Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-11-30
Higrr!Innrnng.
A TALE OF WESTERN CH1yALRy

ABOVE Wheeling and committed gro,
Expectations upon the southern shore
Milling on old man whom they found alon,
N h's cabin, and spreading terror through
out the neighhorhood. Within a Cev
hours after their retreat, eight men as.
semhicd from drti'refl parts of The sinai
settlement, and pursued the enemy with
great expedition. Among the most ar.
ttC ant tfhelsat oi the party were tive
b-e,ag's. Adam ana Andrew Poe. Adam
WI ptrr'cuiarly pa'uiar Ia strength
ar'I n anil hardIhnod, he had no equal ;
being finely formed aud INJURED to all the
periis OF the woods.
They had not followed the trail far.
before they became SATISFIED that the dep
redators were conducted BY Big Foot, a
renowned cbnel of Wyandou tribe who
derived hi, name from the immense SIZE
ot ms feet. HIS height considerable ex-
ceeded * ieet. and Al, ,,tersth was rep
rr>en'eJ as iietculean. He hld also FIVE
enrtt.efs. bal Hit.e inferior 10 himself III
>i2e aud courage, and a. they generally
arnt III comp4ny, AID were ihc terror oi
The whole country. Ad m Poe was over
J yed AT the idea ot measuring has strength
with that OF so celebrated a chief, and
urged ihe pursuit with keen"e>s which
quickly brought han INTO the vicinity OF the
enemy Fer The Last lcw mics, ,he tran
mad led ihen up TO the southern bank OF
{sv ONO, wh.rc the footprints IN the
,Ind weIe deep and obvious, hgt when
8, tina lew huudret. yards OF the polnt
At winch the WHITES as wei. as the la.
allns were IN the habit oi crossing. IL
suddenly digersed l5em iaI> stream, and
stretched along rocky ridge forming an
Y5uSe 5ugtc W.il i, former direction -
llete Adam halted tur moment, and
directed his Jfolher and the other young
men to follow tie tfaiI wHt proper caution
while he himseli will adhered to the rIr-
cr path, which led through clusters OF
willows directly To the point where he
the enemy 10 lie. Having ex-
ahmed the pfmnq oi hts gun, he went
cautiously through the bushes, un,il he
tt, new ef the point of emhafaaii)n.
Here lay Iwo canoes, empty and apparent,
IL deserted. Beng satisfied, however,
that the Indians were close at hand, he
relaxed nothing OF his vigilance. and
quickly gained Jeiins cliff which hung
immediately over the canoes. Hearing a
low murmur below, he peered cautiously
over, and beheld The object Of his search.
The gigantic Big Foot. lay below him III
the shade OF willow. and was talking IN
a low, deep tone 10 another warrior, who
seemed a mere pigtny By hts side. Adam
cautiously drew back. and cooked his
gun. The mark was fer, the distance
d,i not exceed twenty ieet. and his aim
uaculos RAISING hl, rife SLOWLY and
c7ati u>ly. he took n steady aim Il, BIZ
T o1's breast aud dew tie trigger. HIS
rgn flashed Bolh Iniians sprang ID
tlclr icel with a deep interjectlon Of sur
prise, aud for single moment stared up,
ON each other This inactIvi,y, how
ever was soon over Adtm was too much
hampered BY The ba>hes TO retreat, and
Set,ins hi> lfe upon cast Of the de, he
,prunr over the bush which had sheltered
him, and summonln. all his powers. leap
ed boldly down the precipice. aid alight'
ed upon the braas, OF Big Foot with a
shock which bore hun to the earth. A,
HE moment of contact, Adam had alsc
thrown his right arm around the neck o
the smaller Indian, so that all three came
10 the earth together
A, that mnmen, sharp firing va.
heard among the bushes above, announc-
ing ,ha. the other parties were engaged
but the trio below were too busy to al
tend 10 anything but themselves. Big
Foo, was for an instant stunned by The
y,nlerce OF The shock, and Adam was en-,
abet to keep Them both down. But the
exerlion necessary Tor that purpose was
50 great thu, he had no leisure to use his
knife. Big Foo, quickly recovered, and
without attempting TO rise, wrapped has
long arms around Adams body and pres.
sed him 10 his breast with the crushing
force OF Il Boa Constructor. Adam, as we
have already remarked, was powerful
man, and had seldom encountered h,s
equal, but never had yet felt an embrace
like that of Big Foot. He instantly re-
Iaxed his hold oil the small lnGian who
.nr,,o m his feet. Bio Foot then or