White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-12-23

marvellous adventures, Mr. COOL,
remarked that the Captains story was al
very well, but it did not compare will
an adventure that he had 'once upon
time on the Ohio, below the present city
of Cincinnati.
Lets have it ! let's have it II respon.
dcd from all hands.
"Well, gentlemen" said the Senator
clearing his throat for action, and knock.
ing the ashes from his cigar against the
arm chair, Gentlemen, I'm not in the
habit (quite notorious for it y of spin.
ming yarns of marvellous and fictitious
matters, and therefore it is scarcely neceS-
sary to affirm upon the responsibility oil
my reputation. gentlemen, that what ]
am about to tell you is the Gods truth,
and
"Ohl never mind that, go on, Mr."
chimed in the party.
Well. gentlemen, in IS I came
down the Ohio river, settled at Losenti,
now called Cincinnati. 1t was at that
time little settlement of some twenty or
thirty log and frame cabins, and where
now stands Broadway Hotel, and blocks
of stores and dwelling houses. was the
cottage and the corn patch of Mr.. j. E.,
a tailor. who by the by bought the land
for the making of coat for one of the
settlers.
"Well. 1 put up cabin, by the aid Of
my neighbors, and put in patch of corn
and potatoes, about where the Fly Market
now stands, and set about improving my
lot, house. &c.
Occasionally took up my rifle and
started off with my dog, down the river,
to look up little deer or bear meat, then
very plenty along the river. The blasted
red skins were lurking about, and hover
ing around the settlement, and every once
in awhile carried off ono OF our neighbors,
or stole some of our cattle or horses.
hated the red devils, and made no bones
Of peppering the blasted scrpeuts when
ever got sight at them. In fact, the
red raScals had a dread of me, and had
laid great many traps to get my scalp,
but l wasn't to be caught mapping. No,
no, gentlemen, l was too well mp to 'em.
for that
"Well, 1 started off one morning pref
ty early to take hunt, and went long way
down the river, over the bottoms and
hills, but couldn't find bear or deer.
About four o'clock in the afternoon.
made tracks for the settlement again. By
and by 1 sees buck Just ahead of me,
walking leisurely down tho river Islip-
ped up, with my faithful dog close in my
rear, to within cleverly shooting distance,
and Just as the buck stuck his nose in the
drink, 1 drew bead upon his top knot.
and over he tumbled, and splnrred and
bounded awhile, when l went up and re-
lieyed him, by cutting his wizanai."
"Well, but what has that to do with
an adventure % said Riley.
"Hold on bit. if yon please. gentle
men-by jove, it had great deal to do
with it-for while I was busy SHINING
the hind quarters OF. the buck, and stow
away the kidney fat in my hunting shirt.
I heard noise like the breaking Of a
brush under a moccasin up the bottom.
My dog heard it and started up to recon
noitre, and | lost no time Ia re-loading
my rife. had hardly got my printing
on, before my do- raised the howl, and
broke through the brush towards me with
his tail down as he was not used to do
ing, unless there were wolves, painters or
Indians about.
I picked up my knife. and took up my
line Of march in skulking trot up the
river. The frequent gullies, on the lower
bank, made it tedious travelling there. so
I scrambled up to the upper bank, which
was pretty well covered with buckeye and
very little Hnderbrush. One peep below
discovered to me three as big and strap
ping red devils, gentlemen. as ever You
clapped your eyes upon ! Yes, there they
came, not above six hundred yards in my
rear; shouting and yelling like devils,
and coming after me like hi broke
loose n
"Well." said an old woodsmsn, sitting
at the table. s'you took tree, ofcourse?p
did L? No. BY. gentlemen, /
took no tree just then, but l took to my
heels like sixty, and it was as much as
my dog could do to keep up with me. /
ran until the whoops of tine red skins
grew fainter and fainter behind me. and
clean out of wind, I ventured to look be-
hind, and there came one single red devil,
putting and blowing. not three hundred
yards in my rear. He had got on to
piece of bottom where the trees were
small and scarce. Now, thinks |, my
old fellow. I'll have you SO / trottsd of
at pace sufficient to let the red devil
gain on me, and when he got near enough,
/ wheeled and fred, and down l brought
him, dead as door nail, at q hundred
and twenty yards p 5cI
Then you sealped him Immediately"
asked the woodsman.
mighty clear of it; for by the time |
got my rife loaded, here came the other
red skins, shouting and whooping close
on me, and away broke like quarter
horse. I was now about five miles from
the settlement, and il was getting towards
sunset. run till my wind began to be
pretty short, when / took . look back,
and here the two red devils came snorting
like mad buffaloes. one about two or three
hundred yards ahead of the other; so l
acted 'possum again, until the foremost
min got pretty we'll up, and / wheeled
and fred, at the very moment the red
devil was drawing bead on me; he