Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-27

E2 . on its mission of death. The stranger va seen b drop Into fbe middle of Inc hrook, but not q err Issued from i,is moulk. Quirk as lightning the Mahicaa adjustsd anothes arrow U his bow, so that as sosn Fl the
 second Huron dropped down to rroes ths paas. he too was obserssd to reel and fall without groan.
 Is the same manner wss the third, and
 the frarth md the ffih Huron pierced ss
 hs leaped into tse fatal diikh. 'fshey were % close 10 each other. and ihs whole seemed 10 pass of with such silence and sapidity, ihat neithes Of them had observed ike fate of hls comrades until he had mel his own. The sixth Indian, however, bein9 ' lislle more behind than the ollsers, seemed IistIe surprised that he Ild not see them in view on tie osh~s bank. For this reason he de
 soended with little moro hesitation into the gully. He was immediately aware ol
 the horrible fate that had arrested their
 footsteps and silenced ileir tongues. He endeavored to recoil. bnt t was already too late. A fatal missile was on the " for hlm hs was struck like the rest, hut not wiil, immediate death. and he had lime 10 raise In the depth of the forest one or those appalling yclls Of warning and of rage which announced among the people of hls race the presence of mortal danger.
 The soidiers still looked upon this fearful acrne in astonisled silence, entraneed by thr innrdefous magic which took place be- fore them. When the stillness and the spell we're broken by the warning cry, they expecied to see tI.e Sods swasmfnp with .h0siiIe sasaQes. None, h0weves.ap ! and when the echo died away, they looked in valn fnS the seventh and last of the Hmrnns. Hehad vanished as if swallowed up h 5ilse sar,i. No trsre of him was yisihl~--no sound nf rctreating footsteps was aunihIe The Mohican still kept his place behind the log, immovshle now as tic log itself, but with hia fiery eyes bent in quick and searching Elances n almost every direction at once. He was obviously at fault as well as the rest. No one dared so move or speak above his hreatt. There was something awful in lis sudden and my ste ious disarrparanrr.
 The silence continued faF some fifseen minutes, when the siaarp crack of ride was heard, and iir MoAiran spsang 10 his feet will, tue biood siseaminr down one ride of his face. His uuly exclamation was the guiieraI 1" Ugh,n lnsn insssnt the fatal bow and arrnw weir sgai1 tn spQuis- tlIon. and his face toward tlsa Indian he sssss anethrF afruw un isx tatal missinn.-- Tho soldiess hrHsd sltgts scsAmhlsng .ov~shrad. and on iookiaE Np they saw the Huron falling through she iiubs nf . tree neas hy. ID skis To tad sl.e address 10 swing himselt. unseen Ny hts eaenlies. du-l d. by shs wal. cry ~ his eosspaaioa. From thai perrh he had discovered ilse lurking place of tue Mohksan, aud bent upon sen- R~ance, ksa iMm~iialrly Gsed at him. with. at corsidvrinR and without caring perhaps. whether It Mot this enemies were near. Tlse iniprndenrr cost hin lis life and wi,l,ai he had only succredrd in inAicting upon the Mahicsns slirht wound n the temple.
 The sc~ur. .huwevesnow sxridty changed. Shortly alter she report of the hne. ihe distant hsavy tread Of body Of regular troops WIS hrafd approaching through the woods. They. too, ptungvd into the fatal pass, and met with . ike. though mose hloody reception, ftssm tue soldi~f@ in ans hush. This silne it was the rife that did the husiness. The adsanring column. how. lFxpt = dU E4s1Iltt4cN Ot - HO etS,Necu sfat . few Hsen~nir b rush Into the ahyss where slscir cosnrsdes and guides were lying wounded and dead hut as they were ignos- xnt of Inc sstssnpth cf th<ir concealed enc. my, and conld hardly tell from what disec. tson the danger came. they finally beat | re- trrat aisi dsNw o6 iato tl,e Woosis. z
 Tue cIsrk was sll that could hase been desied. Tint fofre wns mot engaged in Inc hassle of Plattsburxhs { and .ftes learn. sinu the disastrous fate of the day, it made A pssvinilatc retreat northward into the
 CAnasINs. Is was uoiicrd that as soon as
 lle seven Hurous were slain, Slockhsidgc
 Hawk sook n0 further interrsl In the fray.
 Shoftiy alter the fsing commeice! he dis
 appeared and sIisI nol accompany the soldiers
 6ack n the army. The next day, however. IF |appeafed hefors the officer again, acccu
 tered se at the tima of his arrival in camp.
 but xnh ihe adslition ii sSsen hlnody reapa alt~slsed 10 hia face. iis mission fe<utesl 10 ke accompll pllshed. He was thank- e3 ior his seryices. and feeeised promisee 1T p liter.J se1xfd. 10 III that was said
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