Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-05-17

more advanced conccalmg himself behind the
trunk of fallen tree He had cnjoined OH
them not to fire or make any noise until they
should receive from him certain signal. For
some distance forward from the place where
he lay, the woods were tolembly clear of un-
derwood, and kind Of path Skirted the banks
Of the river and crossed the creek near its
mouth, about ten rods from the place where
the soldiers were concealed From the posi-
ton the Indian occupied, the pass was in full
view In order to cross the stream, amy one
COIN" along that path had to descend about ten
feet almost perpendicular Y; 50 that while he
was in the bed Of the brock, he could not be
seen by those who should happen to be amy
distance behind.
The soldiers had not been in ambush long,
when by quick sign the scout gave thrm 10
understand that some one WAS arpr""c'iEG.--
! They SOON saw an Indian c,nlir" along ut Il
rapid, though silent pace, towards The CROSSING
He had just got nearly in view, when 1t dis
tance Of two rods behind came another. and
50 on to the number Of seven. They were all III
war paint, aud armed with rifles and toma-
/ hawks. The soldiers were all attentive to the
movements Of their guide, expecting at every
! moment to receive the Si"nal to fire. To their
/ surprise, however, they saw him lay down his
Gun and draw from beneath the loo Il long bow
and bundle of fint-headcd, Sharp-l"intcd
arrows. lie then turned himself about under
the lo@ until he faced the pass in the creek.
The strange Indians appeared to movr ioI
ward without any hesitation or suspicion. The
foremost one coming to the pass dropped at
ONCE to cross it. At this moment TIE Guide
! was observed to pull his bow with quick and
powerful effort, and 50 rapidly as almost to
cludc sight, an arrow was sped ON its li<<ion
! of death The stranger WAS seen 10 drop int"
! the middle of the brook. but not Il cry issued
from his mouth. Quick as lightning the Mo-
hican adjusted another arrow to his bow. 80
that as soon us the second Huron dropped
down to cross the pass, lie too w.S observed to
reel and fall without gro,n.
In the same manner WAS the third. and the
fourth and the fifth Huron pierced Us he leap
cd into the fatal ditch They were 81 close to
each other, and the whole seemed to pass off
with such silence and raridity, that neither of
them had observed the fate Of his comrades
until hc had met his own. The sixth Indian,
however, being Il little more behind than the
others. seemed litl" surprised that h. ,'i ...:'
see them III Vie" on tilr "'ncr pa''A' r"' '''''
reason he descended with little nvrr he>ta-
ton into the gully lie WIS Immediately a.
ware OF the h"ffl"ir l"'e Una! '''" ''''S,r"
'helF footsteps anu S''e,'e" '''e'' ''''- Nv
Ti'e''U''u - 'c'o,'' ~ '"' - =, I', "''t''"
~ ,ros s+r,nI lilo rho ro.t lnt rIt viii, inn
,',o1;"to M Jaath and Lo h.d t;no - r,;.. !, tho
Jertb of tha forest one If those anna]linu wells
e w,r,,;ra ond If r..,o which announced
on,ono, tbo ,oo,,,o os b;s r,co tho nrcsrncc ,f
mortaI dononr
Tho sold;crs still loofeJ unou this fearful
scene in astouisbed silence. cntranccd lv the
murdcrns mauic which took place before
them. When the Stiffness and the spell were
broken by the warning crv, they expected to
see the woods swarmin" with hostile Savagrs.
None, however, appeared; and when the echo
died away. they looked in vain for the seventh
and last of the HuronS. He had vanished as
if swallowed up in the earth No trace of him
was vsiblc-no sound Of rctreatng footsteps
was audible The Mohican still kept his p lace
behind the loo, immovablc now as the loo it
self. but with his fiery eyes bent i'll quick and
searching clanccs in almost every direction at
once. lie Was obviously at fault as well rs the
rest. No one dared to move or speak above
his breath. There was something awful Ill his
sudden and mysterious disappearance.
The silence continued for some fifteen min
utcs when the sharp crack of Il rife was heard,
and the Mohcan sprang to his feet with the
blood streaming down one side Of his face
His only exclamation WAS the cultural a oh :"
Tn an ;nst,nt thc fatal how and arrow were a.
o,in in reniiSition. and his face toward the
Ird;.n bo cont onotbor ,rrow an IFS fatal mis-
SION Tho soI1;ors hoard = slioht scromblin"
~,.a,.hoal ard on 1ocl.;ro nm tho,. s,w tbr IIn-
,on G,ll;n,, tbrorub tbn limbs nf free near
hr Tn This bo had tbe address to swine
h;nsclf nnxocu bv his enemies. duripa the
,,,o,n,n.or,, o,nf,c;on occasional bv tbn war
c7v of his companion. From that perch he
had discovered the lurking place of the Mo-