Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
KANAWHA G. H., VIRGINIA. TUESDAY, JULY Is 1858

ers would permit 4 Thank God you
have escaped J L feared that you had
been killed at1the FIRST FIRE" II, T 4
.HNot- }zaetly dat time, Mars Jonas ;
but dis niger was drefel skeered, dat's
trule,I aud seeing you drap, fought I'd
lust make Penn believe lis dead too, and
Iwouldn at neberI know muffin more during
dis life: But when 4 seed you get away,
and shoot dat dar rascal dar, and t'oderI
tstop so stonished to- look at him, i cons.
ffcluded I'd quit playing de possutn, get
up an do suf1in; an | did it--dak's trufe.I
Ah.l< rsSJonas,," lie pursued bending
down hy<th side Of the other, and speak
ing in a>sympathetif tone, ''you is hurt
blackberry bad II know you is and rs
berry sorry ! but you know I said darl
was 1ujin eyes in Dc bushes. 4
F." You did, Tom, and had I then hur-i
ried Immediately homfWaFdsi il is possible
II mightha escaped though it is=equatly
probable that the Indians were on the
watch to take: us at advantage, id which
Ecase the result might have been no better
than it is. Oh that was at home with
Eny family I! for they must hayetheard the
Firing here and be terribly alarmed, or if
not, they may have been off their guard
land successfully attacked by anotherpar-
| ty, for itis.morel than likely these few
have. not ventured here BY themselves. II
| All, God forbid ! lie CALCULATED the next
moment, fairly startingto His knees. "that
they shouM have been attacked and muF-
dered firstA But=nol for then / think we
should have heard their cries, ana it Is
fprQbable tile sayases- would have wrap.
ped the house in. flames. / lmast get
thQme,> Tom of! | must get home -.
| But how? hpm 2" IN r n ~:
| "Why, Mars iona s. eff y6u'Il.jes let
dis niggar1tote you on bis back, he'll fotch'
you dar." NJ. !. i Il. i Ill X. l-u~.zI
I #sBut whatof The other Indians, Tom?
I-haye they fed, or not ?3' I'm
:" Doesn't know--bat guess deg am.
/ AGED oneof>aem 70 stop-au' hei did
but I guess do oaers d dHt ]: want d.
:" You are a braRe fellow, Tom, for
| all said his master, & and if l live, I
will not overlook this Affair."" ~ -.
t'Well, you see, Mall Jqnas Ii5 one
Of dem Dis goes in for pHudems Af9r keep
ling out ob de fight as long IS yo4 can
keep .opcob de fight .But when de light
does come, is dar-I l4-zdurin dis life. x
| i" Hist y Whispered his master. as he
carefully brought his rife forward
e | think I see one Of the Indians peeping
around ydnder tree. All / AMI TOD weak
to raise tie piece. Get down here.l Tom,
fand LEI me restit across your shoulder
Thers--that will do: Quiet ndw m /.
,"D3Gs you see him, Mars Jonas :? -
Whispered Tom, after keeping silent a
\ half minute, At III '.
4 Scarcely were the words spoken, when
EcEack went the'fjfies OF both white man
/ and5the Indian at the same moment; and
| then the latter, -utteringa wild yely was
seen TO run staggeringly from tree 10 tree
on his retreat; while his cgmpanioa, ta-
king advantage of the opportunity, boun-
fded forward and secured his person be-
hind a large oak near al hand, keeping
his rifle ready to FIRE upon His foe. ~,
Drop down, Mars Jonas, +" whispered
Tom. " and lei dis Chile fx.him.'
Taking his masters hat as he spoke,
Tom placed it on. the. end Of a gua, and
| pushed it with some noise, through the
| bushes a few feet in advatce of him.--
Scarcely was it visible To the savage,
when, believing it to contain the head Of
bis enemy; he brought isEpiece to his
eye, and sent ball whizzip$ through the
middle Of it.. I'm. |IF +.
| J. Fairly ehuekling at The success Of his
ruse, Tom Instantly dropped the hat, and
making a thrashing among the bushes,
uttered few groalls, and then kept per-
fecly quiet aid Mr.. Parker. compre7
hending the design, kept perfectly quiet
lalso, though Managing mean whilesEto re-
load and prime Ihis piece. f-i. W. -
\ Butfhough he believed his shot'had
proved effective, the wary warrior was
resolved upon prudence and caution -
First reloadlng>hisI rife, he next CAREFUL
Ely reconnoitersd The Ticket; and then,
finding all stili, he suddenlyda from
his tree 10 Another, and from that toI an
other, and from that to another, aud SO
| by a sort Of semi circular mo yement5came
up as it-were>ip the rear Of his enemies
Still finding all quiet, he advanced cau-
E,tiously to the bushes, and began to part
them gently In classification the thick
| ct extended some twenty yards from
where our ffiends were concealed land
with the assistance of Tom, Mr.. Parker:
| now noiseiessly got himself into a posi-
ton TO covert the advance Of the savage
Then waiting y in breathless silence, till
the lattar had SO far advanced as to make
his aim sure; he fired again. A sharp
yei.of pain, and aifeundering amongEthe
bushes followed; and Tom, seizing his
axe, at once bounded forward towards|his
fallen adversary*%t 7; Y,
The Indian was badly wounded, though
not sufficiently so to prevent him from
making use Of his rife; Hut fortunately
for Tom, it only flashed iAfthe pan with
| the muzzle fairly pointed atihis heirt; and
the next instant the axe Of Tom descend
ed with Hegealeau force and ended the
work. rs
With shout OF triumph, Tom now
rushed from the Ticket, without needing
he>callssofthis .ma4tef. in pursuit, Of the
only remaining savage, whom he could
e;;;sgilF follow ~ bis traii ofblood. About
: b,,rd,ed rasfis ,,iH,;;;: where lie had been