American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-16


tthe front and keeping theenemy in check,
| they discovered anew, danger threatuiug
them, The arch Zoe now made prepara-
4 tions to attack thcmen lhe flank which
coald be most successfully done by reach
ing HI insulated rock lying in, one of the
| rasines on the southern, hill side. ), This
!; rock once gained by tho Indians, they
.]eould bring tllespies uadsr, point blank
fslet Of the rife, without the possibility of
,Eeseape, Our brave spies saw the utter
I 1bopelesEHess Of their situation, which both
ling could avert but a brave companion &
and an unerring shot. These they Had
! not, but the brave never despair. With
'Ethis impending fate resting upon them,
! l1they continued calm and calculating, and
-fas unwearied as the strongest of life and
J, therpsistence ofanpmereus foe could pro-
4 dnee. ou.M Clelapd saw tall and
+, .qwarthy figure preparing to spring from a
tcoycrt sonear 10 We Fatal roeh that bound
ortwo could reach it ana a. hope of life
d was then gone. He felt that iii dcpenr
i,dcd on, one single advantage shot, aud o.
d though but an inch or two of the WARRIOR
body Was exposed apd that at q distance
of cighiyor or hundred yards, he resolved
TO risk all ,cooiys raising the rife 10 Lis
face, ans shading tie sghIwith his hand,
he -drcw,a tea.i 80, sure ipat he f4lt eonsci-
,,ousit. would do, ihcdecd. He touched the
trigger with his finger, lie hammer, came
dewn7bu. in place of striking fire, il broke
slris,aint into many pieces, anA although he
< frlt.that the Indian must reach the rnck be-
fore he could ADJUST another flint he; pro-
i ceyded to rhe task with thc utmost com
lpesRre. .-.. s..i r. ,sy '@
i Casting his eyes toward. tie, fearful
point. suddenly he saw The warrior stretch.
tipg,every musuIe for the hpp; and with
the agility OF apantEer he made The spring
| but instead of reaching the roek he gave a
4 most hiaeous yell, and lis diAk boly fell
and rolled dqwnthe stcrp in.o the valley
below. He had evidently received q dea,h
wound from some unknown hand. A
! hundred voices rc echoed from below the
terrible shout. Ii was evident that tlay
had lost a faIeiitc warrior, as well as be
ring disappointed, for arime, OF tho, most
A important m0vehieut. A few minutes
proved that.thc advantage gained woule
be of slsort duration, for already The
4 spies eauahtia glimpse Of a tall swarthy
j warri9r. cautiously ads ancing TO the GOV
J ert so recently orcupied by his fellow com
panion. Now, too, the attack was renew,
ed in front with increased fury; SO & rs tc
/. require the iheessant fire of both spies L
!. prevent the Indians Fl ON gaining the EN-
/ inence, and in sborttime NJ Clehnd saw
-Ea warrior making preparations to leap Il
/ the fafal,lork- The Heap was made, ant
: the lndiauturued a somerset, his corns,
i. rolled down The llil towai,l his formel
: Ecompanion. Again an unknownagent hat
3 uielposed in their behalf This. secont
} sacrifice cast dsmny into the ranks of thei
; assailants, and just as The sun was disap
peariug bphiud the western hills, the, fot
81 withdrew to a short, distance to devils,
Eson1e mode Of attack iThisrespite came
most seasonably for our spies had KEEP
their ground, and ;brately maintained tn
: unequal combat from nearly the middle o
the day p r.t ! - .-:l...;' - III,
Z Now for the first time was the girl mis-
= sing, and the spies thought that through
= terror she had escaped her former cap
/, tors, orthat she had been killed during th,
). fght;,but they were not left loug TO con
lecture. The girl was seen emerging from
behind rock and coming to them with
/ rife in her had. During the fight sh
{ saw arwarfior fall who had advance
/ some distance from the rest, and Will
: some Of them changedGtheir position, sh
{ resolvedat once, live or de- 10 posses
3 herselfof his gun and atttn unition; an
/, elouchingdown beneath the iIhderbrusli
q she crawled to the place and succeeded i
: her enterprise. Her keet and watrhtu
eye had carly noticed the fatal rock. an
! fIiere was the mysterious hand by whic
LEeej two warriors fell, The last being ,lh
Is most intrepid ard 5ldod-lhirsty Of, iii
y Shawnee tribe aud the leader Of the corr
y fpany Which killed her mother and sisters
! and took her ami herihrotber> prisoners
Ell Now, In the West, arose dark cloud:
i (which soon ovcFleaped the whole beayenl
r and the elements were rent with the pea
: of thunder Darkness deep and gloomy
t shrouded the whole heavens; dafknes
Etereatly embarrassed thdspies in their, cor
4 templated night escape, ,supposlng that the
nightreadily lose their way, and aceiden
S lyfaAon their enemy; bata short eonsult
< diehp decided tho pian, Twas ,agreed..sth,
IT, the girl should go foremost. from her il
y innate knowledge Of thelocalities, and al
hi iother advantage mightbe gained inca;
l. they should fall inrwitb any Of the partit
eI or outposts.s From; her knewledge of I'll
e language she might deceiveitbe sentinel
Z. as ,Ihe sequel proved. foGscarcely had The
h scendedia,linndred yards; when a viii
7 from the girlwarned them of their DANCE
esf Thcspies sunk silently on the groun
J. where, by previous arrangement the
/. wsre.to remain ill the signa1 was given b
yd tho Girl toqmoveson, ,slIeE absence. f
IS; the space of.a,quarter of an hour, bcga
it toexcite most serious appfehensions. A
i gain she appeared, and told them she. ,ha
d succeeded din,removing two seutinels 10
u short dista1ce-who weredireetly, in, the
" route, The descent was noislessly resun
ST ed : andthe spies followed their intrepi
10 leadenfora half mile in. the, most pr.
ia found silence, when the. barking Of a dc
q latia short distance appfiscd them, Of ne
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