Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-10-18

deserted by his Indian comrades. He
very naturally conjectured ,hat these
were the two Indians who had been seen
with the girl supposed to be his daughter
IN disguise. 1t seemed to him that this
must have been the man who had the lam
tern, for Mr.. Bell had had no time IA
speak before the attack was made. and
Mr.. Belezer had therefore heard hnr ,hree
voices He now carefully listened 10 dis.
cover II possible The true condition of The
wounded man near him. Presently the
man began TO mu,ter something about be-
ing left alone. And soon he seemed to
be so far recovered that he could speak
IN low but distinct tones. The first sen.
tence Mr.. Belezer could distinctly make
out was " Darn them Iujins, they hahn,
got no feelin' for a white man. Blast
me eff | goes hunlin' vensin with the
darned yaller varminis agin." This
gave TO MIR. Belezer the key to explain
the attack made upon him. This man
and the Indians had evidently in the
darkness supposed him to be deer. and
the lantern held by Mr.. Bill, whom he
supposed 10 be that one of the party left
wounded on the ground, was broken prob
ably IN the rencounter with Banquo.-
But the wounded man was evidently ac-
i;'ainted with these Indians, and possibly
he might disclose something that would
lead 10 he discovery of his daughter.
Recovering more strength, again the
wounded nan articulaled: "B1.l was
ortni scared. Darn his lantern, eff /,
haoa't been IN the way wouldn't
shot at II, and that darned dog OF hisn
wouldn't jumped on me. Har | be
swelterIng IN my own blood. Consarn
them lnjins, 10 leave feIIer swellering
in his own blood, jis like brute beast
them Injins aint humans
Consarn 1t all, | wish hadn't a un-
dertook tha, job about that gal; here is
mong>t lnjins who aint humans, when |
mout a been in better business E. ever
| can git up here agin, dog my skin eff
don't keep clear of these all fred mean
works"
Mr.. Belezer had now heard enough to
satisfy him that this man was an accom-
pIice with the Indians in getting off his
daughter. The object he supposed to be
to get large reward by pretending that
he had delivered her from their captivity
While he was medi,ating whether 10
speak TO the man or not, he heard lich,
tread, and the low gutteral tones of the
Indian speech. The wounded man ob-
served their approach, and spoke as au-
dibIy as he could to them:
Darn your souls, you've come at last
liar | be oncapabIe OF moving ary leg.
and with my arm and neck all nanrled
up by that darned dog, and been good as
dead; and you all fired towards runs off
and leaves me har 10 perish" The Indl-
ans made no reply but quietly raised him
up and bore him away. Mr. Belezer
could only observe the outline of their
/ figures, aud was all the time quakinc
lest they might discover him again as an
object for their rifles.
In the mean time Mr. Bell and Mr..
Bentley having concealed their families in
a safe place had gone round silently TO the
nelghbors, and reused as many as the
sparse population would admit. Arning
/ themselves as best they could, they or
ganized themselves into company, and
appointing a captain they proceeded to
the Indian camp, which was in the oal,
openings between Ben,Iey's aud where
Mr.. Belezer was so unhappily confined.
1 hey were The same Indians who had
been encamped recently on the south side
OF the river below Arena. Hearing the
bay Of the dog, two Ct them with the
/ white man who was encamped with them.
supposed il was after deer, and hurried
to the spot, reaching there directly after
/ Bell got upon the edge of the bog. The
lantern not yielding very good light, I
/ only served 10 bewilder the hunters, aud
The TWO Indians fired at the supposed deer,
while the white man, vexed at B. Il for
having light, and supposing that ae was
also engaged in the sport, shattered the
/ lantern. Bell, however, thinking that
they had made the attack upon hi.n. and
/ without having yet escertained the posi-
ton OF Mr.. BvIezer. or indeed knowing
/ thata ny one was IN the bog fled as rapid
ly as he could, fearing The Indians might
murder him. This IS the explanation in
ferred from all the circumstances.
/ On reaching The Indian camp, the par
ty found ii just broken up. And the
fires not yet exlinguizhed They traced