Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-10-23

teetn, anu urgeu On fUy bne nope OF re-
venge, and Il Ialone to oppose them, with
but one, charge ofpowderg iiMyH case was
desperate indeed. With quick yetstealthy
step, in closeeingle file they approached,
and were alreAdyiin a few yards of the |
houses when slight changeiin in movement
ofithe forward Indians changed the position
of'the entire six3 SO Chat asportion Of the
left side of each was uncovered. gFThey
were all iii range lone aim would cover
aihp Quicksas thought IGaimedand1ffed.
AS the smoke cleared away, 1 cotild hard
lycfedit'what my senses showed ME as the
resdltIofmy shot The fifteenslugswith
whichd had loaded my musket had donet
their iwork,welIl itFiveiof the six Indiansi
lay deadiuponi foreground, and the sixth
had disappearedl2 l2s rsbrH p1s goei siaiio g
nsAlthough no enemy wasenow in sightIt
did not venture forth until morning. adj
There slaystheiHbodiesl Of fthesfve Indians
undisturbed, together with the rife ofthe
othefs Securing the armsiand 'andnitfonl
ofsthea fall len Ihdians,i foll6wethhp thel
trail'ofathe missing ohey until 1T reached
the riveri beyond which point could dis
cover no trace whatever. nFrdm the amount
ofsblood which marked shestraif, ltogether
with ethe ruimstakable evidence, that he
had'pickeda his way with difficulty. Il was
ledoto' 'belieVeIthat he was moftaliy wound
edsandlimorder toI prevent his body from
falling into the irandssof hisiwhite foe, he
had gropedshis waylto the'river and thfowni
himselfl intoithe current (which had borneJ
liimsawaya eHi a,iw SGizidingmga t1sod ID
! aThe Indians had yakilled my c6w3 ahdl
thatgens maybe ASSURED was no triaing,
loss, yet inlfmy gratitddeI fanny eseapel
from thesmerciless ,savages,lI would have,
made igfeatsls sacrifices. s.EbInwasaMellop q
| yided, 6bysmsan MS of arms aud ammunitisni
| taken from the ysik Iadihns) ;insc nscaselofsas
second attack but this, fortupatel ely9 proseal
to be my last adyentpre with, thesayages.
Not one of the band had iescaped to tell
the tale. andlineibe his brethron to 1avhnge
\ the death Of hisleomradessQgu hayjyq hsl
! sAh !! exchimedpthe ld,nan ewhilc the
\ tears gushedfro his1eyes at the memory
iof that eventful night, that was glorious
shot the best 7 ever made. .'no "ah
] The hero, of this adventure lived to see
4 the rude nwilderne essi where he had pitched
his lonely lcabintransformed into smiling
/ fields and peopled by hardy and entefpfis1
ing pale faces, among whom his last days
were passed in peace and, plenty, Hndis7
tprbed by the presence fof. his old time
) ioes'is,I asls1t g9T -staHIo9 ya6saga q
.CARsoS VALLEY The people Of this
\ Wiley have taken the initiative steps TO-
\ wlrd8 the formation Of a new Territory
from. the. Western portion, ofiUtahs.44A A
memorial To that end has been addressed
, to Congress, and Jddge'J NJ. Crane ap-
a pointed territorial agent to carry It to
! Washington Tie population Of the Val:
Hey Is rapidly INCREASING ana strong rea.
y sons are presented IN the memorial why
such a Territory should be 'orgahized.- -
! Indeed they seem to us ounaps1werable
: From Salt Lake City TO Carson 'yallby
the distance lis pearly 'er 7qpitei eight hpn
/, dred miles by theIemigrant travel and b.
: any route it is too distant to be governed
'gI by a aGovernerH and Territorial Legislator
y located at Salt Lake City, Particularly i
= this the cAse when we take into cohsidefa
= :, ton the fact that deserts intervene. I'm
tilthey can obtain at the hands Of Gongres
- an organized Territory, the peoplein thos
II valleys east ofthe Sirra Nevada must max
and administer their own laws They ar
I nov hteraIlywithopt government and with
y utlaw. slhereis anadditiQnal and strep
70 reason suggesting the'propridty of ostab
- fishing the new territory at the earlies
I possible day. The settlers Of Carson va
y ley are inimical to the Mormons, and IL
i, placing between Salt, lake aud Californi
y a'strong and growing settlement win ten
greatly to confnGr the power and curb ii
i growth of the great physical and NOR
=. mbnstrosity of taoiage.--.BGtsi ARertei
ey The SLAVERY. QUESTION IN OREGON
I The following is an extract of a letter "
de ceived one day last week by gentlema
Z, in New Orleans, from friend Of his' r
he siding in Oregon, and thOropgRly POST
,se in such matters ct g'n -aIs4 sfr
he a"Oregon will be the next slave Stat
he | was in the whole, political earnPqig
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