Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-10-15

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Fthst, id 50 Ali y ! places the 7fiud' wood u
deep. il ~ ito the hort, .sud,sS6sd
hiaet tf he coIld dlsndsor ssltines Sntesss.
He could do neither His only snare,
horse had been shot the night before .hy
the Wabash robber. There was h6t :
fhcsselin sshs piacs To- sot)6sgSiitstdE for
any amount Of money. giIarepurn61sisb
tbs, stable and led E,,1'. .hqrse ont ,skpk he
cepld not even walk With any degree 81
/ ease. 1scouId not Use him. WSs in
i Edeaf,air.D ~ sviIssassass;e ;eN ~ tssas afl
81 Il hodk Z, ,eslssia ssias sh11st 20 fbsxan
to.. dispand, s.;.raat4syps manage 2
Ys.-,v,e.,r,yyt .,,yt, vel. .ols haz6i.s haz6a.s 1ai~
e Tier fhsis your best way. 4'he
current 10 strong 1stbis anaorAiig, shd
withouts 4 stroke Atsthe+ paddle i'twos.ld
take you 4logg 1as fasl as 4 horse could
wade through the mud. You shall have
'oons q ny canoes for Just what It's
worth, and ye can sell Il At Loganpor,
FOR a. nsaoR. "a#iss teaz zs1aaf. ziat essofl
II II caught thsProRpsition instantly. for
saw that It was a good one.
If ye daren I shoot the rapids add
ed the landiord, 'sybo can easily shout
der the canoe, aud packFioand. 'lisdt
far. ~. hsas Vi ii .sssvfga-r lsss,sg ne,
I 4 found the boat to be we'll fashioned
'dng-out large enough !, 70 bear four
men with ease anti At once pafd The
,sw1er his pfice-t4n dollars add then
hadimy ylluggage brought down. gave
directions about the treatment Of my
hserae, and. then put off. The current
was quite rapld-say four Or five miles
Ill hodf-but not Ut all turbulent, and I
soon nndds upimy mind that 10 was, ,ffas
heiterdthan riding on horse back The
hanks, Of the river we're ihickly covered
with large trees. and saw game ~
plenty, and more than once | was
tempted u IRE the contents sf my pis1
tolls at some oi the boldest = .sHrmints ="
but | had no time to- wasfr, 50 kept on.
Only one thing seemed wanting, and
that wasi ascnmpanmn abus Twas des-
ti.eds to find one seoa eneneha 4. .s.sas
/ Il was shortly after snaon, and q had
Just eat.n my dinner of bread and Epld
EstIitat., when cnsar tosii place wsssEe tl,..
rr1vsrrmade m sabrnpt tbned to tbasfight,
abd 4 little further soA AaIacalIsE tos aisn ab-
rupt basin where the, cYTrept lqrmed 4
perfect whirlpool. 4 did not notice j.
until my canoe got into I, an and found M %.
myself going round iinstead of going
ahead I'Psied my woodPaddIs with an
my power, and sson nsucce, drd ihashoet-
ing souts FROM the cnrrens; but q In doing
80 ! ran myself upon the low sandy
shore The effort had fatigned me not
iiiitfe. and as found myself thus sud-
denly moored resolved to rest anlew
minutes. ~, zss
I had been IL this position some fen
:'sinntes when I was startled BY Hearing
6o,fall cllse by me, and Oh ;loooisine'
upI saw q. man 1t the side of my boat
He Wis q young looking person. ..,l not
over two-and thirty; and seemed to be 9.
hunter: He wore a wotl-skin shirt,
lsgsins' orr feather, 'fnd cap of
bear skid. 7asHo ~ ,s!ass aas aasTso*gsi lis
ysA. Which iva ysarez zye, bopad. d.,s s,r9qo
ger. :" :" b be asked ina pleasing dtens: q,
"Down river, to LogansPprt' ! re-
Piled. 41'z ''',''1 ''''
4 "T'hat's fortunate. I wish to 60
there iihy:sef,'' stheo stranger freslaad.
.tNhat,ssy yau ao' 'niva,akhgyour sece
ond paddle and keeping, you reempany}'a
!, 9 ! should ike H. told him trankly;
"I've been wanting company :. ,s. ,,.,,,
i"s. So have T." added the hunter -
"And I've been wanting some better!
mode of eonveya0ce than ttheseiworh
out legs through she-deep forest.
y"s nome on,'' saids and - ! spoke
he lesped into the, canoe, and having
deposited his rr';fls r';fl j, Il The bow, hee took
one t,s off lie paddles and told me he was
ready wkeAsI was. io So We pushed off:
andowe were essoons e>esa otse.hes whira-
Pool.sai- ,Gtunasf .vnsAssa h.s1i .as sa
For an hour we convf vfrsed freely -.
The stranger told me his maine was Ad-
arns,,'s and that his fatker'livcd i1ed-
lemh,s.ufH He was OUT now II . q hudting'
and i pnjectings expedition, with, some
compositions, who, had gone ol I" 10.
kanport by horse, and having got sep
ara,ed from th-m~irthe night had lost
hls horse into the bargain. : He sald
hs. had y great sum- of tmpaFya aab"at a'.
person, and that WAS one reason, Why h. hs,..
dlsllked TO travel in the forest.
fhus ihss6pened his dtfairsto 'tne, and
l~ss f,1ai sn",ikh to be x4saliy stransss
II 4dtaatsd Htat 1 had, so'a6 smsnsy saidl
told bin. NIX b,.sinrss aud bypa u'1st Y,
quiet aud dnpresuftiilg co,fsr of remafk
ne drew from me III. tho fact thai l had
money enough 10 purchase forty inlt
II1as soaSS II esta''Is ft~- ass.@ fTza
: aFhiHaily atse. iou'isgged, and
r lhexa .,pl give ,iny lcapspaaioss y Closer
'seraaitiays Lasat sltgs ips ,fs STEM Of Chs SAT
noe, and he was aGout atnidshl rs, a0d
iarsinng Az. 49, fis wis notaa large man. iian,'
nor was' hea taM. aiii+is' shkir swas Of a
light "a xenah ahue ;,andshlng iii,iloag tcurl~
about his neck; his features were nepa