The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-08-04
RAVENNA.. SATURDAY, AUGUST a, 1855.

} had encamped there, with which tribe III,
AraPahoes were on friendly terms, they con
, cluded to approach and learn further intel.
ligence of the route they were pursuing
: After cautious reconnoitre, they could dis
cover only the forms of two. females, ant
, they being alone was cause forsuspicion il
the minds of the trappers-they dreaded
hostile ambuseade. AT length Ya-na ad
yanced to meet them, and to the surprise o
Murtel and Harry, they discovered that i
was their indian wives, whom they haC
been SO carefully circling. Murtel was il
rage on finding himself thus waylaid, ant
his companion could scarcely restrain hin
from committing outrages upon, Ya-na.-
She bore his anger with silent patience
and would have as meekly receive his chas
tisement-all she desired was permission
to be his faithful slave. Harry laughed a
Kou-na, and ridiculed the. idea of his de
serting her, untiEshe believed it was but al
idle fancy of her sister. That he denied i
was sufficient for her, and his declaration
that he would stop upon the very spot they
had selected and hunt that stream, restored
the trusting Dove to full confidence in him
"How will we escape from the cursed
spiesl 'interrogated Murtel, when they were
alone. s'hfi-f sfs" .'
"Why, to tell the truth, Ned" said Har.
y,"it kinder pleases me to see gal hank.
erin ar'ter me this way, even e: she is In
gen, and | hate to be lookin' in her eyes
and deceiyin' her with these lyin' yarns
Bless the little brown creatur' she loves me
like a humin,, and I'll swar Edon't much
keer about runnin' away from her.' s
"What!' exclaimed Murtel, care You wil-
ling to retnain a slave to these savages!'Rs,,.
"SlaVe!" echoed Harry, 'you q must be
wanderin' in your mind--l'ma sartin amt
seen no fellars Hive much freer than these
Ingins, 'cept trappefs." ',s, " s.,.a h
Sand you are willing to bid goodbye to
Kentucky foreverlY inquired iMurtel. ged
"Ah, thar you hit me, responded Harry;
''for eff she aint dead, my old mothers thar
sides the old home, dad's niggers, and any
quantity Of tixins that I'd like to see agin.
I'm with you, old fellar--ths brown Dove
of mine willshev to wait 'twell I 60 see the
old ooman.'' Ni H,'" '.'' -5,'''
Murtel grasped his Mnd gladly on hear.
ing his decision. o 1t was resolved between
them that they would use every means to
lull the suspicious Of Ya7na and Kou.na, aud
steal away when they were wrapped in sleep.
On thus agreeing, they immediately com
menced completing the rude shelter which
the women had begun, and, ntcrlacing the
uprights With branches of the willow; they
wove over them covering OF the wild sage,
WHICH in every way made comfortable their
temporary irritation The women made
couches of dried leaves, over which they
spread their buffalo robes, and soon. every
thing. wore the. air Of a regular Indian en-
campment. KoB mas heart being filled
with joy at finding Harry again, she mani
tested her pleasure. by ornamenting the en-.
trance to their new lodge with boquets of
wild flowers, which she placed among the
branches of the futtering Willows Night
drew on apace, nd while the men sat with
outtha cabin leaning against the ST e, smok-
ing and discussing their march, the women
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was fully re-assured that alt was right, but
not SO Yaina-she silently wept. The
women, wearied with their rapid march,
soon sunk j. in repcse, ard Nurtel and his
companion assured of this, urosc from theft
seats, and. seeking their weapons and their
packs, strode' away beneath the shadow Of
the thick forest bordering the stream. "A
lofty ridge some,i few miles distant, along
which fingered the rays of the departing
moon, became their land mark, aud thither
they pursued their course, pausing only at
intervals as the echo Of ofiheirlpetsteps ps stlg-
gested pursuit, Ere they had reached the
summit, Murtel sannounced to his compan-
that he had forgotten, his tayt and must
return. In the mountains this weapon is
Invaluable, and Harry readily sssented to
the necessity of recovering it9df Mmtel ac-
cordingly fetfaeed his steps. while the for
mer held 0H his way to q high point desti.
tute of vegetation whichzoyerhupg the riyt.
er. 1t was bare white rock, and, lin moon.
light, the, most conspicuous object in the
landscape! Here thty agreed to meet
again. Having reached the point. designa-
ted, the ,Kentuckian had laid himself down,
with his head over,th precipiee, ,and listen.
ed to the moWnful murmur OF the stream,
as it rambled on, its course through the
narrow canon A u below was wrapped in
an inpenetrablei veil of darkness--zthe night
wind sighed through the stree tops, and
the voices of mourning spirits seemed to
come UP from the dark waters. while, the
lingering moon, with its departing rays,
shaped the, distant hillseand lofty trees into
spirits of that vast wilderness. A sorrow.
ful'feelihg stole over the heart Of the lone
trapper-an ,indefnable dread of coming
evil. AT this moment light shot UP from
the gloom oftthe valley beneath, It was
Ein!the direction Of their temporary shelter,
and, guessing that Murtel's return had a.
Ewakehed The women, he attributed the light
to them. Having missed Murtel and him
self, he supposed they had fred the hut ID