Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-05-26
rae Psrals 81 rae asrsuss,

the fEighEKui massacre Of seYefal waai
fasnllies by the Black foot Indians, y
wsrs ssuaiadsd al . lling event wis
occurred in che G Wild West, 2 a shol
time aubseeasnt 10 tho Revelation,
!, which highly sseemplishsd young L
: fdy, tho aanghssr Of . dissiaguiahs
oakosz II The American Army, played 4
impoataAa part, The story being Of
msss shxilling nature, and exhibiting
8 ssFfkiag aAAaner the stPerila Of the Boa
des, we hare eoncluded 10 give an 81
tract from Is - originally Published, a
follows:
/ Tbs an@la a tha righE bank Of sh
Great kanaWhA, formed by its iunesio
with sAa Ohio, is called Point Pleasant
and Il . place Of historical nots. Hare
} oM sEse 10th Of October, T774. auYin
what 10 known a. Lord DuunorsSs War
I I was fought one Of the hercest and mos
, desperate battles that ever took pIae
betWsan the Yigginians and their foTas
foes,
After the battle in question, in whisI
the laaiRns we're defeated With area
loss, foFs was here erected by the yio
tors yhieh became q post of great i'm
portahea throughout the ssnzuinarl
scenes Of strife which almost immsdi.
atsly followed, and which in this section
OF thq eoantgy were continued for aany
/ years after that establishment Of paaoC
which acknowledged the United Colonies
fFea and independent nation.
At shs landing Of the fort, On the day
our story opens, was fastened fat koai
Of tAs kind used by the early nagigasors
of tbs Western rivers
Upen the deck Of this boat, at the mo.
ment we present the scene to the reader,
stood Ave individuals, alike engaged in
watching a group Of persons, mostly fe-
aaless Rho we're slowly approaching Gha
landing OF these Eve, enc was stout,
alesk nsgrOs in partial GFegy, aud evil
IDENTIFY house or body servant; three
we're 6oatmen and bordersrs, as indica-
ted By their rough, bToREed Eisages and
COARSE attire but the ffth was q Young
man, some two and'twsnty years Of age,
| of 8 fns commanding PsEson, and clear,
open, intelligent eoantenRngo and in
the lofty carriage Of bis head-in the
| gleaIa Of bis large, bright, hazel eye
there was something which denoted one
| OF superior mind; but as we ghall have
| occasion IN the course Of our narrative
20 fully set forth who aud what Eugene
Fairfax was, We sill leaya hi NJ for the
| pFaseat, aRd SaYn to the appFoaohim
group, whom tie seemed 70 be regarding
with lively interest.
| Of this group, composed Of a middle
| aged man and four females, with black
| female servant following some ive or
SIX PAGES Ia the rear, there was oae
! WhoIa the mast casual eye w0aId have
| singled out and rested upcn With pleas
ure. The lady in question, was appa-
rentIT about twenty years Of age, Of q
slendsr and graceful figure, and of that
/ peculiar east Of feature, which, besides
being beautiful in every lineament, Iare-
ly gasas 70 AFFECT the hehslder with some
thing like a charm,
Her travelling costume fine brown
habls, high ia tho neck, buttoaed closely
over she bosom aRd coming down to her
small, pretty fees, wilhoRk trailing oa
the gTouud-was both neat and heeom-
ing and with her riding cap and its
waving ostrich plume, set EaIlY RhQYe
bar flowing surls, hsT appearance con-
trssteal fQEcibly with the rough, unpol4
lshed looks Of these ef Der sex hasida
her, with their linsey bed d-gowus, scarlet
flannel petttcoass, and bleached linen
caps.
''Oh, BIanche,'' said one Of the mere
venerable Vi her female companions,
pursuing conversation which had been
maintained since quitting the open tori
heblnd them, q cannot bear to Let you
60 for it just seems to me as If some
thing were going 70 happen to sou, aud
when | feel thai way, something gener-
ally does happen"
well, aunt, ," returned Blanche, with
light laugh, 50 do not doubt in the
least that something will happan-for /
expect one Of these days to reach nv
dear father agd blessed mother, and give
them such an embrace a. IS due from a
d7titnl daughter to her p&Teuts--aHd
that viii be something thaE has aot hap
pened for two long years at least"
81 bat dob't mean that, Blanche" re-
turned the other, somewhat pctulantIy;
IS and you jast laugh like 4 gay aqd
thonghtIss8 girl, when yeu ought to be
serious. Because yoa have come safe
thus far, through a partially settled
aoanny @you think, perhaps, yoaF own
pre&ty face will ward of danger in the
mofs peFilous wiIderRass-but warn
you that fearf6i journey is before you
Scarcely boat descends the OHIO, that
does not encounter moro or less peril
from the savages that prowl along either
shOFe and some Of them that 70 down
freighted With human life, are heard Of
no more, and none eysE retgyn TO tell
the tales
"But why repeat this to me, dear
sugt," returned Blanche, With q more
serious air, "when you know il is nay
destiny, either good or bad, to attempt
the Toyage7 Ay parents haze seat for
me to join them in their new home, and
it Is nay duty TO g 70 tAem, be the peril
what il may"
You never did know what il was 20
feaE !" pursued the good woman, rather
proudly. No. she repeated, turning
20 she others, 81 Blanche Bertrand never
did know whst il was to fear, believe !"
SJust like her father 70 joined in the
husband Of the m8tFon, tha brother Of
Bianehe's mother, the commander Of the
station, ana the middle-agod geatIeman
mentioned as one Of the partyj /" true
daughter Of true soldier. Her father,
Col. Philip Bertrand, God bless him Tor
q true heart! never did seem 10 know
what il vas to feag-and Blanche 10 Just
like him"
By this time the parties had reached
the boat; and the young man already
observation-disclosures Fairfax, the seoreaa-
E,ry Of Blanehe's fasher--at oncs stepped
forward and, in palita and defeFentlsl
manner, offered his hand TO the different
females, to assist them on board. The
hand Of Blanche was tho last to touch
his-aud then but slightly, as she sprung
quickly and Lightly to the deck--buE q
close observer might have detected the
tight aash which mantlcd his noble, ed
| pgeasiye features, as bis eye for a aingia
/ inSians met hers, She might herself
have seen it--perhAps she did-but there
was no corresponding glow o1 her own
~ k1SB e&nAs5 A@@3s @s &at1 lsxJ 4AESAg SAS
the calm. aignl6ea soHe OF ona having
the righs to put che quostioa, and who
sniEht also have been aware CT shs ms
| quaifsy Of position between hsFsslg and
l him she addressed
/ g Eugana, ia everything prepared EoT
our dspartuFes Ia Will not do for oar
saas 10 spring . leak again, ~ IL did
s9ming dowu the kaaaWhA--ger IL will
Aes De safe for Ms, ] an told, 10 saaoh
either shore between the different Eorss