The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-07-14
mints only save her themselves till we gi

mints only save her themselves till we git
whar she is ,... .- -. ......... .',.--
Gen. Wayne gave Mcclellan some fur
ther instructions, and then bade him set
out Immediately. The scout returned to
his temporary quarters in the fort, and in
forming his comrades. what was required
| OF them, they at once set about preparing
for their new adventure; and in less than
half an, hour, the three were treadiug the
mazes g of the great. dark forest, which
streached away unbrokenly for many a
long league before them. "a - -.
| With long and rapid strides ;--McClel-
Ian, the fcetest footed hunter of his time,
in the lead-they got over some, twenty
miles, of ground, and reached the. ruins OF
the block house where the massacre had
taken. place, just as the sun was setting =,
There was light enough to ,Gnd the broad
trail of thcretreatng indians; and with no
unnecessary delay they set out upon it, and
advanced some two. orzthree miles further
when the gathering darkness compelled
them to encamp, and to postpone further
ioperatious until morning. -. -. -
( The night passed off without disturb
ance; and at dawn of day arose and resum
ed their journey. Ere the sun set again
they had travelled far, upon the broad
trail of their foes in q northerly dircc-l
tlon.s 81 = slsaa zs ssgas-s 8 .jsEasg .ps,s o.
ltis,not, our purpose to, follow them in
detail. Suffice Ito say, that near ! the,
close, Of the second day they had reached a
point where the trail forked, and it became
.cecessary to osmake careful examination. in
order to determine, which party had taken
the prisoner, with them. To the, best OF
their judgement the whole number Of In
diaps was not less. than thirty; but, they
were, not equally divided at. the point of
separation, as was evident from one trail
being much larger than the, other They
soon satisfied themselves that the girl had
hbeen taken with the smaller party. and this
Ewas,a pleasing discovery, as it gave them
hope of being successful in her. rescue. -,
This decided, they pushed on rapidly
till night, and then encamped; and al, Tie
lEclose of the third day, just as Che, night
was setting in, they came in sight of the
camp. s6res. of thei.s foes. Waiting two or
three hours, until the darkuess favored
them, they carefully, proceeded to recon
otter the ladian camp, which was. in 9
pleasant heavily wooded valley, through
which, flowed Q tributary If ;he - Wabash.
Advancing. stcalthily, ,under the, cover OF
esbushes, they beheld six Indiaus care
lessly disposed around the fire; three o.
kthem apparently, asleep. and the others
l.consersing in very low tones, but occasion,
ally laughing, and totally upsuspicious o
danger. A little apart, and tied to {
tree, e,}was thescaptive;- e;-T7a young and beau
tiful woman--whose, now, pale and defect
a ed features spoke the despair,of her heart
and combined with. her disheyeled hal
and torn, and disarranged garments. rend
cred her an object, of pity even to mel
!, hardened to almost every sense of suffering
and Distress giss; sSaa..gs,-.. 5...5 -,,s,...~
; Having fully 4asccrtained the; numbe
!, :, and position of the enemy, and, the, fac
!. that the prisoner they had come to rcscu
/, was still alive, the scouts drew back to
, safe distance and held whispering con
!, suitatio,l as to the manner of their futnr
Il procedure. as T7aaa'iz sovTA sg;aj las' -
II don't exactly like either of yonrplans
said Mcclellan, who hadsquietly ylistene'
to the propositions of the Others. IT
: our business to get the gal saway-that'
: the Ginera's orders; and theway we ca
= do that best is this way. Now, instea
. of tryin' to steal thar guns, one Of yo
!, must creep up and cut the gals cords, an,
]. start her off towards us as easy as you kin
:, but if there's an alarm tell her to brea
, for the nearest tticket, and wen stand a
:. tween her and harm. / don't think ther
\ will be any trouble about us coming ou
8 all right, for we we fought bigger odds be
: : fore to-day without advantage Of o sur
= prise, and we've licked Penn too.'t sseS1@
After some further discussion Che pla
Of Mcclellan was adopted as the best, an
;. Hart was selected to enter the camp AM
: release. the. girl-the others to pour i
!, their 6re in case of alarm; which would b
). likely to throw the indians into confusio
!, and give our friends so much the advan
; tage-while the girl would be most certai
to, escape, and her escape, was what the
now sought, rather than the lives Of th
3 savages. -. - -. -,
3 Having thus arranged the matter, the
= kept perfectly quiet and silent for som
/ two orsthree hours longer, and then bega
8 the execution of theis scheme. The fir
!. which the indians had fed While astir, ha
q now gone to mere embers; but this onl
Q the better served McClellan's idea, as i
d would render Hart less liable to be seen o
. his approach, to the prisoner, -. =
s Some quarter Of au hour more was spen
!, in arranging everything for perfect actor
:, and getting into position, which they f
: nally did in that stealthy and quiet man
ner peculiar to men of their profession
S Then leaving his two companions wher
: their fire would be sure to be effectiv,
!, Hart as cautiously AID stealthilv drew bac
d and glided round to the captive. II
reached her. without causing any ALARM
but found her fast asleep, sitting on th
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