Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-09-17
I'll isttIIautous.
THE OUT Po S T.
4 TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE.

\ Toxards the latter part of the year 1851,
4 French. aided by vast bodies Of the HUI
j 4 and IroQuois Indians had begun TO make
snseIyes very diSagreeable ueighbors to the
}-..:sh aud American coloniStS in Northern
Nin,inis and Ohio. and the Northwest portion
a: New York State-the French by their en-
t-la,hmea;s on the frontier, aud the Indians
d heir numerous forayS and savage harbari-
h . s., who were unfortunate enough 10 fall
! "a their hasdS
To pa, stop 10 these aggressive proceed
H. raaeraus bodies, both OF the " regulars"
b. tie cooniI militia, were dispatched to the
kz75.al points aSSa!Ied aud among the rest,
4 1a4, Henry InncS. with company OF thir-
q rleu. snong whom were s party of some
c,gs1 Virginia rIacmcR. Was ordered 10 0ecu-
l. saA,. outpost, or log fert. which at this
I'D >:90i within fev miles from the north
l. O. The Allegheny river.
usyi1S arrived safely al their quarters, the
- COMPANY set about rigAtiHg Gp the old
s-;2osI 70 make i, as comfortable as eireum-
sA2ces would permit and this being doae,
1 orle. once more restored, SentTies we're
81 a. al the advanced points of the sta
I y while the Stricte>t vigilance wAS Doth ea-
;-ed aud exercised by day aud night
Among the Virginia ridemeR who had vol
R-;esrei into the company, was tall manly,
T. taekiGE fellow. who from his fatal aud IN
-ss skill Is a marksman. had received the
-eShsI ave Inspiring Eos Gt plHEs, Of Death.
3: With whatever Justice the name had been
bed to him for his skill, his disposition Ger
- entitled him 10 no such terror spreading
N ;ast On the contrary, be was the veCy
q c: the company.
/ ti;s rich fund of motlter-wit. large socisI
f'a.FGs.sIeS and coaStant good nature render
RR; lu 8 general fRTorite with the uen /;
! - ;As never failing >tock Of game which
4 -. enabled him to supply the meSs-table
y ,1e officers with. not oalv recommended
: . ;heir good graee$, but caused many a
"a. short coming OF his 10 be winked at
+ P2SSal ever in silence, which otherwise
t;e&gs lie might not have gotten over 50
fa>T
ii I-e o0lPa3Y had 10; been stationed at the
:: --2A more than q week, ere neath, in
IN : . IS excursions for game discovered that
Y Sz2.l farmhouse. some three miles or 81
-; t:cu the fort. there lived 4 certain Ms
fiss:S; Si-ahope, whose equal in beauty and
- qualities he hsi never seen before
- /: render himself still more certain Of th,
f., = lalled tie day following under cover
?'sisaoe q haTics forgotten his powder
Ne4i2 VAS inFj:ed 10 cone again. by Far
:; >:Aaaage, -ho happeued to be from the
- 2As.sA Is the father Of Cur hero snt
'ssd scarcely Ssy that the limitation va
( aase'ly and joyfally accepted, and as Of
{. Is circumstances would permit, compiled
- secoai Eeck after this occurrence t6ob
- a. -22-ked by two events, which. thoa-l
: A-ac'iag the welfare Of the little comma
:! q iee fort, SeEs oE ~idely dlFereat de
IS q inpoCta1ce.
n scs; was, that Death had either Sudden
La =. bis skiIl IS narksmAn, O. thai ,ht
- Aa1 reG0ysi 70 SAfeg Sad nlose dis
"a leg 2sA6ocaaoi. for the os.cers' lsgder hsG
saasy wanting in The Items Of woodeceks
-NA;oc8s. &c-, flc TIE week past-snd th,
- ala tie E0st Important of the twC
S saS that in regular sncoeSSion, fol
- - hA2 disappeared from the sxtrern'
- sitaolt leAElnS the slightest trace q
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