American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-16
NEW sEREsy0L. NO. ;.7. .--5--- -.7-.- ~. y. ...'

from their early youth they had been on
1.-THE ftontieF, and were we'll practised in all
the spbiility. eraftand cunning of Indian
4 warfare, as vel Jas the. .feroeity and, blood
thirsty nature Of these savage warriors.
They were. Therefore. not likely to be en-
Esnarcd by theircunhing, nor without q
desperate conflict fall yietinns TO ,.thpir
u lscalping knives or tomaliawks, On sever
fai occasions small parties left : tlie prairie
and ascended The mound from the eastern
A side. +, 0n,these occasions The spies would
I hide in they ydeep'fissu'es ofthe rocks on the
west, aadagaim leare tbeirshiding places
when their,uninMed and Nnwelcomed vis-
| itors had Disappeared ia
l. For tfScod, they depended on iefked ven
| ison and corn bread with which their
knapsacks were we'll stored They dared
!, not Eindle y fire., and1.yne ssccrnort Of one OF
| ihe;r rifh,s woqld have brought upon .treri.
\ the entire force Of the. Indians. For driiTli
they depended on some rain water whirh
still stood in the hellows' of some Of the
rocks; but in short, this store was exlfaus-
7 ted, and NJ Glehndanii White must aban-
don their enterprise. OK find n, nrcw supply.
To accomplish tlis most hazardous en- err
I prise, M.Cleland, being the, Oldest, resol-
| we'd to makesthe, attempt and with lis
trusty, rifle i'll his hand, ,apd tll,ir two can
teens strung across his shoulders. he DE,
scended by a circnitous route, TO tie prai7
Fie. skirfi4ig the hin on the norh, and uiI-
der cover oi baZef thiukets. he reached the
fiverand 4uruinsa bold point of the i hill
he. tQanAa seauitul spring within. a few
Fee OF tEc river, now known by The name
OF Coii Spring. on the farm of D. Tall
mad &c, E~q. He filed his cPn.cens, and
treiurnt J. in safety to his ieompanien. Ii
was now determine,l TO have fresh sup
1piy Of walereaeh day. and this duty was
performed alternately side .s
I. Z On one of these occasions, after White
had filled his cantecns. he sat few NOM
ents watching the hnlPed-. clement as ii
! came gurgling out Of, zlhe bosom of the
earth, whe;i the Hight sound Of footsteps
tcaught his ear, and upon turning round he
saw Two squawS wiyLin a few feet Of lin.
Upon turning ihe jul of the hill, the oldes,
Lsquaw gave one 4of. those far reaching
= wnoeps peculiar to Indians. Waite at once
comPrehcnded his, pelilous situation. IL
|
khe. anu. his sfompanion musIineyit;fblys per-
I ish. Stlf preservation comp, lied him to
infict a noiseless death on the squaws and
J, in such manner as, If possible, ,,ls 10 have
, no trace behind. Bver rapid in thought
: or pronpt in aelion,g lie sprung upon his
: victims with the rapdity and power ofa
: lion, and ggrasping the throat of each,
spraag into the river, He thrust the-head
{ OF the oldest under the water. While ma,
:, king strong efforts TO snbmerge The other
whe, however, powerfully, resisted him
r and during the short struggle with this
youngatiletic, 10 his astonishment, she
J tall,lressed him, In his. own language
Though in almost iharticulate sounds. 81
! - Releasing his hold, she informed lin
that she had been a prisoner forsten years
a1d was taken from below Wheeling, and
: that the Indians bad killed all the family
: and that her brotherapd herself were Ia
3, ken r.isopers, but he succeeded on the sec
t ond night i'll making his escape. During
this narrative White had drowned The el
{ der squawsand lct her fioat tofwith the cur
j rent. Where il would not probably b.
D found out soon: ~ He. now, directed thu
: girl to follow him, and with his usua
:. speed and energy pushed for the Mount
: Yhey had scarcely gone half way wher
. they heard the alarm CRY. some quarter o
G a milo down tho stream. 1t was supposed
j some party of Indians, returning from hun
4. ling struck the fiSer just as z the Ebody o
: the squaw fioated past White and thi
2 girl succeeded in teaching the Mount
( Where NJ 'Ciclaud lad been no indifferen
!. spectator 10 the sudden commotiop among
dfthe Indians. ~ ,':f1F ~ fs,1 IT,, ls, thI J@
o tv1 The prairie parties Of warriors wei1
!. eea.imlpedfateltto to strike ofin every dl
ai treetion;aad White and the girl had scarce
=. ly arrived. before party Of some twent,
i warriors had reached the eastern acchvit,
: of the Mount, and, were. cautiously am
1 carefully Keeping under cover, Soon tn
n spies saw their swarthy foes as they,elidet
i ! from tree 10 tree and rockto totk ill thei
4 position was surrounded J on the west per
i pendiccular side, and al hope Of escape Gu
\ of, In this perilous, condition ':nethint
!, bwas left but to sell tlieir lives as dearly a
{ possible; and this they resolved to do, am
rtladyised theegirl to- escape to 1.-The Indian
i and tell them she had been t4ken prisoner
4 She said mo, death,to me in prescnceiio
4 my own people, is a thousand illness
4 'ef than captivity, and slavery. Fnrnis
i. me with a gun, and | will show you that
!. can fgM as welfas die; This place. ] leav
: not. Here my bones shall lie, -bieachiD
# with yours, and should. either Of you yei
! cape you will carry The tidings ofmy deaf
l. TO my relations ysojt - 1l.as.s .,.i.-l 5sG
e .Remonstrancess proved sfruitless. -Th
IS two spies quickly mittured their plan of.de
e sfendes and vigorously .eomhneneed the a
p tack from the front, where from the yer
Il small backbone OF Che. mount, tbe savage
n bad TO advance Ia single file and witior
i any covert .Beyondlhis neck the5 war;
/. ors availed themselves Of. the. rocks an
a. trees in advancing, but in passing froi
! one to the other they must be exposed 9e
"A q short times mesandsa,moments exposure z
e. their swarthy forms was enough for tn
to- uneifing rifles ofthe spies. The Indian
iheing entirely ignorant of how mary wet