Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-05-31
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a thing war possible. But thar wkr the diff
ficulty-for just as | thought myself cl'ar Of
the fust squad, bullet went crashing through
my left arm and slantingly through my
side.
This wur purity close; but warn't
agoing to gin up hope; and Citing some
what in the shade of one of the cabins that
war still standing, made with all my speed
for the woods. Before reaching them, how
somever, | made several narrow escapes from
small, outlaying parties of the hounds; but
fortune warnt agin me all the time, and |
soon had the pleasure of knowing that I'd
left 'em all behind me.
Coming to little stream, 1 stopped down
and washed the blood as well as could from
my shattered arm and wounded side /; and
then, t'arng up part of my clothes, bound
'em up, and started agin for the nearest set
tlement. This war many weary mile away,
howsomcver, and the only weapon | had
war my knife. But, discouragng as the
thought of this war, it couldn't compare to
that what run all over me when thought of
poor Betty's fate; and as I almost staggered
along, for I'd lost good deal O blood, |
sworo vengeance on her cowardly murder
crs.
"For days / wandered about through the
woods, not knowing hardly what war do
ing, or whar war going, when accidentally
fell in with a couple O hunters, who led me
to cabin near by, whar staid till my arm
growed well, and | felt myself able to fulfill
my pre- mise Of revenge.
Zone morning, about this time, one o the
noble fellows who'd fonnd me, come in from
hunting, and said he'd Earned that Betty,
instead O. being killed at the time our cabins
had been attacked, had been taken prisoner
by young chief, who'd carried her to the
Injun village on the Hooking, where he in
tended to make her his squaw. As soon as
| heerd this, something seemed to jump right
up in my throat, like a ladle full O melted
lead poured out Upside down And very
soon arter that, Iwar making my way purity
rapid, tell you, to the Injun village; which,
arter | had Travelled some time, | seen one
about quarter of mile off. Now, how
somever, the questions come into my mind
in what part o the place war Betty and
how could git near enough to tell her all !?
and then, what chance war thar, arter doing
all this, Of Citing her safely away?
''While | war studying over all these
things, | war snugly hid down in some
brushwood; and, jest as l war agoing to
draw off a little further from the town, l
heerd kind o cracking noise near me, like
dry sticks breaking under somebody's feet.
"As these disagreeable sounds come to my
ears, l held my breath, and kept my eyes
wide open for danger. I had no tliore'n got
myself ready, when three old ugly-looklng
squaws passed within ten feet Of me, each
on 'cm having a load on her shoulders.
carter awhile another party come up, and
thought war cotched as seen tfie last
one halt and throw down her load upon the
ground. The others instantly stopped, and,
stepping up to the one as had throwed down
her load, commenced to abuse and beat her
This little circumstance made me eye the
woman purity close; and by the little day
light that war yit left, who dye s'pose re-
cognised but poor Betty Her Ipjun dress
had till now prevented me from telling hel
from one o the ugly squaws themselves.
Like lightning the hot blood vent rush.
ing up to my head and in moment my
rife would have sent the nearest old squaw
to her master, 'cept that new thought
struck me- If fired the alarm would in.
stantly be gin to the whole town, and, il
| place of Citing my wife off safe, it woult
most likely cause both our Deaths
"Still, howsonever, Betty had to be saved
and now seemed the only right time to d,
it, and accordingly Immediately determined
to act.
balancing myself, gin a bound or SO
and pumped myself right in amongst tn,
n:ggers, and sent 'em flying, one one way
and another t'other. No time war to b,
lost now, though and so, calling out tt
Betty to run for her life, I took hold of hel
arm, and to ether we plunged into the thicke
whar I'd been hid.
"Wall, you see, jest as soon as them cusset
squaws seen what war up, they set up the
most tarnal yelling and screeching I evcl
heerd, so as to gin the men the alarm. Thi.
war soon done; and Instantly afterwards thai
yells war answered by a party who started
on our trail.
1--WE war in an orful hurry, war Betty
and me; and away we cut, like all possessed
through the woods, only once or twice look.
ing back to see if the hounds war in sight
But In little while night come down, ant
in course the Injuns had to gin in the chase
for few hours anyhow. ..
atTheh we war sure that the darkness hat
hid our trail, we halted little to rest like
and I felt SO glad at seeing Betty once more
that gin her a most desperate hug, les
like an old bar. Howsomever, thar warn
no time for making love- and axing Betty
as to the directions whar the hjuns mough
be thickest. We took line that though
would bring US clar O the varmints
GAN night, and near all o the next day
hurried Betty along SO as 70 ea us a sat,
star. o the painted imps,
"Whether they follered our trail next day
or not, never went back to ak 'em but
at any rate, we never seen em ag'in. Rest