Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-04-07
ULRIC. THE sNAKE,
The Last sha4.
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ne iasl d ii kis ssa1lly w. FoEEocg
ID Prsviosa 20 the tims thas Texas, ssth
Lone Star ssata, vas admitted into u
:. Union, sAas country was nosoYiuns II
the frequent occurrence of robbssy, nbuf
der, and che numerous attacks on "a I'll
most unprotected settlers by the aayag
and uneiyilissa Indians, who kept theseT
2 rstoEy In continued state of alarm an
axeitam&nt.
= IL was In the year 1889, oa the morn
Z ing Of bright July day, khat Charle
4 Lorraine, with his ride slRng behind hi
baok and fellowed By couple of paint
= eFs, left his eektags and set out en- dag
shooting. Ghmxles had resided In altos
-s susaN village situated faw milsp
arem WARS she praseRt siky Qf Anaenil
ssands-fouF years. and had emigrAtaa
from small village il NsW Hampshire
on the banks Of the WinRipseogee, &c,
: eOmpani4d By his young and beautiful
wife, Ellen. Not that be was badly Of
6 where he was, bpt, as be expressed It, 4
settle In TexAs, buy land which in 4 few
years would be worth thIse times what
il cost, then, if fortune favored his en-.
deavors, he would return to bis nativa
village, to enjoy, in the home of his faith.
ers, his hard-eaEnad wealth. saeh was
the fors-dreAm which actuated him il
leaving his hsme and fgieads and ours
10 the Task to record With whaG success
he vas blessed, or she trials and disap-
pointmsGks he vas cursed With, Ss 80 tbs
resaIt If his undertaking. .r. .
He had bought the cottage where they
lived, With fifteen acres Of land whieh
surrounded It, aHd he was accounted ky
many one ftho most thriving and wealth
lest Of the inhabitants OF the village Of
Alton : blest with geod and cheerful
wife, two handsome boys aud daagh-
ter. He was respected BY his nsighbors,
| and dearly beloved and cherished by his
! family, and evidently vas very happy.
/ But often in our hsppiest moments We
have either some f0rebodiRg of evil, or
experience Of sorrow or fear, which, tho
| il be small in itself, has tendency to
j cool tbs natural warmth of our jay and
pleasure,
So, too, it was With Charles. Surr oun-
d, ii az 80 waa with all the blessings 4hat
he could sEer wish for, Jet notEithst&nd
ing this, one taste of the bitter cup Of
feal and anxiety maFrsCi the bliss Of his
Joy, and that was the dread Of neighbog-
ing jRdiana--a savage tribe whose chief
was uamed Ulrie, but who had gained
the 90 gaomen Of "Tha Saaks,n on ae-
count If the secrecy apd gtsalthiness with
which be conducted his advances on q
surprised and anpfoteeted village. The
knowledge Of this drea dfuI foe and bis
barbar0us cruelty to those whom he sho'd
chance TO sttaek and subdae, Was to
Charles q source OF deep anxiety.
On this occasion, as xe beg,>ge stated,
he departed on his days sporn.qGs with
no very cnylablo emotions bat aa be
proceeded on his way he resolved not to
journey far SO that be might be ueaz at
home IN case his fears sho'd be too tra&h-
fully and toe painfully realized.
About three hours after his departure
the quiet villagers were alarmed at the
sight Of several Of the sSred men,n - who
were evidently spies, as they kept aloof
from the village, ana prowled around
lts outskirts. The villagers were sure
an attack was mediEated against thsm,
and in anticipation Of such an evil they
dispatched two messengers to the City Of
Antonio for help.
Tho spylRg Indians a. length disap-
peared, and nothing more was seen Of /
them by those who were commissioned ?
to watch for their fathers return. Acute
and painful were the fears and anxiety
Of Ellen, the beautiful wife Of Charles.
when she heard the alarming intelligence.
Should the dreaded fee attack the viii
lags. what would become Of her dear
children What would be her fate -
Charles away, and she, as it were, alone
and defenSeless.
The sun at length began to descend the
western horFizop, and yet Charles did
not return. A cloud Of gloomy fear sat
on every heart within the boundary Of
that litEle village, and alas how terri
bly, vas it realised The alarming IN
tellgeBce was again spread thai the In
dians we're in sight, bRt this Lime in
great numbers. No messenger had vel
returned, aud, as yet, no succ0r or as
sistance had arrived from the neighbour
ing city. Even now
"Tas IaAtaa vhoop Is on tn distant hI.g--
It's vaE-eTy sAaEss The ifEhteasd sganlrs alrI"
and quickly they come, as If in haste 10
begin their barbaroas WORK Of tlztur.
and death.
Ellen stood by the door of the cottage,
paralyzed and with her eyes fxed On The
advancing and now Strengthening foe
Her children chung 10 her side IN agon-
iZlng fear, bat not sound escaped their !
lips, for fear the faintesG whisper might /.
besray them. On came the savages, /
whose cries and yeIls pierced the air, in
termingled with cries of torture from
many q stout form that fell beneath the .
murderous club and scalping knife -
Here and there . column Of smoke, fol-
lowed by lurid red flame, rose from
cottages, which, few moments before,
sheltered their inhabitants in security
and peace, while the wild fends danced
or ound the doomed dwellings in mock (.
ing mirth and bsFbarous Joy. /
Nearer and nearer they advanced to- /
wards Ellen's home, who seeing her daa-
ger, seizsd in her arms two of her chill /.
dren, and taking by the hand tho third, .
she Ted like q startled fawn, bearing her
precious bat heavy barden with her
But alas, for her, she bad been discover
ed, and BY Ulric, she chief Of the band.
In hot pursuit he followed after and had
almost oVertaken her, when she turned
aside towards the bank Of a small lake. +
To prevent her gaining the stream she
was designing to reach, "The SnAke''
aimed his uneETlDg arrow. It's mission
was EuFs-~and ahe fell.
The iadiau vas soon at her side, He
was deaf 10 her eHtreaties, and she pitt /
full cries of her babes for mercy, raising
his ponderous axe--it fell, and poor El-
len was dead The children he cruelly
butehered, and then left the spot exult-
ingly, with Elleu's scalp in bis hand.
Some Of the villagers lied ia the dirse-
tion OF the Gity of Antonio in order 70
meet the scouts sent out for assistanos
and happily, for themselves, succeeded.
As the san gas declining In the west,
the Indiaax, wbe had concluded thar
work OF destruction, and satiaGea thsiE
haFbasoaa love fog blood and murder,
lefs the village heap OF smouldsriag
rains. ....E. . 4...-
The fast approaching darkness warned
LoEains 60 return Hs had been nnusa,-
ally sascessful, ard hAstened honb hesv-
Iiy laden with game, bat what gYaet-
ing Smoke and Gre ascendsd from his
cottage aud others around him. Here
and there lay tia bleeding aud mangled
form OF friend gnd nsighbog bat nov
whore we're his dear wife and ehildran
Had thsy fallsn beneath shs terrible
kuifs2 Hs searched wildly around, bat
nc tears did hs she'd his grist was vita
| in--baEning and torturing his hsmgs 20
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