantly reversing the log, he i'm
mersed the other end, and looking up
again, out popped the feet of the Indian,
who, though unable to turn round, had
climbed up feet foremost from under the
water until he reached the air. The bear
probably found something amusing in this
man@uyre, for he repeated it many times,
until at last growing tired of the sport,
and hndlng that he could not dislodge
lsh-pau-b be kau in that manner, he laid the
log down on the water, and getting on the
top of 1T, his immense weight sunk it be-
meath the surface. After keeping it in
this position long enough to drown a
pearl-dlyer, had one been in Isl-pau be-
kau's place, the bear took look into one
end Of the log, and to his great astonish-
ment found it empty, whilst far out into
the centre of the lake, he soon after dis
covered lsh-pau be-kau, apparently as
much In his element as a young duck.
At swimming, both on and beneath the
surface Of the water, Ish-pau-be-kau had
not his equal in the tribe; so, when the
bear had sunk the log, it was just as nat
ural and as easy for the Indian to swim
of, beneath the surface, as it would be
for fish to do so under the same circum-
stances.
The bear now abandoned the log and
SWAN off III pursuit. Ish-pau-be-kau
would permit him to approach almost near
enough to reach him, and then diving,
would invariably re-appear in precisely
the opposite direction from that in which
the bear would be waiting for him.
The bear at length growing tired of the
fruitless chase, went on shore to plan
some fresh stratagem and employ some
other means for getting Ish-paub e-kau in
his clutches.
In walking along the shore, Brun dis
covered when he came to the outlet, that
the lake was in fact beaver dam, and it
immediately occurred to him that if he
should break the dam, and drain the lake.
lsh-pau-be -kau, who was still swimming
about, quite at his ease, must inevitably
fall into his power. So to work he went,
tearing away the sticks and the brush
which the industrious beavers had laid up
with so much care. When he had broken
small aperture in the dam, the water
soon began to assist his efforts, and the
foo d, small and feeble at first, was soon
rushing down the stream perfect torrent
sweeping everything before it in it's head
long course.
lsh-pau-be-kau was very soon made
aware OF what was Transporting, by the
motion OF the water, and as quickly de-
termined on the course that was best for
him to pursue. He dived deep below the
surface of the lake, and guided by the
swift current, passed out into the swollen
stream, almost under the nose of the bear,
who, perched upon fallen tree, which
formed one of the abutments Of the dam,
was intently watching. the decreasing wa
tiers in the centre of the lake.
Long before the waters had all run out
of the lake, lsh- pau-be-kau was borne by
the food several miles down the stream;
and as soon as he reached the spot where
the stream, leaving the tamarack swamp,
flows out into the prairie, he left its chal.-
mel and started to fly, rather than run,
across the wild prairie that spread out be-
tween himself and the village of his
tribe.
When he had accomplished about half
the distance across the prairie, he ven
tufed to lock over his shoulder, at the
very moment when his indefatigable enc
my, who had followed down the stream
until he had found his track, was leaving
the swamp and entering the border of the
prairie.
AND now lSh'pau-b kan felt that he
was truly running a race for life. AL
though to reach the village, he had but
half the distance to accomplish. which
must be traversed by the bear, yet he
knew that the speed of the bear was, at
the very least, double that of his own.
Onward he sped, straining every nerve
and muscle, to its utmost power of endu-
rance, never daring again to glance be-
hind. Soon the welcome sight of the vii.
lage meets his eye and he shouts hoarsely
/ for assistance as be runs. Fortunately
bis cry attracts the attention of some loi
terers about the lodges and while they
recognize, they can sec, at the same time
the fearful proximity of the bear. The
alarmed village now pours out, en- masse
to rescue-seizing such weapons as they
could snatch up, in the hurry and confa
sion Of the moment. Some have guns