Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-10
A RIVER ADVENTURE.

ting land lots along the Wabash, in Indiana
! had gone out partly for ray health and part
IL TO accommodate one who had ever been q
noble friend 10 me, and who had purchased
. great deal Of govcrnmentl land At Logans-
port ha was taken sick, and after watching
with him week, ia hopes that he would
soon recover, found that he had . settled
fever and az the physician said he would not
probably be able 10 more on under month
] determined 70 push on alone. 20 obtain
cd a nursc, and having seen that my friend
would have everything necessary 70 his com
fort which money could procure, left him
As good fortune would have it, found q
party Of six men bound on the very route !
was long aud waited one dag for the sake
Of their company At length we set out
with three pack horses To carry our luggage,
and soon found that had lost nothing by
Whiting. for my companions were agreeable
AMI entertaining They were going on to
st Joseph $, where they had land already
located and where they had mills upon the
river, intending TO get out lumber during the
remainder Of the season.
On the third day from Logansport we
reached Walton's settlement on the Little
River. having left the Wabash on the morn.
ing OF that day. 1t was well on into the eve
ming when we reached the little log built inn
Of the settlement, aad we were glad enough
Of the shelter--for ere We had gotten fairly
under cover, the rain commenced to fall in
great drops and thickly too And more still
had to be thankful for My horse began t.
show a lameness in one Of his hind legs and
when ! leaped from the "a Idle found that
his foot panied him much as | could tell by
the manner in which he lifted it from the
ground II ordered the ostler to battle il
with cold water and then went into the
house, where we found good substantial
supper and comfortable quarters for the
night--that is comfortable for that section
and that time
About ten clock, just after | had retired,
and just as ! was falling into grateful
browse, was startled by the shouts Of men
and the barking Of dogs directly underneath,
my window. As the noise continued arose
and threw on my clothes and went down
What is it p ! asked Of the landlord, who
stood in the entry.way.
"Ah-don you know strangerY' the host
returned you We heard Of Gustus Karl
perhaps ..
Who in the west Mt that time had not heard
Of him the most reckless and murderons
robber that ever cursed a country | told
the host ! had heard Of him often
"Weil, he RESUMED, "the Internal villain
was here this afternoon, and murdered and
robbed a man just up the river We've beer,
out after him, but he's gin us the slip. We
tracked him as far rs the upper creek, and
there he came out on the bank, fred ut us
and killed one of our horses, and then drove
into the woods. We set the dogs on, but
they lost him"
''And you have come back bootless," !
said
eyes, the landlord growled. 'But," he
added, with n knowing shake of the head
she cant run much longer The country is
in arms, and he II either leave these huntins
or be dropped
"What sort OF man is he q | asked.
"The very last man in the world you
would take for Gus Karl He's smali--not
II bit over five feet SIX with light curly hair
smooth white face, and not very stout. But,
Lord love We, he's quick as lightning, and
his eyes got fire in it. lie dresses in ali
sorts Of shapes, but generally like common
hunter. Ohoi hes the very devil, do be-
Heve
iter the tub full of whisky and water
which the host had provided was all drank
the crowd began to dispense and shortly al.
forwards went up again TO bed 4; and this
time slept on uninterrupted ill morning
had just eaten my breakfast and had
gone out to the front door, when horseman
CAM dashing up to the place, himself and
animal all covered with mud 1t had been
rui.,ng all night The first thing the new
conner did WAS to inquire Tor me. answer
ed at once to the name and he then inform
ed mo that Lyman Kemp could not live, and
that he wished to see me soon as possible
The doctor says he must die said the
messenger, land the poor fellow now only
asks for life long enough to see YOU,
"Poor Lymanl" | murmured to myself
$50 young so hopeful-with so many friends
and relatives in his far off homeland taken
down to die in a strange land T. | told the
man would set out on my return as soon as
possible He ate some breakfast and then
resumed his journey, being bound up as far
us the Pottawottamie border
settled up my bill and then went for my
horse; but n batter disappointment awaited
me. found the animals foot swollen very
badly and it panied him so that he could
hardly step on it. Had the road been good
should have been tempted to try him; but
l knew that in some places the mud would
be deep, | went to the host and asked him
if he could lend or sell me Il horse. He CO..
do neither His only spare horse had been
shot the night before by the Wabash robber.
There was not a horse in the place to be OBJ
tanned Tor any amount OF money returned
to the stable and led my horse out, but he
could not even walk with any degree of
ease | could not use him. | was in de.
SPAR.
'Looke," said the host as began to DIES
pond cant yc manage a canoey'
"Ies-very we'll, told him.
"Thcn that's your best way. The current
is strong this morning and without stroke
of the paddle twould take We along rs fast
as a horse could wade 'thro the mud You
shall have one of my canoes for Just what i.
is worth, and We can sell it at Logansport for
us much
caught the proposition instantly, for
saw that it was good one
II We aaren't shoot the rapids" added the
landlord, "yc can easily shoulder the canoe
and pack i, round 'risn't far
found 'hv boat to be well fashioned
"dug out, large enough to bear four men
with ease, and at once paid the owner his
price ten do.lars-and then had my luggage
brought down gave directions about tho
treatment of my horse and then pushed oil.
The current was quite rapid--say four or
five miles an hour---hut not at all turbulent;
and soon made up my mind that this was
far better than riding on horseback. The
banks of the river were thickly covered with
large trees, aud l saw game plenty; and
more than once was tempted to fire the con-
ents of my pistols at some of the boldest of
the "varmints :" but had no time to waste,
and 80 kept on Only one thing seemed
wanting, and that was companion; but
was destined to find one soon enough
1t was shortly after noon, and had just
eaten my dinner of bread and cold meat,
when came to place where the river made
an abrupt bend to the light. and a little fur
,her on came to broad basin where the
current formed perfect whirlpool did
not notice it until my canoe got into it. and
found myself going around ins lead of going
forward piled my wood paddle with all
my power, and soon succeeded in shooting
out from the rotary current out in doing SO
ran myself upon a low, sandy shore. The
effort had gatisued me not n little aaa ms
found my bark thus securely moorcd resoly-
I'd to rest a few minutes sitH
had been in this position some ten min
ntes when was startled by hearing foos-
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