Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-12-23

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=. ss. - - paRp0ss was prempsgy thsarssd
! BIZ Wssxei, whc whispered IL he saf his.
fAI9Fafa tpiHacEians 10 gates,
Wasasfss heAa wsa placed behind .
siHsseg oe green leaves shrengh EAa ID.
! terstiees os whieh ha waa anAhloA ID OBJ
kain . view 1f TIA shoge "a khe creek 0g-
! pozite tbs pIa@s where tie eanAs wAs
apnk, He observed Old Cseas- F1rs con.
dnea tAe p0ny 10 ths margin Of ths bank,
At which pEaea he lifted his oapEise s0shs
gregrd. The ashhiag az aoss vas as this
isaa qaiss AuhihIe. AS the soand fell
fupon Rlliotss eaE he trsmbIed visa esn0~
ton, snd might havs inksiRgsd Wesssl's
order, had not sha IattEr, ankloip atinx
something Of che Kind, tagusa his haad
upon aim and kgownsd hilM into silance,
I Old Oross-E Fire, setting No store upon
Roses saddle, msRsiY atginpad Eha Dony
uf lis hrfdls, which hs aapSsd aevoaa tka
animatss back aud with seeond swing
threw il upoa the beach below him. Ths
/ pony ran into the hashAs, where II com~
mencsd feeding gpoH the wiid gzaas al
its feet. In enoshsr monsnt tbs Ind
ans bad lifted Ross down the dseIIyisy,
and their whole party appsare1 0a shs
sfesk ss far a the twig whioh bad been
observed By Wsssel, where Ehey pIanged
their arms inse the wateE and earth, draw
forth woodsa fork. Their sanoe i'm
nediatsly rosa . tie asxyies, nextsEs
onsly thfawfng out The xalsr II eontaiR-
ed, Ehey then pushed Ii ta the shore, whsn
Old Cross Fire aad the other warrior had
remained to stand guard oYsr Hose
The fair cspti9s was then placed IN the
bow Of the canoe; one Of the Indians
seated himself about the centre, while
another drew forth th6 paddle, stood
erect in she stegn and pushed oG Tbs
old chief and one Indian Ssaaiasd, on
ths hsseh probably 10 await the return
/ Of the canoe.
All thsre notoAs were distinctly OBJ
served b. Wstzei, who quietly matared
| his own plans. The moment Tho canoe
pushed OF be made signs TO Elliot 70 be
IN readiness. .-..-
Aim, Baid he, In & so4rssly agdihls
whisper, at the fellow ia the middle Of
tho banoe, Peins directly ss his body,
and don't pull ill | give the wori.
Elliot directed the maZzls Of his guR
towards the water, and just then had his
FIRST view Of the enemy. The sight Of
Rose slightly dIseeEser;sa hiE, Dufsam-
Moning all dis mzniy energies into ac-
| tion he cooked his rife and took acsu-
rate aim at the designated objects. Wet
gel, meanwhile, graduated his pisce ia
nearly the game line og sight and ct The
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ot Ehs creek ha gave the word in a oleaE
/ whIspsr-ssPalEP'
! Raah rffas -RfiHg prAnia&ly al the same
moment, pleaded IheiE report SO adusra-
! bly, that shs ear could not have distin-
guished two seperate charges. Roth IL
dams fell, the one IN thG Centre of the
! cra9 fell on ita hqttam, but the otheF,
who had bean standing upright In the
stern ezpaixsd the canoe in falling over.
! This was contingency which Wstzal
had not contemplated. de was prampt,
however, IN meeting 1t.
Plunge in! he whispered TO EIiiot-
who had already made up his mind to do
SO regardless Of eonsaquanees. The
youth dropped his rife, ehd Ct ons hound
| Sks over tGs bank, at another was ia the
water, de piled his limbs With Rlmost
supsrhunGn strength. a ahos Was hrsd
on the shofe, bat Sc scarcely heard it, so
eagerly wRs be beat On saving Rose from
the frightful death By whieh she was
threatened. For short period after
Rose had been thrown into The ystSE,
her dress hgoyea LsR qgaR is surface
Gradually, however, il became satarau
ted With the element, and in turn sxsF-
cised an oppasits iAAaeaae, She Waa
ae&sly exhausted when Elliot came 10
hez relief, The youth brought the I'M
conscious girl to the shoFs and placed
her in 3 position adapted 10 restore ami
ma&ion % her system.
Before Elliot had swan far from the
shore, Lewis Wstxal, With selarity of
motion peculiar To himself, had reload
Cd his rife, and Gtsalthiiy placed himssR
st the sdga Of tbs precipiea nearly dEaE
tks two Indians Ahd yet remained On TIE
beach. The oomrads Of Old Grossly
hsd already raised his gan 10 his ahoal-
der "a FIRE at Elliot, whea Welxsl, gainsa
his new position. The rapid motion Oh
the youth, however, blowing his way
through water, somewhat hgtasd the say
aaa, aha he&0rs be bad eome 10 draw 3
satisfactory sight upon the swiaaner, .
ball from WstKeI's rife piercsd the Min
J goss hearts At this moment, Old Cross
! Fire was standing near his companion,
his keen black eyes we're directed to-
waris the spot fram which the swo kRst
, shoss wsra bred. Hia chest hsaYed from
the working ot fariaa wighin~his Ros~
, tsIls we're relaxed and diasended alt0xr
natsiY, and his giant fgams was sraeed
, ap IN It's height. His pondereus ride
held By bis right hand across tho front
Of BITS body, ready 70 bs placed On his
, last shoulder at > momsnssE notice
As soon as Wesxai fred bis Iass shat,
and before the Mingo chief bad time 10
! make motion towards rearsating hs
, dropped hia gun, snd lsaped over the
j bank upon his long sought enazny. The
force With which be sprung upon Old
, Cross- Ffra laid Tia savage as fall length
, upon the beach, with enc arm and poF-
tfon Of his body buried in tha mire.--
. Wetxsl himself sunk 70 his thighs in kAG
! aud, apd found IL impossible 10 axtxi.
i cate himssaf. Hs had however the 3D.
vantage Of She Indian; for shs lattsr VA
J iysng proesraks, Somewhat ssunned by hil
5 fali. and deprived moreover Ok khs nsS
J / ar oaa o4 his arms. The knnssr whoss
! ksdu was nov placed against che brsaai
; oF khs old chiex hnaing that his aasago-
! Mat was rsviying, aeizsd his knifa, anl
! wAa about 10 plangs u q his heart, whsE
], me latter By aswsee " hia EoRs AgaR, sxl
] cixaAad Wsswaisa ksAy aud nearly exnslaaG
! him To death. The s0ous made sevassl
) attempts = ase his knife, bnk ne axeru
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: hag Of khe Mingo, paraayssd bis p0ws
uf araioa. 1t feagsA Old ux1ss-Kt
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self ana In aolnx 30 ha raiaxaa his ara
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