The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-07-10

4 lie came to dead halt even lie, with all
his wood-craft being unable to detect amy
further sign of the Indians. Suddenly he
/ exclaimed: fa t,Iatiis .,,ls ,ssossq .; rrr,r
! 'Ah IL know what the rod devils are mp
! tol They have 'squardered here, and if we
scatter too, and circuinainbiate around we
will be apt 10 strike the trail agin where
they como together pag a5I qs,7ua.
His advice was taken, and by circling
round the point where The last treiul of the
trail had been lost, wider and wider each
| time, in less than an hour we came on il
once more, and so, plain that we had no diff.
.ficulty in following it us fas; aus our. horses
could go. From thence the Indians seemed
to have los. all apprehension OF further pur,
suit, and in q short time we came TO where
they had eneamped so recently that their
fires were still burning. An. hours ride
brought us to the Cllicaete, a small tributn-
ry of the La Naca, near which we discovered
the blanket te,.ts of the Indians, and putting
speed to our horses, the Indians had scarcely
| time TO seize their guns anil bows before we
| were upon them. / SAY we hut unfortunate
| ly for the military renown Twas about 10 ac-
quire, my mustang took it Into his head TO
make his onset CATER the manner of the
Chinese,) by turning II couple Of somersets
and t1ip- flap. and then commenced u series
of 'piichings' that would have done honor to
a steamboat in heavy seaway. At the first
pitch, away flew one of my pistols from my
belt at the sccopd the other followed suit,
at the third, my hat went by the, hoard 50
that by the time we had pitched into The
enemy's camp, had nothing left but my
rifle. Perceiving that the rest had dismoun-
ted and freed thought it advisable TO do
the same, particularly rs balls began to whis,
tie in very uncomfortable proximity to my
head. have read somewhere that n cele.
brated general once remarked, during a bat
tie, that the whistlug of bullets was to him
the most melodimls Of sounds. II may have
been so, but in my opinion he had n bad ear
for music. But to return.
Just as I WAS in the act Of dismounting, a
tall, hideously painted Indian stepped from
ei,ud II tree, a few PAGES Of, aid drew aa
arrow that looked to me as long as May
pole, directly upon me. Thinks 10 myself,
I'm spit,ed before can say Jack Robinson ;
and SO perhaps I should have been, but just
at that critical juncture, my mustang, fright
, ened by the iring of guns, and the yelling
of the Indians, made dozen pitches, all con.
ceutrated into one which sent me head fore
most upon The ground. rose thirstng for
vengeance and dwelling my rifle ut the ras
cal WHO shot the Nav pole ut ine, fired, and
cut considerable limb from the top of The
oak under which he WAS standing. After u
few rounds, the Indians rctreatcd, leaving two
of their number upon the ground but as
neither them, upon Inspection. SLOWED any
evidence of having been killed by falling
limb, conscience does not accuse me Of being
at all accessory to their death. l am afraid,
however, shat Nathan could not say as much,
for he pointed to a ghaI,Iy wound in the
breast ofonc of them, and remarked That's
the kind o hole my rifle always makes! At
any rate said he, Il shall claim his scalp >
and using the action to the wold, he com
menced cutting ii of, with rs much care as
if engaged in some delicate surgical opera
lion. AT that moment the sharp crack of a
rifle WAS heard, and Nathan letting fall the
knife from his hand, staggered backward
against the trunk of a tree. | thought at
first it was all over with him but he quick.
ly recovered himself, having only been stun
ned by the conclusion of the ball, which
slightly grazed his forehead. Looking round
TO see from whence the shot had come, he
observed the other Indian whom he had sup
posed TO be dead in the act of sinking back
upon the ground, from whence lie had par
tally risen, in order TO take more delihcr-
ate aim at his hated foe. Nathan casting
his eyes toward him as much as 10 say, Now
don't be in hurry I'll attend to your case
presently coolly arecommenced his surgical
operations, iE which he had been 50 unex-
pectcdly disturbed. Having finished it to
his satisfaction, he leisurely wiped the blood
/! from his knife, returned it TO the scabbarG,
and picking up his Iifle Lc walked slowly
and deliberately to the spot where lay the
, wounded Indian. Placing the muzzie di-
reclly against his head. be pulled the trigger
with as much sangfroid as if he had been a
| ra,tlesnake he was about TO shoot. turned
, away just as the gun was discharged, and
| when J. looked again Nathan was calmly re-
loading bis rifle.
After collecting our horses, which were
, tied to the neighboring trees, we shifted our
| saddles from those we had ridden during the
, day and set ont on our return, and about
r four o'clock in the morning arrived at the
settlement / having travelled with the ex.
{ ception of half hour or SO, whero we came
up with the Indans) more than seventy five
i miles without haltiog. That night q blow
: out was given in the 'selllemeni,' in honor
0 Of our successful foray, and Notwithstanding
I the bard ride Of the previous day, the yigor