Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1859-01-13
coat for one of the settlers.

and lowering around the settlement,
and every once in 4 while carried of
one of our neighbors, or stole some OF
IAN k4fsEli I'd
devils, and made no bones of peppering
the blasted serpents whenever l got a
sight at them. In fact, the red rascals
had dread of me, and had laid great
many traps to get my scalp, but l was
not to be caught mapping No, no
gentlemen, 1 was too we'll up to en- for
that.
"Well, I started off one morning
pretty early to take & hunt, and went a
long way down the river. over the bot
toms and hills, but couldn't find a bear
or deer. About four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, I made tracks for the settle
ment again. By and by I sees buck
Just ahead of me, walking leisurely down
the river. 1 slipped up, with my faith
full dog close in my rear, to within clcv
erly shooting distance, and just as the
buck stuck his nose in the drink, drew
a bead upon his top knot, and over he
tumbled, and splurred and bounded
awhile, when 1 went up and relieved
him, by cutting his wizand.'
"Well, but what has that to do with
an adventure p said Riley.
Hold on bit, if you please, gentle
men-by jcve, it had great deal to do
with it-for while l was busy skinning
the hind quarters of the buck, and stow
ing away the kidney fat in nay hunting
shirt, l heard a noise like the breaking
of a brush under mocca-in up the
bottom. My dog heard it and started
up to reconn oitre, and [ lost no time in
re loading my rife l had hardly got
my printing on, before my dog raised
the howl, and broke through the brush
towards me with his tail down; as he
VS. not used to doing, unless there
w,rc wolves, painters or indians about.
picked up my knife, and took up
my line OF march in a STALKING trot up
the river. The frequent gullies on the
lower bank made it tedious travelling
there, Sc l scran bled up to the upper
bank, which was pretty we'll covered
with buckeye and very little underbrush
One peep below discovered to me three
as big and strapping red devils, gentle-
men, as ever you clapped your eyes up
on! Yes, there they came, not above
six hundred yards in my rear; shouting
and yelling like devils, and coming af-
ter me ike HI broke loos e -
WELL" said an old woodsman sit
ting at the table, you took a tree, Of
course ?"
Did I? No, by -, gentlemen, l
took no tree just then, but took to my
heels like sixty, and it was as much as
my dog could do to keep up with me,
l ran until the whoops Of the red skins
grew fainter and fainter behind me, and
clean out of wind, [ ventured to look
behind, and there came one single red
devil, putting and blowing, not three
hundred yards in my rear. He lad got
on to q piece of bottom where the trees
we're small and scarce. Now, thinks [,
my old fellow, III have YOU SO l trot
ted off at pace sufficient to let the rcd
devil gain on me, and when he got near
enough. | wheeled and fired, and down
l brought him, dead as door nail, at
a hundred and twenty yards -
Then you scalped him imme ediatcly?'
asked the woodsman.
mighty clear of it; for by the time
1 got my rife loaded, here came the
other red skins, shouting and whooping
close on me, and away l broke like a
quarter horse. [ was now about five
miles from the settlement, and it was
getting towards sunset. l run till my
wind began to be pretty short, when l
took look back, and here The two red
devils came snorting like mad buffaloes,
one about two or three hundred yards
ahead of the other; so I acted 'possum
again, until the foremost Injin got pref
ty well up, and l wheeled and fired, at
the very moment the red devil was
drawing a bead on me; he fell head
over stomach into the dirt, and up came
the last led DEVIL
SO you laid him." gaspcd sew.
eral
"No," continued the Senator, Il
didn't lay him, for hadn't time to load
so laid legs to the ground and started
again. 1 heard the blasted whelp ev
cry bound after me. l ran and ran til
the fire few out of my eyes, and the ole
dogs tongue hung out of his mouth ;
quarter of yard long!
Something kind of cool began t.
trickle down my legs into my boots
BLOOD, eh from the shot the var
mint gin you?" said tho old woodsman
in great state of excitement.
81 thought so, said the Senator, "bu
what do you think it wasp
Not being blood, we were all puzzled
to know what the blazes it could be
when Riley Observed
sMelted deer fat which had stuck i,
the breast of my hunting shirt, and tn
grease was running down my legs unit
my feet got SO greasy that my heav.
boots flew off, and one hitting the dog
nearly knocked his brains out.
awe all grinned, which the Senate
noticing, Observed
Il hope, gentlemen, no mau her