Des Arc citizen., 1860-02-29

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 AN OLD BORDER SETTLER. From a story Of early border life we take the following: m 8
 Extraordinary strength and activity with the most daring courage, and a thor. ough knowledge of life iil the woods, wor | for Joshua Feehar, high reputation among the first settlers of Western Vir. ginia and Ohio. When the Ohio Com. pany founded it's settlement Ut Marietta in April, l77S. Feehart was employed as scout and a hunter. In this service he had no superior north of the Ohio At periods of the greatest danger, when the lndians were known to bc much in censed against the whites, he would starr from the settlement with no companion but his dog, and ranging within abouttwen. ty miles of m Indian town, would build hIs cabin and trap and hunt during near
 y the whole season. On one occasion this reckless contempt. of danger almosl cost the hunter his life. Having become Itired of the satneness of garrison lliife,atpvi paning for that freedom among the woods Iand hills 10 which he had always been accustomed, late in the fall of l7o5 lie |took his canoe, rifle, traps and blanket, |wIth no one to accompany him, leaving even his faitbfulldog in the garrison with his !amly--for he was going into d dan l gerous neighborhood, and he was fearful lest his ba,k might betray him.
 With daring and intrepdily, he pushed his canoe up the Scio,a river. u distance of fifteen or twenty miles, o,he Indian country, amidst their hunting grounds for the bear and the beaver. where no white man had dared to venture. T There too were the main objects of his pursuit, ns the bills of Brush creek were said to abound in bear and the small streams that fell linto the Sciota were well suited to the haunts of the beaver3 The spot chosen for his winters residence was within twenty, five or thirty miles of the Indian Town of ChIlicolhe, but as they seldom go far 10 hunt in the winter, he had little to fear from their interruption For ten or twelve weeks he trapped and hunted in this solitary region unmoes.ed. Ills success had equaed his most sanguine expectalons. and the winter passed away so quietly and so pleasantly, that. he was. hardly aware of its progress.
 A About the middle of February, he be- gan to make up the pellry he had captur- i'd into packages, and 10 load his canoe with the proceeds of his winters hunt. which for safety had been secreted inilbe l willows, . few miles below the ltlle bark hut in which he had lived. The day te- fore that which he had fixed on for bis | departure, as he was returning to his camp just at evening Fleehart's acute gar caught the report of rifle in the drec- ton of the Indian town. but at so remote a distance, that none than Il backwoods- man could have distinguished the sound | This haslened his preparations for decamp- ing. Nevertheless he slept qule.ly, but rose the following morning before the dawn cooked and ate his last meal ip the little hut to winch he had become quite attached The sun had just risen, and he was sitting on the trunk of tree, examining the prlming and lock of his gun; casually casting a look up the river bank. he saw an Indian slowly approach ing, with his eyes nlenlly fixed on the ground. carefully inspecting the track o his moccaslns lcft inshe solt earth as he returned to his hu, the evening before. He instantly cooked his gun, stepped be- hind tree, and waited till the Indian came within the sure range of his shot. He then fired and the Indian fell
 Rushing from the cover on his pros,rate foe he was about to spring the scalpng knife; but seeing the shining silver breaches and broad bands on his arms, he Hell to cutting them loose, aud tuclsing them into the bosom of his hunting shirl. While busIly occupied in securing the spois, the sharp crack of rifle and the passage of ball through the bulet-pouct al his side, caused him to look up, when he saw three Indians within a hundred y,rds of him They being too numerous for him to encounter. he seized his rifle and took to fight The other two as he run fired at him without effect The chase was continued for several miles by 1.-two of the Indians, who were the swifles, runners He often stopped and .'treed, i" hoping to get shot. and kill or disable one of them, and then overcome the other al hisleisure. His pursuers also < .'treea." and by danking to the right and left forced hum to uncover or stand the chance of a shot
 He finally concluded to leave the level lsrounds, on which the contest had been