The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-09-18

saw man near her Win a noaIlnS ZEN
der. She asked him to let her take hold
| Of the other end Of it. He told her she
must not. She told him that it would
hold them both He replied it would not,
and she must not take hold of it. She
said that it would hold them both, and
| that she should take hold of it. She
sprang for it and laid hold of the other
end She was in the water nearly an
hour. They were the last that were
picked up. Mrs. Carey was somewhat
burned. and was injured some in being
drawn into the boat. It was so hot where
she was that she had to dip her head and
arms under the water to keep alive.
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A Singular Adventure.
The following remarkable occurrence
is told in the Pioneer Magazine, published
in California !;
In. the summer of 1915, I was travel
ing on business in the Western part Of
Tenn, and the Mississippi, was at the time
a wild dreary forest. No roads, nothing
but horse paths through the woods and
the only marks to guide the traveller upon
his journey, were the blazes and notches
upon the trees. I was dressed in, the
back-woods. fashion and I rode fiery mus
tang, with main and tail as white as
snow, asbeautiful arched neck, and an eye
like an eagle. He was perfect beauty.
and as fleet as the wind. Across his back
I had thrown pair of saddle bags con-
tanning on one side dozen pounds of
corn bread and piece of bacon, and to
balance them there was a pile of rocks
in the shape Of two thousand dollars in
gold, which I had collected and was trans.
porting to bank in Kentucky, to dispose
for Eastern exchange. Two large wood
en- stirrups hung dangling from my sad
die, and the holsters in front contained
two beauties, iu the shape of enormous
horse pistols Over these, to keep them
dry, was the squirrel skin cover.
l had been riding several hours, SWIM
ming rivers that crossed my path, snuff
ing in the rich perfume of the forest flow
ers, watching the squirrels playing about
in the tree tops, and listening to the mu-
sic which issued from the throats of the
thousands of bright winged songsters.
with which the wood abounded. l had
not seen a solitary human being since
morning and night was rapidly approach
ing indeed it had already begun to grow
dark, and 1 made up my mind that 1
would have to camp out for the night
I was looking around to select some good
place, when i was startled,by the neighing
of horse ahead of me and presently IL
saw two men approaching on horseback,
they were rough looking fellows dressed
in hunting shirts, and with squirrel skin
caps on their heads. I did not like their
looks, and unseen by them, drew up my
pistols, and cooked them, replaced them
in the holsters, and casting my eyes ahead
| saw one of them make motion | did
not like. Iresolved that if they proved
what suspected I would give them a
hard fight, and die game. a
sPshaw what fool J thought I At
that they rode up and bid me good eve
ming. We conversed about FIVE minutes,
when one of them said
my youngster, what have you got in
your saddle bags that rattles so?
Nails, I replied.
Nails said he; hey Bill let's examine
the article' and he seized my horse by
the ebitagzu. rs .byaa ii asn G2a
Quick as lightning, drew my pistols
and pointing the muzzles to each of their
hearts, said:
. Make motion to draw a weapon, and
that motion seals your fate '' sa'''4 :
They were completely taken by sur
prise and wheeling their horses around
they struck off into tie forest. After get
a few rods off one Of them raised his fist
in threatning attitude. l drew the trig-
ger Of my right hand pistol, and the vii
flain's arm fell upon his saddle and utter
ing yell Of agony they darted off into
the woods. l reloaded my pistol, struck
spurs into my horses sides and after ten
miles Of the fastest riding ever experien-
ced, reached log house, where I put
up for the night.
Two years after the incident just noted
took place, was travelling down the
Mississippi on an old fashioned boat, wher
my attention was attracted towards an in.
individual on board, whom l thought ]
had met before. but where I could mo-
Etell. I was determined to rcllow him ur
and see if I could call to mind where we
had met and under what circumstances
At last found an opportunity to get g
good look at him, as he was seated upor
an old barrel head earnestly engaged in 6
game of 'seven-up." stepped up and
looking over his shoulder, perceived tha
two fingers of his right hand were miss
ing. The game progressed. until in ar