The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-11-17

| NO tihie "as now 10 he lost. t!3 lI!:ilc
dlately proceeded TO strip the dead body.
and to array himself in the announcements,
consisting Of hunting shirt, Il pair Of
moccasins, or legyings, AMI the wampum
belt and knife. A little of the blood be-
smcared on his sunbnrnt cour tcnancc scrv.
ed for the red paint, and it wol, have
taken keen eye, in tho gray twilight aud
thick gloom OF the surrounding forest. TO
have drtccte! the counterfeit Ir.lian.-
Shoui,icriny his rifle, he again started ii,
the pursuit, aud followed them ill they
arrived in the glen, where their canocs
were secretcd. Here they stopped, and
began to make preparations for ,hcr cx-
rected supper, previous 10 th,;r cmbar!s;-
ton for the opposite shore. The canoes
w~:e launched, anil ;!.cir l,agga.c deposited
III them. A. fire WAS blazing brightly, aal
the party we're walking around, imp#l;eu,Iy
waiting the rcturn of the hunter.
The body Oh 'i'i:ao'hy was safely dcpos-
itcd behind a fallen tree, Were lie coul,!
see every motion, and he::r every wo,,i
spoken in the circle. Here he had lce:;
about half an hour Night had drawn
her sable curtain around the scc"e :; or, in
other words, it WAS dark. The moon s!.one
ii;fully through tho clouds which amos,
covered The horizon, only serving occ:,s-
ionaily to render the 'l;,rkncss visil'r.'
The lnHians now BEGAN 70 c";nca .:?ai.;f;.>:
sigus Of impatience ior tie rc,rr: of :hcir
comrade. They f.aled that party O. the
whites had followed them, AMI tak2r him
| prisoner, and ut last resolvet! To 90 IN airh
of him. The plan, wllici, Vas fortunately
overheard hy Timothy, WAS to pn. the cap
tivcs into one Of the cauops, under .lc
care CT five of their E;:r:hur, who were to
sccrete themselves in case &: an attack,
massacre the prisoners, and then go -
the assistance Of their brethren.
AS scon rs tie main body had started
Feas"'iy cautIoas y cTrp, from his h:'l;ry
Place to the water, AT! Siding i'll frt, fore
most, moved along on his La"!:, lis Gaze
just above the surface, 70 i:Y c#ru, which
Contained ;he rifles cf tie guard! Tn,.
prming w,s quickly removed from these,
and their r"wdcr,horns cmplict, rc,'iacc!,
and the PRISONERS gi, eli notice q: their liz
trn'lcd r"cuc; at the same time wani:,m
them not 10 Size" themselves above tie
9nuwa.e tii! they were in safety. lie rr:i.
with his Indian knife, separated the thong
,hich held the canoe tu the shore, intend
ing 10 swim oil with it, III he had got far
enough I" avoid observation. then &C: in,
and paddle for the nearest place where i,
Ir.,liuy could lie effected. All i!..s was
b t the work Of moment, and he WIS
slowly moving of from The s,.ur.., us vet
unotScrvc'l by the guard. who ll,Ir cx--
pcrtrd an attack from this side. Bat, Till
fortunately, his iii. had been left behind.
and he W Resolved not TO part with old
| plumpcr, as he called it, without Il. least
one effort lo recover it. Lie imnedi;.,cl,
gave the ca,ii';-s notice of his intention,
and direc!e'l thcrn 10 pa'l'll5 sio:*ly a.',i
slentIy out, and N going past the head
land, to approach as near as possible, and
there await his coming.
Tie gia,d, hy tins time, hasi sccretc,l
themselves, aud one OF the number had
chosen the same place which Timothy him
self had previously occupied. near which
he had left his o!.l friend. H. ia.l amos,
got 10 the spot, wl,cn the Indian discovered
the rifle, gra~rrd it, and springiny upon
his feet, gave the alarm to his companions
Quick as th"ilgh', Tim was upon him
seized the rifle, AMI wrcnchel it from hin,
with srlcl violence as to throw him breath.
less on the ground. The rest of The In
dians were alarmed, and, sounding the war
whoop, rushed upon him.
1t was a standard maxim with Timotl,r
that "a good soldier never runs till he is
obliged to- and lie now found that he
should he under the necessity Of suitine
his practice to his theory. There was 10
time for deliberation he instantly Knocked
down the foremost will, the butt of h;s RI
ne, and bounded away through the ,hicke,
like startled 1rcr. The three REMAINING
! Indians made for the canoe ia which III,
rifles were deposited, already rendere,
harmless by the precaution of Timothy
This gave him good advantage, whicl
was not altogether unnecessary, rs lie wa,
much encountered with his wet clothes
and before he reached the goal, lie coul
hear them swapping the dry twigs close
behind him: The main body had likewise
got the alarm, and were. bat a short dis
tance from him when he reached the head
land. Those who were nearest, he did no
fear, urless they came to close action, and
he resolved to send one more Of them tc
his long home, before he Ieaped from the
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