Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-10
A Thrilling Ahrenture.

Thrilling Adventure.
We question whether, says an exchange. in IN.
his'oFy oi 'hnr-breadJh' escapes a parallel to III,
'ouoWing can easily be found. The story was relat
ca oy an old aud valued friend now residipgin tbs
coun'fy' oat whose early days were spent near the
I tragic adventure here recorded We giva the 80
! - as II vas related. N the words Of the hero:
Il was about The year 1865. that settled IN vir-
ginia' near the fsh Of the KenaEa.-Tbe country
/ Al nat time was an uahrOken wilderness But fev
[ Sc uemenis mad been made then by the whites and
hey were SO lar apart as 10 render vaia all hope Of
assistance IN case Of an attack from hostile Ini,ns
| hood.
lived there alone with my wife for several months
| unmoiesied, ard, BY dint of.perseveraues being
then youpg and haTdy-.-had succeeded 10 making
qulie large clearing 10 the forest which plsntel
/ Win corn, aud which promised an abundant Weld
One morning after We had dispatched our humble
meal, and bad just prepared 20 venture forth upon
my regular rou Inc OF labor, my attention was ar
rested by the tinkIing OF cos bell in corr field.
| 6eld." -
But the ear Of the back -Woodsmsn becomes. BY
education, very acute, especially SO from the fact
that bis safety often depeads upon the nice euliVs
tion Of that sense. vas go easily deceived l
hsteued-ihe sound was repeated. sThat" said l.
IN reply TO The remark Of nv wife, 'sWas not the
tInkle Of bell upon the neck Of COW. Il is de-
coy from some Indian who desires 10 draw ne into
smbush =
Believing this to be the case, took down my old
musket, Il bad no rae,J aud seeing that it was
properly loaded, stole cautiously around The field
towards the point from which the sound seemed 70
proceed As / had suspected, there ia cluster Of
bushes erouehed Iudian waiting for me 10 ao-
pear ia ansRer to bis dscoy bell that be might send
me faal bullet to my heart I approached without
discovering myself TO him, until within shooting
distance, then raised my peace and 6rsd The bul-
let sped true to its marx and the Indian fell dead
Not knoFing but that be might be accompanied
by others returned Etfh all speed 10 cabin and
6rmly barrieaded the door I w,tehed All dsy fr,m
the port hole anticipation Of an Gtack from the
oompaUions Of the lndIan had killed To add 70
he Danger and seeming hopelessness Of my situa
tlon, had but Que charge oi powder left. could
make but one shot, aud then, If attacked by nyira
beTs, should be entirely in their power. Deter
mined 70 do the best wifh What had poured ont
the last charge Of powder ard Tut IL iGto @y mus
ket, and then waited for the appearance Of night
feeling confident Of an attack Night came at Est
beautiful moonlight night it was too and this ia
vored greatly, | world thereby be able TO OBJ
serve the movemen. Of the enemy as they approach
ed my cabin Il vas some two hours after niehtfsiI
snd as yet had neither heard nor seen sign Of
Indians, when, suddenly, startled BY the bay
ing OF ny deg at the sab I knew that the In
dians ccming. THe stable stood 'ftle 10 the
vest Of the cabin, and between the two was pa,cb
Of clear ground urou which the light Of he moon
fell np 'suueted Judging from he noise a. the
stable mat they would advance from that direction
p"sed mys'f at the POrt-hOle on tat side Of the
cabin,
bad previously placed ny wife on tbe croes pole
in the chimney so that, in case our enemies tf, Ct
ed an entrance into he cabin she might climb out
through the low eh mBey and tfect her escape For
myself eRt.r,aiued NO hope; but, determined not
TO be taken alive, resolved to sell ny hfs dearly
With breaibles au1ieiy VA ehei at the p0TI~hole
AT length saw them emerge from the shadow Of
he siaOle ard advance across The vacant grouad To-
wards my cabin. 0ae-tWO-thIee-grea Ileav
ems six 8 alWsrt Indians arm q to the teeth, and
urgeo on BY the hope of revenge, and alone 70 oD
pose Them With one charge Of powder Mig case
was desperate, indeed With quick yet stealhy
sep, in close siOgle fle they approached and were
already within few yards If The house, when
slight change in the movements Of The forward In
dian changed the position Of the entire six 50 that
portion of the left side Of each was uncovered
They we're In rlnge>--One aim would cover all
Quick thought aimed and fred As the smoke
esared away could hard y credit what my senses
showed me "a the result OF my Shot The fifteen
slugs with which had loaded ny musket had done
their work Weu-fye OF the siX Indians lay dead
upon the ground, and che sixth had disappeared.
Although no enemy was nov in sight did not
venture forth uutil morning There lay the bodies
Of ive Indians undisturb,d together with The rife
Of tho oher
Securing he arms and ammunition Of the fallen
Indi ans, folOWed up he trail of he missing one
until il reached The river, beyond which point
could dicoveT 40 trace whatever From the amount
Of blood which maIaed the trail, together with the
unmistakeabls evidences bal he had pcked his way
with ddi1uiy wssled 70 balieve thai he Eas NOR
tally wounded and in order prevent his body from
filling into he hands Of bis white zoe, he had grrp
ed his way 10 the river throEn himself into the
current, which had brFHe him aFay.
The Indians had kiled my c " and that, you
may be assured, 40 trid pF los. yetin my graft
tuds for my esoqTe from the msFeiless saysgss.
would have been utterly Wileg 10 have made great
sacrifices Twas well ProVided-by means Of
arms and ammunition taken from The SIX IndiaEs-
in case Of a second at ak but this, fortunately
proved-tO lie NJ idst adyepfuTs Efh. The savages
No, one Of the band had escaped 10 tell The tale aud
inote his brethren 10 ayenge The death Of his other
comrades
"Ah 2" exclaimed The cid man while the tears
gushed from his EYES at the memory Of that event
full night, THAT vas glorious shot The best ever
made ..- --.
The hero Of this adventure lived 10 see the rude
Widernepe, where be bad pitched his lonely cabin,
transform ed into smiling fields and peOpled BY har
dy and enterpTisng pale faces sm5Dg whom his last
DAYS we're a,sed ia peace and peUty. undistuIbed
bv the presence Of his old time fees.