Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-09-02
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. HOW HE.LosT HIS EYE.

HOW HE LOST HIS EYE.
SIn the neighborhood- -ef. a:smalf townzsit
uated in county, Kentucky, and righ
at the conjunction Of q cross-road which
boasted Of q grocery and a blacksmith shop
and esyeryn small store, TthereaHVes g eharac'
ter whom we recently met, and whosefgreat'
est boast was, that he, "was ope-of the five
hundred men who killed Packenham at New
Orleans. ~ - -" -
His person was decidedly :, sEunique,'" EN-
tertaining as he expressed sis, Can honest
passion for Fighting. "Iuthecourse Of his !s
knock downs, all the fingers Of his left hand
had either been bit, cut or chawed of, with
the.exception Of his fore one, which was a
long, lank member with abig nail. on the
end of it. - & - y -
Although deprived Of the use Of one fist,
this finger may serve him very useful pur'
1T may be proper to state, thatin this sec,
tion Of country, fighting is regarded as a
mere matter Of amusement, especially when
sfed eye" is about, and neighbors knock,
down and "gouge" each otherin a friendly
manner. The subject oSour story had q Pc
culiar fashion Of lighting; being rather
short, and not very heavy, he had to take,
as he said, all the. little advantages to keep
even. His grand point was to walk up to
a man, and by sudden thrust, which long
practice had rendered him perfect in, poke
his long bony finger with upering precision
in his opponents eye, and hit him at the
same time aunder the belt" It was at one
of those domestic watering places where fam
lilies ,congregate to pass few weeks during
the summerseason, that we first met him.
He was dressed in the most approved
hunting fashion, having on buckskin panta.
looms, and a coouskip cap, with fox's tail
in It. His face was particularly striking,
from the fact, probably, of it having been
frequently "struck," as it vas covered with
scars. - ...
To complete his description, he had only
one eye, and that only orb, whenWe saw him.
gave evidence of recent smuss.
A crowd of some four or FIVE visitors had
assembled at the spring, which gushed out
of the siideof the hill, and were seated on
some wide benches listening to his'marvelous
adventures "by food and field" and the in:
numerable men he had "fout" and clicked" "
One of the party present, at the risk OF
being considered impertinent, ventured. to
ask him chow he lost his eye" -
:. The old fellow Immediately frightened up,
and sitting upon an empty keg, drew huge
twist of the native leaf from his buckskin,
and said,
Gentlemen YOU won't believe this story
some folks don't-but it's fact, and no
mistake" -. :,
asome forty years ago, things warn't in
vented to skeersgame and let foreigners In
Well, about that time, I 'hoop,polef my
cabin on one Of the sides of Licking Hills,
spreyious. tony going to agriculture There
was a poSerfuflot ofgame ft;hen, aid dafanW
could pick and choose ssts-S5
ss0ne day I started out.ou still hunt TO
sdrap bucks and admire natur. l went a.
bout three miles without seeing a deer tat
enough to waste powder on. When 1 came
to precipioe on the Brushy Fork Of Liek'
ing, stopped and commenced thinking a
bout sPilgrims Progress and FRobison Cru:
soe,' when presently I seed big buck lay
ing at the foot Of. .the. precipiee, which was
aboutfour ramrods deep. Itell you, religion,
and literature fitted Immediately, and I
lest concluded 4o.sharness' that.sspeeimen in
nat'ral history aud take him alive -.
I laid down Sweet Betsey-that's what'l
call my rife-and shed my flannel for a reg,
ular tussel. He was lying in the sun at the
bottom, and never knoWed the danger he
war in. made one jump and lit right a.
cross his horns; they war horns, and no mis-.
take, and looked like black-jacks sprouting
out the side of his head. The deer was a
little surprised and run like h-ll straight
up the holler, through the thickest sort Of
woods. Ihung on to the horns, for tell you,
if I had let loose the way he war running Id
lit on the other side of Licking, and no mis-
take.
81 know'dI war in for the race, and wal
making it a heap under two forty. On we
went, like the devil beating tan bark,
through the thickets
81 commenced to get tired bye and bye,
and thought I would 'ease' myself by grab
bing some sapliug. I seed a small black
lack tree and snatched it with my left hand.
holding on with the other the horn Of the
critter
"Something 'cracked.' Itwarn't the tree
but sby gum,' the horn of the buck hao
slipped and I thought was goner. His
head must have aked orful, for he run
heap faster; and them big antlers of his n
as he rushed through the bushes ratified agir
his skull like shell corn in gourd.
aAll at wuns't something keen hit me IL
the left eye, but it got mighty dark of a sud
den on that side of my head.
ri 'sposc he run about four miles, when
he sfainted,' and 1 got off, and after I rested
tied all four of his legs together before the
influence lefthim. The blood was running
down the left side of my face, and 1 shut
my other eye, and d-n if 1 didn't see moth
ING. Invent back to the trail We had run
when seed a bush move. I stopped stock