The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-29
4flisrcllol,rous.
A New Life-PreServcr.
"Of hair breadth scapes. ''--OrnELLo.


have read sonew here Of traveller who
carried with hlma brace OF pistols csrbine
"A cn,laSS. dagger. and an umbrella. hut was
indebted tuI his preservation I" the umbrella
it c,appl,d with bush when he was roll
ing over p,rcipice. In like manner. INV
fr,rnh W. though armed with sword
rife and hunting. knife, owed his existence
Ia his " z.
He was Sreclmen-hunring (fnr W
Is n tir>t-rale naturalist SOFA Nv here in the
hackwoni> Of America when. happening tn
light upon dense covert, there Sprang ou'
uion him hot panther or ra'aninnntain
but. with terrible wh"op and yell. n wild
Indian. one of u tribe then hostile 10 our set
Tiers. WIS gun was mastered in a
lwinkling. h'ps-lf sueicmd on the earth
the harl'ar"nS knife. destined To make him
alder Than G,anbyS crh baatcd marquis.
"ar,d eagerly from its sheath.
Conceive the horrible wcrpnn making its
preliminary tlon, iSi,rS AID neutrality-suspicious. :
the savage features. made Savager by paint
aud rudtlie. working themselves up to n
drInnniacal crisis of triumphant malisnitv
his rcd right hand rluich,ng the Shrariny
knife h,S left the frlzzhd top.knot aud
thea. the artificial scalp coming Oft in thu
Mohawk gasp.
W says the Indian catchp"ie WIS
for S0upe moments. mot unless with surprise
recovering at last. he dragged his caI,iv.
along Though bake and jungle, to the en-
c2mpmrnt. \ peculiar whuop soom bIou.ht
the whole horde to the spot. The Indian
addressed them with vehement gestures. in
the course Of which W was agai,
thrown down. the knife again performed its
circuits. aud the whole t,an>acilon was
systematically described. All Indian
s,,la',ntS> aud restraint were ovtIcnmc. The
ASSEMBLY made every demonstration of won.
der !; aud the wig was fitted on. rightly.
a>k"w. and hind part before, by a hundred
pair If red hands Captain Gullivrrs glove
was not Il ercal,r puzzlcr To the li"uhy huns
From the men II passed tn the >quaws. aud
from hem down to the lras, Of the urchinS
W : head, IN the mean time. fry ing in
| a midsummer sun. Al hnglh. the phenoin.
cn0n returned Int" the hands of the chrf a
venerable gray beard : he Examined it afie>h
very alicnhvcIy. and. after II long d,llbera.
ton. ma inlaiurd with tue Indian silence and
gravity. ma'le speech in ms own tongue
| that procured for the anxious, troubling
captive very expected honnrS. In fact tn,
| whole ribe Of women and warriors dancrC
found him. with such umQuivocal marks ~
homage. that even W com, rehende,
that i,c was not intended foi sacrifice. II,
was then carried in triumph to their wig
vans. his body daub.d with their budy
colorS Of the most honorable patterns. and h,
was given tn understand that he might chooS
any If their msrliagahr lnaldens for sqlaw
Awaiting himself of tins privilege, and 81
hcorning, by degrees. moic u proficient il
th,ir language. he EARNED the cause of thi
respect. 1t was considered that he had btel
a great warrior that he had, by miSclanc
of war. been overcome aud lut1,d: but that
whether by valorur s;ratasem each equal
tstinIablc amongst the snvagrs he ha
recovered his liberty and his scalp.
As long rs W kept his own cnunscl
he was safe but trusting his Indian D,llia
with the secret ,f his l"ckS. il soon got win
amongst the sqn,ws. ahd from lh.m Mca,n
known TO the warIioIs aud chiefs A sulclnl
S,llng was held at midnight. by the ch,rtl>
to consider the proprieiy of Knocking til
poI wig-owntr IN The head: lfui he ha
rec. iv,d n timely hint Of their intention. and
when the nlnalawkS Sonshi fur him. he wa
far on his way. with his life. p,escrvcl
toward . British settlement.