Demoine courier., 1856-05-01
A wonderful Escape 777,

On the banks Of The beautiful M
hawk. where the town Of Romc nov
s,ands, s,ood. during the Revolution,
strong fornfca,mn. erected. in conrclio,
with o,h-rs, IN 1893, TO keep open 10.
comu un,ca,,on between the Mohawl
Valley and Lake Ontario. and to pro'ec
the lndian trade. Al the opening o
The confess, between the colonies and 'h'
mu,her country. For, Stanwix was all u
ruins. S,luaied as il was al 'hiA time
on the extreme outskirts Of the white sci
elements, il was an important posi-. yes
waslo. until ,hs sprrg o. l777. that .
was rsps,rsd by General Schuyler IL
whose came il wss then ehfstsned:
E:ar:, IN The spting If that year. Tha
e~ndanegea, q, Brsn,. the chief Sscheu
Of the Sax Nations. made bis appearances
ia the yallSy Of The M,htxk. viii
large body of Warriors. aud from his
own confessions. il became evident TIA
The Indians had been induced by ut
Rrni.h TO take Up The Ratchet IN sheil
con,e.t. aud thai the settlements 10 tba
~neauuful ,eg,on Of the country would be
he oblec, of the ASSAULT. Congress saw
,ns necessity Of projecting the n"r,aeri
aud western frontiers. and Gen. Schuf
Ter was directed 10 repair Fort Sianwix
aud cree, others should ne deem Il ne.
cessary. Col. Ds, o was denied Il
Fort S,anw,x l, was while he was en-
gagged. in connection with the Try" ar
coun,y Nina. 10 lis repairs. that 'h'
,ncidenl | Am abou: IL retnte occarrea.
The cumn audsn. Of o Of TIE CON
pani-s Of militia, was Captain Gregg. .
, Dung man Of noble appearances. AM
poss. ssed Of an iron consutn,ion, which
IN connection wnh his temperate habits
snd happy disposition. enabled HIN Il
po,s through. witt, life. an ordeal suct
as man never passed through before.
Notwithstanding the immediate vicin'
ity Of The troops, the lnd,ans IN small
parties were consartly watching for OPP
p~oriuri.ies to cut off s;ragglers from IN
garrison. and ever children were no, ex'
emp, from death b. the ,onahaw am
scslping knife.
Regardless of The danger and drspi
sing The foe, whom, he hated eth tn
ardent hatred Of a f,ontlersma. Greg
started IRON ,hs for. u morning u
cnmpany with three comrades. for III
purruse Of shooting game. One Of hi
c.,mpanions was = b0y about thirteen
BY the name Of Wilson. who. from fra
they nigh, NEE. with indiana. was s~n
back 10 ,he fort. Ns lived 10 be M EN-
sign IN ,hs American army, and at ,h
surrender nrCornwallis. was appoin'e'
10 receive the colors Of the various B:i,
lsh reg,menis.
G:rgs. and the Two soldiers. relieves
of The care Of tho boy. proceeded tn III
neighb"rlng Woods. where they en,e,e
with xess upon the pursuit Of game :
they had been Thus angaged bu, 4 shol
time when simultaneously tie crack q
hree rifles sounding slmnsi - ON
brough, them ell down. The two sol
q ere we're killed outright, and Gregg re-
reived a ball which passsd through hi
lsf, arm into HE body and no lsli 10 III
ground. srriously and dangerously woyl
ded. Raising himseIf on his arm b
looked around fos his c~onrades, 40
saw IN Iudiaa,in the ACT Of scAiP,ag on
81 Them. anO,hss bearing in triumph Il
reekioe trophy of .he second. wh,ie. +,
the same moment that he made this ID.
covery, The lesves parted and . third &c
skin warrior. With his face smesrs
with HE Wal paints, his head dscks
with faa,hers. and his 'omahawk rs,sy,
rushed upon him. He succeeded !
dodpine the FRS. blow aimed at RI
head, which took efec,tn HE back. i.
| Aic,ine . deep wound. The sscond IN
| third were more sure. and fsll with crasl
ing force. upon the fore part Of h,s hea,
and he sank into ina~ensibilny.
How long hs remained in that esnd
| ton he wa unable u tell, bui when b
swoke 10 consciousnsss. he Wa suffer
ing intensely AGATE pains in HE hea'
and found lha, kis dog-a email Scosc
terrier that hsi a-compsnisd him-w,
licking his wounds. He drove him Of
and for the sske Of sasi0e The snastiu
Of his wounds. he afssr incredible exc
lion. and ia,n.ipg iuics On shs say. M,
eyed N crawl "a he body y oas Of b
CON psnioas. upoh which be laid h
head, aid here be expected 70 die, H
iaishful dog. meantime. expressed : syn
pashv almost human. aud by vhinlnY
bevking snd licking his wpsnds, endsa'
seed. ID HE way. v show Aie desisa
peleivs bic wssles's sv6ssinss. Iussss