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

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Tas.taua. Wlltsss Da9sss - tell yoss.
I II asd5se feseh gom alemm &c salk thaa was.
: Boy shess'a naxY asaa = tbs paEt Of TIE
uaEvsrss - = sEzss With Old Gross
! fire.
Bus ID = aais saass slsoula oass, Lev.
lis. wke zasy aas paa IS klmf
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|. Al LEAD easaas Ill Mlaa NY cid woua 4
. kaRs. hlas sgEsa s4azzsM b sAas his jawg.
, wiahsat aoiAs sIs Ssiss SYs nAas % = :
mina to try Msm aaEss MEher way. He's
IRoE shalsses - IL a elsax case
FuaKs, Esmssl ns yaa hsIfsye Ii suaa
| old we1nsa s&nkiss
VIII danse know s4se 1 DO as general
thing B4G Z k4gss W. iAAs tvs a&tiAasd
! ayssls taas Cd uxsss4 KiEs b proof aein
RE hAfla, aaYhnx. Nns We lnaas pacya
along aaishsr, Mllioas We ara cniy bali
| way 30 Ehort 0rSsk, Ana hsEsn't mfn-
ute t0 spars.
/ saA keep up vita you-move along,
said the ycath.
Ms kigh tine ia asik salkiag, qbssE;
wed shs old hunter, Ih : sotsensd tame,
after thgy had left the ran some distance
in the rear. A body bias 60 be qaiak when
he gets about tbs Indians, or they'll hs
| mi ghsy apt TO git abous hin.
/ The two hunters qaickensd theiH pace,
thdaah care wss sakNA "a bzfAg their fest
10 the ground e. lightly IS pqssibls. WetT
eel, who walked bsfcresais youthful som-
panlon, continually Klansed his wsii
pracsiesd eyss around him, penstr8ting
The maxss eS the forest On every side.
When ms hunters fsashsd the mouth
Of short creek, the sua vas nearly ready
sc aisappoag behiud the bold heights on
tie opposite ahora' eFths Ohio. Ehs
bauks 81 The creek. Il iss coAf1ueqse with
| the river, wers abrupt though not high
| aad covered even 90 fhsir extRsas bor-
| ders, with iuxuriant grown Of pAwpaws.
The outer edge Of the beach OF either
stream was dry and sAndy bat . wide
I strip Of wet unetuoaA earth naxt TO the
ygterss edge had been exposed 10 view by
! the recent sa hsids1ca az h Sreshss,
This ID the apd qf e9R tramp, whisper
/ eI Wstxsl 70 his companion. They we're
| then standing on the lower engis OF the
| junction Of the ssreAla8-scrsenedh hoWsy
er, from observation By the thick paw
paw grove which extended TO the vergs
| u ths Iresipige.
! Wha il o be done nowi asked tho
/ youth 10 low whisper.
!! I'll see, said Wetsel. You stay EAsyo
go age AID do nos badae pea, Ros make
d bit Of noise, while 90 and look around
little.
! He cautiously drew the branches aside,
and glided through shs bushes With qai
ctaess peculiar to the skiilfal Indian
J hunter. After aa absence of several
minutes ho returned, and made signal
( for Elliot TO follow him. The latter
stepped forward as cautiously as he could
agd teeamnapisd LsRis 4 fsw Tsas Sfa thss
/ creek bank, when the older hunteg called
I The attentlon OF his companion to the
! .Lasapa "a tvss h~-<hss oa ahssA thu rA-
+ cent marks Of The hatchet we're visible.
This one whispered WetEei, STOPPING
DOWN to the nearest stump, was cut By
! Old Crass-Fire himself,
Hos do saq knaE tAat inquired 81
Z liQs, .....
( Oan1t you see that Il was Qus by lest
/ handed man. The highest point Is al
wars where the heel OF shs hAtchet cuts
! it, and that high poiRt is next to us on
the stump, and on the lsft side,
/ / understand yea said the youth. Your
reasoning is conclusive sh&E the bush was
spt By left handed man, -. a. ..-....
'How lock As As other, rssl4ed Wet
! Eel, and giYs me yogT idea az hat
| Elliot oareEaliY sxSminsd ths sesond
stump and vsosaFad his opinion prompt
This one, said he waa eas by right
handed man, because tha highest point OF
the stump Is On the right side.
That's right Elliot, PVs lsaFnt yap that
much, and fts wosfh miRdlng toe.
| Why is the infermakaen SO valuable 2
IT'S valuable On this aeeount, Elliot;
yqa see it shoys us that thaSe hare been
st least two red -ak iaa here--aue LETT hand
cd and one right handed one, The left
haaded ans Is Old Crosa-Fire because
he's the only left -handed man know Of
in these parts, and the othsrs Judge, is
one OF his hsngers-en. 49,.
Bat night there not have been more
than these two, Lewis -....
So thare might, bat We can't tsll said
WstzsI, as be moved near the bank, and
cast keen eyes upon the hossm Of the va
tsT.- There's another discovery, Pre-
mads, ha added. Do you see that little
green tEig in the sire am tAere ...
Elliot glanced his eyes in ths direction
denoted By his oonrad's hngeE, and an.
swsrad in ahs aRruaAtivs, -..
Well, EIliot, thkE Iistis twig 10 fast TO
Old Cross FIRES canoe, which is there
sunk in the water, aud argue thai thsss
bushes here we're eut to make forks 70
kasssn it to the bottom.
! Very likely, said Blli0t.
I And now [ argue that there miEht have
been one OF more Indians taking care OF
the canoe, wkile the old deg aaa bis imp
oone ashore 10 cns these korks.
/ You reason Ike phileaoFhsE, Lewis.
! win soon hseons aa expert hunter un-
der Jour tutorags.
Nov, Elliot, said tka scout, you go
back to yoar old plaas and keep salets
aud haYe . bright leQksqnt, While | slin
sround khe pins az 6aE bill, and ssa
whas's goins on. Only ka quiss aad do
as | tell yOu. m BE- back hsgors you
get uneaay.
The two huntags separated -Elliet 10
asak his original cover and ths other Ia
obtain sogna informAkien Of the axpSsss0
enemy. Tbs fosmsF examined the prim-
ing az his gun, and satisfied himsslf khal
aTsrytAing vas In pSopex axdeF tar ser,
Yiess He seated hinaelf upon sAsgEonnd
and kent remarkably auiea, husyfna HI
nind m0ss ok Eha si1ms in fanaying tbs
situakson Of Rose. SonaaEimss hs 8aa
! ready il s0nriads thai sha had fallen !
victim q snvage owneasy, bua ha endsav-
) cred 10 dsapsl saeh glo1my ideas from hia
: mknds and asHssmpiaks enIy tha bright
sf aide og shs pieluge. He wss uMhappyI
hnyeveTs in apitp of hia efforts "a rsssqra
kiasRlgia III bhb waAk@d haayaaay. Il
tAa nasasE IL kis mass saxEans ha kalA soms
: thing strike ham "a kha shoaldng from be.
2 hind. he sprang e0 hia Feet and diaeey'
Z aRsa Lewis Wmkaal StAmdins near him.
Igs well ] aink - Indian, saia she laa.
Kll.sa WA suuseal asusAassa 10 sAiak ina
10 had allowed himseak ta be suxpxisss
2 - EASILY.
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