New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-18
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AE5IxC1DREr IN THE LIFE or AN OLD SOLDIER.
Thsfs 4 undoubtedly, for many readers, peculiar
charm ID lotion which would be dispelIed i the oc-
care - narrated were announced % literally true,
phensinsuoa ii ~ mind which = probably result
u csieISSfna q. $50 IN romance, and habit Of
r,s1Slri69 II u fsky. For much the larger class,
hoxs r ) Il Am about to write down will
~ q \ interest from the fact Of its ah-
800 Nv II acslalty occurred, and relate il suh-
- y II Nv rslated o ne BY an eyewitness,
49, IN ~ - that Is TIE time meditatsd pnb-
cSt3oa u ~ oec1rfsnce which he probably thought
~ ~ able, and to which be had merely a.
Nj " inc 1spt6l . his own experience IN Indian
Sa1ia 16s chief actor il the tragedy, though not
u VI 49, ~ yeais ago an officer In the Uni
~ 6lstua amy and distinguished himself on many
haoody ia wsll s0ght fields IN the campaigns Of
Florida, Mexico md Central America.
II - dnns re year 1885, il the midst Of active
agans the Seminoles Of Florida that Col.
- Stationed Il Micanopy. party had
been sent q stockade d block house. several miles
aWsY. n bring n number Of sick and wounded
scldlsss the fustldoasion st Micanopy having much
bstzsr "a moes ample accommodations. They had
not long been eone when number Of their horses
cama eallppdhg hack to camp riderless, their wild
EYES, Discarded nostnb and quivering limbs giving
every indiclxi0n 81 extreme terror. There was no
room % doubt tic csuse Of their return nor the fate
of ihslr Int riders At any moment when least ex-
pscled, juat X that period, the dense pine and
cyprea FORESTS might suddenly swarm with the
rsseneslbl warriors u ne everglades, and, when
thsir 6pody vork NM done, they vanished into the
depths d their almost impenetrable businesses as
mystsricusly ard rapidly Is they had come forth,
Puruuit In nlch cases was not only useless but ex-
temely dangerous, ~. knowing every foot Of the
dark forests, tangled thickets and treacherous
rasses, the rcd men could choose their ambuscade
md LEAD their To- into the very jaws of death. But
considerations OF this kind were not for instant
entertained on thAt occasion. Not moment was
.xaliaf4 nastx- hut seors nf
Among those first in the saddle and foremost in the
pursuit WAS the Colonel. splendidly mounted, he
was soon ~ IN advance of bis companions and, rem
deFed b Numerous scouting excursions familiar with
~ topoGvaphy Of tho surrounding country he sud.
dsplE 40 the circuitous path and struck boldly
through the forest In direct line for the point at
which he felt confident the savages must have as
miied the party Of troopers. The silence of q mid
summer day hung about him. Not q deer dashine
through The thickets, not bird singing in the
branches no sound save the soft murmur of the
winds through the tnfted cones overhead and the
light tread Of the nimblefooted steed, as he swept
rapidly acfoss the open gades and through the heavy
shadows Of the pine and cypress groves There was
sufhcent danger in the Colonels situation to stmu
late by nerves 70 unusual tension, and keen every
fsc1,tv si,rt. NJ men a 1esa bara;ho.a
rufiarity vitb indian warfare Z,
srrihebie tefror would have lnrlea i, a,a.a aol.
rseIs * III forest but ~ IN or,y ths h,,.a;
thf Of vengeance. an irresistibla iv.nlsa - 49,,
forward j. the scene al aanohter an
destrs % meet the painted foe that Ian =, -
I thouwhf ~ peril. - - -
hrisk II Il half a. honr and h 80 49,,
of ~ coarectneas f his m,snciona aca,t.raa -.
au,idst d. underoro~th tbe sha,or.s - -.
balf cos,ceelsd their castv faces end hars ,.aas.
Gkis ~ here AZ, there g thew had fsa, ~
Y - peth. the mutilat cornse. - hs a.a
panioas il arms, the men Who fsw hora hafars -.
pus fon eapup careless Of the chances NJ ,vor toos
II md ilehthearted a. himself $50
III aid nj pause 10 count tbe sIain INIT f,x;na hs
psscfced eye mon thu trail wh;ch nd;c.tas -, =;
Iseton tic enemy had taken pressed madIv for.,asa
ID psrsuft That pursuit vas suddenIv brought r.
plcse ~ spectacle which sent the hot blood IN tor
rent rack upon bis heart Emerging At a ranid mace
IRON denae cover Of scrub oak into tbinly wooded
tract Of halfgown pines. he beheld not bnndrsd
ysrds from the spot where he had reined hs horse
back upon his launches large hand If sath t.
md painted warriors gathered abont sanl;na ,shieh
had besn rr;nn. y 4. - aoou. saphne' winch
bound, VIZ his hands above his head trooper who
had been taken prisoner in the recent attack one of
81 - - s .s' ssn,s'c men IN the army The
eos b 0a s.b van sha pm pine knots breast high
rand .nd !. ccirr,n e a..sauy spphed tne
& into he 81 and circno sva Us y smoke was ms
dvent upon the scene as he turned to regain the
cay shelter Of the forest shower Of bnets
bout him. Hs horse s,no.t Su.e.s Wn'slled
arnir.d ev. ~ s.,a. .s e nsw' ana II scarcely