The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-24

! Adventure AT PAwNEE RocK.-The vast
& hunting region, of which the far known Paw
nee rock is the centre, was, for years, the darn
and bloody ground Of Indian warfare
Depleted, and in every way humbled, the
'E Pawnees became emasculate and panic-stricken
taking game BY stealth, and flying from the
/ shadow Of pursuit.
4 tits related by Sage, that, on one occasion,
being out with his friend Grin, in search for a
fertile stampede at which to recruit their teams,
4 they had wandered some miles out of sight OF
! the caravan, when, descending the ridge of a
mound into the hollow beyond, they were sum
marily confronted BY party Of PaWnees. With
out pausng to reflect the traders turned their
horses heads. and galloped back the way they
had come. The red skins gave rapid chase,
and their arrows began to whistle on the still
air.
ssThere are FIVE hundred of the devils, = es-
claimed Grin to his companions.
There are not forty said Sage
Twenty dollars on It that there ares6prty, =
was rejoined.
Twenty dollars, then, is the figure Z said
Sage.
And, not Stacking their speed for an instant,
the hands of the doughty disputants were
grasped in confirmation Of the bet
/ "Andnow, how are we to know who wins?"
was the query.
stI'll count then!'' said Grin, and .esuiting
the action to the word,'' the veteran Of the
woods wheeled full upon the face of the assail-
ants and extending the forefnger Of his left
hand, while his right grasped his pistol, de-
Eliberately counting, "One, two, three, four, and
4 so on
/ Amazed atthis turn Of affairs, and not know
/ ing what to make of it, the foremost PaWnee,
almost within scalping distance, drew in his
pony, the others came to halt, then seized with
dismay atthe assurance which enabled lone
man upon the prairie to breast the full tide Of
their charge, and not being able to surmise what
invisible danger was about to burst upon them,
their hearts failed them, and hurry -skurry they
boted off at every point
Eighteen. nineteen, twenty, twenty one,
Twenty-Five" and the lank finger Of the trader
slowly wagged in the direction Of the recedng
FORMS as Sage taking curve came around to
his aid
s.Thny seven, thirty-eight, thirty -nine.' he
uttered with animation, as the last dusky figure
dodged behind the crest Of the mound, and
turning, with acomplacent smile to his friend
"There must have been forty, who wins?''
Make it draw game, and Ill stand treat
answered Sage, and the chums amicably con-
tinued together their quest for water and grass
! A HUMoRoUs SKETCH. There lived in Glou-
cester county, New Jersey, an old widoWer,
named Peter, who was an odd compound of
Whim and caprice, his circumstances were not
afluent, nor yet Indifferent, but was considered
comfortable. At no great distance from his
| farm resided q buxom widow, about four feet in
height, it was said her altitude was nearly the
true gage Of the circumference of her waist
In the same direction, though further from the
residence of Peter, lived another widow named
Amey. These ladies were competitors for the
! favorable regard of the widower Peters mind
was long undecided which of the two widows
should have the hepreference. Amey was beyond
doubt the most beautiful, but then Christiana
/ was corpuent, and of course there sswas more
of her." He at last hit upon an expedient to
/ bring the affair to a conclusion-he wrote
billet to each purporting that he had also sent
ior competitor and was resolved to marry the
one who should arrive at his house, a lad was
dispatched with the pair Of bllets, and first
delivered the one addressed to Amey, whose
residence was mostremote from that OF the love
sick swain. She Immediately ordered her fleet
est horse to be sadded while she arrayed her
self in her best attire. By lucky chance a horse
stood saddled at the gate of Christina. who was
ready dressedto pay visit to neighbor when
the messenger delivered Peters billet, she
quickly mounted her courser, but no sooner had
she got into the road that led to Peters house.
and cast hereyes in a direction towards An1ey's
residence, than she saw her rival rushing after
her with the sWlftness of the wind, and away
went Christina and Amey, whipping for dear
life, with their bonnets gracefully hanging on
their backs Both ladies being equally noun
ted, Christina preserved the lead, and after
race of a quarter of a mile, she bounced into
Peters door, exclaiming -stWell. here / am,
Peter-I got here frst!'' The old gentleman
expressed his happiness by phlegmatic stalas
day!'
LUNAcI OF THE DUKE OF CAMBR1DGE.-Th |
London correspondent of the Boston Post says:
the last steamer may have taken out some ru-
nnors regarding the duke Of Cambridge, which !
were then just beginning to be current. As
they have now assumed an Ineligible form,
though not publicly repeated, and as the duke
has left the army inyalided, it may be interest
ing to state what they are. The dukes appoint /
ment as general of division was not popular
one. lie is but young man-only 35,-for
such aposition he has seen no service, has never
commanded except at Chatham last year, and
at the duke Of Wellington's pageant funeral t
and has no fitness for military life beyond kind
of obstinate courage inherited by all the de-
scendants Of George LII. Bub then he is the
queens own cousin, and as be has po absolute
unfitness for the place, his commission was
signed at the horse guards. He was not much
missed after his departure excepta at the royal
dinners, not much mourned except by his family
Of young Smiths" whose mother, like the
Fitzherbets and Jourdans of the royal genera
ion preceding, thought q left hand marriage
with royal duke preferable to honest matrimo
~ in poverty, and inasmuch as his name has
oeen duly gazetted in all lord Raglan dispatch
's there has been no little rejoicing at Windsor
;astle over another Of the Brunswick blood Ii
Madness, like murder, will out, however, and /
he young scion Of royalty proves the purity Of ,
lis blood BY getting crazy like his grandfather.