American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-03-08

heard borne upon the wings of the wine
the plaintiycly pleading voices of thos,
two females, the cries Of the babe, ant
; the howls Of the savagcs, and even sec
: their scowls. But | suppose it was on
! ly thought. What strange diversity
: there is of thought, anyhow; but i dc
, not intend to run off into disserta,
ton on this faculty. i am dull and
prosy at any rate and should prove in.
hnitely more SO on philosophical
theme. Thought, / believe though, to
be Deity Himself, and can prove it.
But to return to my story again
We hastily gathered up our guns and
accoutrements, ts,preparatory to continu-
ing our journey. The Indians had
drawn the canoe clear of the water, in
anticipation no doubt of farther rise
in which they were ric;h.: This we OBJ
served in the night, or we might have
slipped the craft from its rude mooring.
I We however soon launched ii and
struck for the other shore, drawing it
on to terra frma, in order to save it
thereafter, which was done, for many
a pleasant ride had in it at Morgan
town after that time. 1t had on it the
letters Il. II. in tar, on the sides, and
was supposed to belong to either Hack
er or liarbert on the West Fork. r
rT"We had vague information that
the woman and child were the wife and
child and nooce Of man Of wealth,
who with two other men and seven ne
groes were moving into the wilderness,
all of whom fell victims to savage fe-
roclty, save as above stated, somewhere
between Winchester, Virginia, and the
Ohio river. But must have taken
place between the Monongahcla and
Cheat, from the savages being found
in this locality. The scalps were doubt
less buried with them. r. =.
'Now we were on our journey again;
having found in the canoe about three
or four pounds OF dried meat, buffalo,
bear or dog we could not tell which,
and about a half gallon of parched
corn, we. Jared sumptuously,' and felt
pleasantly enough, | suppose under all
VIZ CIRCUMSTANCES.
4 "We left the river Immediately for
the hills and keeping on the range, in
about an hours travel came to it again
at Morgan's eddy, about mile below
the fort. r ..s. r ...u. r..
'"Iho river was very high--highcr
I than | have ever seen 10 since--unlcss
( in so, when, [ believe it was something
near the same. .- =, -..-5,
Little creek gave us great trouble
in crossing, from the extent Of the
back-water, which forced us near
mile up the stream, when we crossed
making our way up Trimble's hill, and
over it, till we with hearts Of Joy look.
cd over the fort and down on Pricketts
creek, our destination. -
"Wc hurried down to the water, and
fortunately reached it as several men
came riding to the stream for water
We were soon taken over in a canoe,
and welcomed into the fort. ... -,
"Here q minute narration of every
event Of our trip hither was gone thro'
which threw the fort into great state
OF excitement and unoasiness, border
ing an alarm. BY and by the fever
subsidized and we began to enjoy our
selves i'll the sports and pastimes of the
day, hunting and target-shooting, main
ly supplying our time.
"On Sunday, mind, we had preach.
ing, by a German calling himself
ScHRAUL, who was by great odds, |
thought, more than half negro, in
speech, lips and color, and that makes
about three-fourths in consideration of
nice physiological calculation. As
soon as heard him speak, thought
of poor Joe Spcight, but loved Joe as
a brother, while did not like Schraul.
While this is unnatural enough, it is
nevertheless common in oil to love and
hate. What wonderful creatures we
! arc, to bo sure.
"Our relatives, and friends were all
/ fortcd, Indians being heard of in eve
ry direction; and the weather bocom-
ing settled would enable them to move
with rapidity through the country
But luckily it set in cold on Monday,
! clouding up and threatening snow, in
/ which event the Indians would imme-
diately leave for fear Of being tracked.
We all began to feel easy for in the G.
vcning a furry of snow fell.
"Our broad lasted till the 4th day
of November, ~--ycs the 4th day Of No
yember. But
Here uttorance suddenly failed him
and on raising my eyes from my hasty
4. notes. bebcld big tears coursing each
other down his furrowed checks. |
4 lnyoluntarily sprang from my scat
What was the matter? In fash tho
solution came. The ghost of Novem.
hoy dth 1T0t rnoro tnrr;tI a. n,