The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-09


R1FLE AXE AND SADDLE BAGs.-,fhe rev.
Mr.. Millburn, the blind preacher, in lecture
lately delivered before the young mems asso-
citation at Albany, NJ Y, upon the three essen
tials of pioneer life above named. relates the
I following incident of border adventure IN Ken
\ lucky in 1889 We clip the extract from the
report Of the Evening Journal:
ga block house, which served the double
purpose Of fort and dwelling, was the habta-
ton Of Boone and his companions. Fearing a
descent of the sayages, from various premos
nitons of danger understood By the expert
/ enced hunter, he sent two trusty scouts named
Mcclellan and White, to learn, if possible, the
destination of the savages. After proceeding
| some distance they ascended a bluff, precipi-
tously steep on the one side and fenced by Jut-
ting rocks on another, whence they had a broad
and extensive prospect, and on another SIDE ran
| a deep and rapid river, on which side they
found themselves in a dangerous proximity to
| their enemy Beneath them they beheld
| large number of squaws and wigwams, the
4 usual indications of an Indian village, and in.
the open space they observed the warriors,
painted in their war pattern, evidently showing
I that their mission was one of blood. ,Ehey de-
4 termined to remain and watch the movements
4 of their enemy, and for this purpose concealed
themselves from observation, until forced from
i their hiding place by their water being eShaus-
ted, Of which they had but scanty supply.
Mcclellan went in search Of some with two can
teens, and had not proceeded far when he dis
covered a beautiful fountain gushing from a
rock near the base of the bluff. Having pro-
cured the much needed element, he returned
to his companion, and they determined to geta
supply daily, and continued to do so for seve-}
raj days One day White went to the spring.
: and after filing his vessels and refreshing him
+ self with a copious draught he laid down his
rifle and sat on it, and childke, amused HIM
SELF by looking at the workings of nature, beau
: tifully exemplifed in the bubblng fountain.
e This man, educated in the midst of Indian
cunning, whose every sense was sharpened to
i the utmost acuteneness, was thus amusing HIM
: self when he heard footsteps. He sprang to his
l feet Just in time to see and be seen by two
e squaws, the elder Of whom raised the war cry
g which he knew if frepeated and heard by the
e band would be certain death. Hesprang upon
Z, them and sezing both by the throat, plunged
d info the stream with them. This he very soon
e accomplished with the elder, but her compan-
y ion being young and vigorous, struggled with
/ her captor with much effort, and when nearly
e exhausted he heard her with much horror utter
exclamatons in English.
a "To rescue her from drowning, and bearher
e up from the ascent to the summit Of the bluff
10 his companion, was the work Of a moment,
where, when sufficiently recovered, she in
?, formed them that herself and father had settled
d on the present site of Wheeling, and were taken
prisoners by the Indians, who soon put her ia
r ther to death and treated her with the utmost
harbarity In the meantime, the Indians per-
ceiving the body Of the woman floating on the
river and recognizing the print of the white.
IMAM fingers on her neck, approached the bluff
shouting their yell. The scouts recommended
the girl to return to the Indians, and consult her
own safety by telling how the affair happened.
e She replied, Il would prefer to die in the pre-
ed sence Of the whites than to be slave to the
Indians. Give me rifle, and see what l can
do" But this they could not do-yet they
ef were determined to sell their lives as dear as
possible. AS before described, on one side they
E. were shielded by a rock, and with unerring ac-
ID curacy, shot several of the bravest and most
daring of the foe. One point was accessible
from an impending cliff which overhung the
bluff and in that direction was the rifle Of Nc
lr Lelan pointed, with finger on trigger, waiting
for sufficient party of the Indians. (whom he
ut espied making the attempt to surprise them from
that quarter, to appear above the rock to form
20 a target to aim at. Atlast the savage, with up
'k raised tomahawk and exultng yell, was about
le to make the leap and spring upon his foe, when
1t the flint Of McLeans rifle hung fire. He had
- lowered the but and was about replacing it by
ee fresh flint from his pocket when he saw the
Indian, whose shout of victory was turned to,
I'd one of pain, fall headong into the chasm be-
Id meath, but shot by whose rifle he knew not.
We Several others shared the same fate and in q
in similar manner. At the approach of night the
v Indians withdrew and TIE scouts were congratu-
rs lating themselves on their success so far, and
l. wondering who their unknown auxiliary was,
$, when they beheld the rescued girl, rifle in hand
to approach them. This at once accounted for
the prompt and efficient aid they received. She
id informed them at the early part of the conflict
u she succeeded in surprising one of the braves
asleep, and possessed herself Of his rifle and
t, ammunition.
W Determined to leave under cover of the
a night the girl volunteered to act as their guide
, when, to their disappointment and dismay they
found theirretreat cut off by a picket Of Indians
stationed to intercept their progress.
p "The girl cautioned them not to make the
c. slightest noise and to remain stationary. She
" left them and shortly returned, telling them
that she succeeded in putting them on false
trail, and that they could now proceed. They
ut had not gone far when they were alarmed by
the bark of a dog. Again the girl gave the
m injunction to remain still, with the information
that they were now in the centre Of the camp
s Of thousand warriors, but to trust to her. At
il length they got clear of the village and reached
the block house in safety, whento the surprise
,e of all, the girl was found to be sister to one of
s. Boone's companions
e Of such stuff was cold America made.
;, The discovery of coffee dates, according to-
Turkish historians, from the year A. D.. 1858,
!, when Dervsh named Hadji Omer, beingex-
= PEELED from convent at Mecca, took refuge in
: acave upon neighboring mountain, where. in
I order to appease the cravings of hunger, he
J gathered and roasted the berries of shrub
= growing hard by, called kahaya. Finding these