Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-09-19

all night, aud, if attacked by the sayagcs, 10 fight
10 the last.
About midnight they made thci appearance,
expecting to find the mother and daughter asleep
hut in TIL, they were disappointed They APP
preached seallhily, and one oithe nimberknock.
ed loud at the dur, c,ying," Mother. mother
The mothers ear was too acute 10 he drccv-
ed hv thr willy savage, and she replied, here
/ are the Indians. my son ?"
The answer, I'm gone" would have salts
! fed her. il she had not before been aware of the
deceit
Come up, my sun. put vour ear to the latch
hole want TO tell YOU something before open
the door"
The Indian applied his ear 30 the lalch-hole
the crack Of the rifle followed, and he fell i, adj.
/ As soon as she had fired she slcppcl on one
/ side Of the door, aud Immediately two rifle balls
! passed Trough it, either of which would have in-
slan'lv killed her.
Thank God ' said the mother in a whisper
| 20 her caus'icr. there are but two. They are
! the three that wrut To hun with Your fuher
and ont. OF them is dead. If we an only hill or
/ cripple another we shall br safe I,kr,ouiagc,
my chd God will not tois,kc Us in rhi. trying
! hour. We must both br siAl after they fir.
again. Surprising they have Killed us, they will
! break down the door may he able to >hout
onc"-fnr in the meantime she had reloaded the
( rifle" hut il / miss, YOU must use the axe with
a Nour might"
The daughter equally cnura .cous with her
mother. assured her that she would 10 her best.
The conversation had hardly ceased when two
more rifle ba Is came crashing through the WIN
dow \ deatL.like Stiffness en,ued for the space
! ui several minutes when two more balls in quick
/ sue, ession came through the door. followed hy
! tremendous strokes against it with heavy stake.
ia, 4 !,
hrudish veil. was in the act Of spnnqng into
the house; but ball from he hoy's rtlr, IN the
mothers hand. pierced his heart, and he eil
;cros, the threshold. the surviving Indian dared
nut to vrnturc--and it was well for him he did
nul--fircd At random, and ran away.
" Nuw sal the mother Ia III" daughtcr d" We
must leave = and taking tine riile and the axe,
they ha,frned 10 the river, jumped into canoe,
and without a mol>el ni' provision, except Wild
duck and two bIdrkbrls which ihc molhcr shot
un the voyage and which they ate raw, they
laddlcd their canoe down the river until they
reached the rc,dcuce OF a French settler at ST.
Louis
Sometime after party of hunters started over
into Illinois. and secured the country in every
direction; but they returned without finding e-
thcr the sqnattcr ur hi, boys Nor have they
been heard of - this day. Should the traveller
pass by the hcaullu city Of Peoria. in his west
ward waudcrn.s the old settlers In that neigh
borhood can point out the spot where ,'ond the
cabin ot the squatier so hrroicallv defended by
his wife aud daughter. aud who so nobly ayeng-
ed the death OF the father and sans
The pioneer women OF the West, like the men,
were made OF sterner sutl than enters into the
composition OF most Of our modern ladies' aud
gentlemen. They wrIe brave in entering
the wilderness, and they showed themselves
Il, 4
cncounterng It's prriis WIN has not heard OF
the h.ro Miss Elizabeth Zane. at Fort Hem
VIII, where the city oi " hrclingnoW stands
When a large army Of savaGcs had been collect
ed under the nlam ms Girty, and had attacked
the iort having killed in an outside skirmish sew
cral officers and men, fearful crisis had arrived
The fort was reduced 10 eleven men and boys
The houses OF the village were occupied by the
stvage foe, who for the moment had ceased hos
uluie>, and had withdrawn to the hase of the
hill which rose abruplI5 anl p'cciptiiouSy fl ON
the narrow valley. The ammunition Of ihe fort
was nearly exhausted and tn, stock must be re-.
enishrd or all would tall men, women and
ohiidn'u-a prey 10 the nrrciless savage. About
. sixty ward, distant, al the house of Ebcnczri
. /tuc. there was A ky of powder. II that cltHI
be procure !, they would he enabled successfully
. to dciend the font, aud keep the Indians AT bay
4 Not man or boy, for they were almost equally y
b, good mark,meu, could be spared and yet som,
one must hazard his life IN the attempt. 1t Wa;
the iororn hope OF ihat little band, aud on it then
1 fate Was to turn.
The commander, Col Shepard called for a
= volunteer in this ptrilnus undertaking. Sevcra
; promptly offered their services, both men anC
u boys but they were the bravesl OF the band, qno
e could least he spared The difficulty seemed tt
/ be not in fading the heart stout enough Tor th,
S fearful undertaking, but in making the selection
1 Just then, up starts slender delicate girl. Will
i thespuit Of her father she said 10 the commander
a " will bring he powder. II | dle in ths at
4 tempt, my loss will no, b felt" In vain they
!, stove to d>,uale her. she would most celtaul,
be shot besides sha could not run with the fleet
/ ness OF man. All entrea,le' We're in vain, An,
t, she hcroically exclaimed Open the gate auC
a let me 90 = With fearful eyes they gates wer,
e opened, and The intrepid eirl bounded loWar,
II the house. The moment she em"rged from tn,
tn.t She was seen by the Indians, who, instead o
II firn! At her. seemed to be taken by surprise an'
l. asDonlshmcut, that for moment suspended thci
II murlerous purpose She reached the house. cu
}. tered II, secured the desired keg. and starte,
4. back for the to,t. The soul of the heroic or
d in the effort, and bravely diG il support hrI
% As she sped aclo>> the space with hei burden,
e dozen rifles were raised, and their sharp, snn
-- ulnueous crack, seemed to announce her doom
Y but she neither fell nor iAliercd. On with ac
e, celebrated speed she urged her way aud passing
Ie the gate, she entered the fort in safety.
p The deed Of that brave girl saved the fort
and an advantage was gained over the savaGe.
d. from which they did not recover 50 as to rene'
L. their drpredlons IN future on that frontier ou
ID post. Pioneer life in the West, abounds wit
IS, incidents OF female her ism and the simple sor
l. OF their deeds possesses a more thrilling neres
than can be inius ID Nv the most trrvent an
&c fruitful Imagination, into any s'ene Of fiction.
II, CHARLES FENN0 HOFFMAN.
5 The sad history of this gentlemans rcsi,lenc
in one Of those institutions provided by the bles
ed civlza ion of our day for the gentle care
20 the mind diseased, has been recent heture tn
nnhllr IL womb haNr hrnn Misnr and kinill