Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-20
a1ve.ssrs Win c.i,s.,.i. $500.

! once hunted for THREE month"; n
With hunter well known In CsI;s-. company
e .as WIG and imaginative. h The - isea
" D. .cn OF daring, etc. The rss, -, ~. w
,'pp'''cA 'etio,s erer knew. 4 r,s.,as..s.pp..
- ,.aae'ean, at San FRANCISCO on xhnse 60;
from experience can drne,,d ,ria
we folio.ing story of this man. which uilI !,
S'' W., h''.s'fate his general character.
/ hunter Was, EoiDe months before / had
/ 49, ~ WIN hiIn, making the best of his ray
go. s .., aef OF the Tnle Lakes from the in
ts never crring rife in his hand. and h,s .wn
aogs by his side. He was joined at the northern.
a1pst eha Q! tie valley by the merchan, have
spoken OF, who was armed only with a sword ana
| pistols. y anu
They had scarcely cleared the. valley when a
party OF the robbers galioped on, before them
ihefe were four whites fully armed, and two In.
dams with their iassos cooled I'D in their r;obt
bands, ready for a throw. The hunter told the
merchant, VINO was on horseback, to dismount
instantly. and 10 cover Fortunately for them
| there was good deal of thicket; and trunks ~
large trees that had fallen were strewed abon, Il,
very desirable manner. Behind these logs the
merchant and the hunter quickly took up their
position, and az they were in the act of doing So
TWO or three shots were fired after them without
elect. The hunter eoo!ly united the pack of
furs from his back, and laid them beside him
'ltsmy opinion, merchant said he that them
varrninis there want either your saddIe-bags or
my pack, but reckon they'll get neither.
80 he took up his rife; fred. and the fore
most Indian, iasso in hand, rolled off his horse.
Another discharge from the rife, and the sec
ond Indian fell, while in the act of throwing the
asso at the head and shoulders of the hunter, AZ
he raised himself from behind the log to fire
Now, said the hunter. as he reloaded. living on
his back to avoid the shots Of the robbers that's
what call the best of the scrimmaee. to get
them brown thieves with their lassos out of the
way first. zee them rascally whites now jump
ing over the logs to charge us in our cover
They were fast advancing, when the rife
again spoke out and the foremost fell; they still
came on within thirty yards-another fell, and
the remaining two made desperate charge
close up to the log. The hunter, from long prac-
tice, was dexterous in reloading his gun. Now
merchant, said he, is the the time for your pop
guns trneaning the pistols and don't be at all
neryous keep steady hand, and drop either
man or horse. a man OF them shan't escape
The two remaining robbers were now up with
the log, and fred each pistol shot at the hun
ter, whish he escaped by lodging behind tree |
close 10, from which he fred with effect As on
ly one rider was left, he wheeled round his horse
with the intention galloping off, when the pis-
tol bullets Of the merchant shot the horse from |
under him
"WeH done, merchant" said the hunter, |
you've stopped that fellows galIop As soon
as the robber could dsengage himself from the
fallen horse, he took 10 his heels and ran downa
sloping ground as fast as he could. The hunter
drew his tonahawk from his belt and gave chase
after him, As the robher was more OF an cques-
lrian than pedestrian, the nimbleness of the
hunter soon shortened the distance between
them, and the last of the robbers fell. Thus per.
shed this dangerous gang of six, by the single
hand of this brave hunter, and, as the CONNER
cianto informed me, he acted as cody and DELHI
erately as if he was shooting tame bullocks for
the market.
"The affair was rather advantageous to the
hunter, for on searching the saddle bags and
pockets of the robbers, he pulled forth some
loubloons and dollars, with other vauables,
which they had. no doubt, short time previous
|y taken from some traveller; the sadde-bags,
arms and requirements of the four white men
were packed upand made fast on the saddles of
the two horses, the hunter mounting third, the
merchant another his horse being shot, and thus
they left the scene of action leaving the bodies of
the robbers to the wolves who were bowling
about them, and entered San Francisco in tri-
umph. ~ Couler's Adventures on the Western
Coast of South America