Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-06

and the bullets from few old barrels
which they had managed topick upsome-
where. whizzed around us like sprinkle
of hail>stones. t@
1t was after we had been knocking
away at each other for sometime, aud we
had dropped most of the red rascals astern
that poor Dick Powers got an arrow right
through his body, and he could go no
further. Well, We stopped with him and
his blood wasn't unavenged. But as the
Iniuns kept coming up, and would soon
overpower US. Dick begged US to leave
him, and take care of ourselves; and see
iny he must die anyhow, we did so.
=" That night before we left him, he
took from around his neck a little gold
case, with the picture of beautiful young
woman III it, and told me to give it to-,
young Roubaoux, and he would give it
to the right one. done so. Ah poor
girl, reckon she lay awake many night
crying for Dick, while his bones bleeched
on the prairie. and his seal p hung in the
wigwam Of some bloody Blackfoot.
The next morning as soon as it began
to get bright. we hid {; we had that night
taken to the water and thrown the red
skins off our trail. For the three days
we had to lay hid and travel in the night,
and as we knowed that the lnjuns were
still outlaying near US. we dared not hunt
We had lost all our provisions we had in
the fight Of the first night, and three days
is long time for men to starve and travel
too. The boys got sick, and on the fourth
day they swore they would hunt, lnjuns or
90 lnjuns. persuaded them at last, that
AS l were tie strongest and best up to
Injun deviltries, that l should hunt. and
they lie hid as it was useless for all to 80
into danger, and ii didn't get back by
Snndown. they might know that the
BIack~teet had my scalp, and shift for
themselves. II started soon and trampled
four hours without any chance for shot.
| seed some deer but could not get nigh
them.
Il couldn't tell you, il were to try all
night, what suffered that day. l were
SO weak that | were hardly able to crawl
along and my stomach were gnawing as if
it were trying to digest itself and then |
would think Of all the good things ever |
cat; thought Of the boys back there hid
away. and waiting and longing for me,
and [ couldn't get III gh anything, till sat
down and cried, and then | was ashamed
Of snyseIf and got up and staggered on.
In the afternoon. had got back some
two or three miles from where the boys
were, | seed a fine young buck walk out
from some brushes into clear spot and
commence feeding. 1t were long shot
at best, and now [ were weak and my
eyes were kinder dim and then if tried
to get nearer, he might get wind Of me
and leave. 1t was the las: chance ex-
amined my priming and flint, and took a
long and close bead behind the shoulders.
jist where the white hairs showed them
selves under the belly. and pulled the
trigger: He jumped twice, then stopped
and walked a few PAGES and lay down.
tell you had strength enough then
to shout till every hollow round rung
again. loaded my gun aud walked up
to my game. deliberately took out my
knife. cut out piece of ham, and ate it
raw and | tell you l never had such Il
sweet meal afore nor since, have cat
many raw meal, but never tasted four
days at a time and travelled, but that
once. and never tasted piece of veui-
son a(ore nor since. that were as sweet as
that. | were careful not to eat too much,
and were Just skinning him to take all
| could to the boys-I intended to come
back that that night for the rest-when
heard stick crack behind me. Turning
my head round, what should see but
half dozen Injuns, one of them had step
ped upon a log when first seed him, and
stretching up looking for me. My gun
was lying beside me and right easy brought
her up, and jist as his eye caught sight
on me. pulled. He sprang towards me.
The arrows whlstled around me | reckon
MS slid through the tall grass. 1t were
well for me that hrd just got something
to eat. for it had sort OF strengthened me,
aud the thought Of dying gave me fresh
nerve and | sprang To it. and they after
me. l kept in lhe tall grass. SO they
couldn't see we'll where was and would
have to run slower. SO gained on them
l made towards the river, and when go
in among the trees. got time to load my
gun. l wouldn't be afraid of Them, bu
| knowed there were more about, and
didn't know what minute should plump
some OF them, SO | thought I'd play hide
and go seek game with them. Then
thought Of the noys starving. and l de-
termIned if get back to them at all I'll
not go back without something for then
to eat.
led my red hunters down the river :
mile or two. till | come to where srDaI
creek put into it. There l put into the
river as if 10 swim. and then waded along
up stream till came to she IN outh of the
creek, then up this about TWO hundred
yards d; when crawled among the higt
grass and hid. had hardly got close
when heard my red friends coming il
! full chase. They nassed ON. and then