The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-04-29

gwen, as he sprung towards the terO-
cious animal before it could recover
from the stunning shock Of the ar
row, cleft its head completely in twain.
The whole Of this did not occupy
more than minute; with such dex-
terious rapidity did the Indian first
discharge his gun, then tmsling his
bow, and follow up it's use by the GER
tain execution of the toInahawk.-
Nor was less astonished, as l looked
at the animal, and remarked its dun
color, at the extraordinary duickness
of vision which the necessity of be-
ing constantly on the watch lin their
hunting expeditions through the
trackless woods] against sudden sur
prise, either from wild beasts or eue-
mics in ambush, create. in these free
denizens Of their native wilds. Had
l been .journeying along, with all the
advantage of daylight, l scarcely
think my eye would have distinguish
ed the wolf from the thick bushes in
which it was couched, unless my at
tention had been excited by some
movement on its part: and l could
not help testify my aIuazement at
the whole scene. The Indian made
no reply, but reloaded his gun, to be
ready, if necessary. for anothe enter
prise of the same kind.
We resumed our journey in silence,
and having proceeded, as nearly as I
could judge, from three to four miles
| further, we at length came to small
cabin, Or wiSwam, erected by the side
of the path. I; was Of the simplest
construction,co consisting merely ofa few
sapplings stuck into the ground, and
covered on the top and sides with the
bark Of the cedar tree. Round the
cabin there was about half an acre of
ground cleared, which was planted in
Indian corn. Here we stopped; for
this was the abode OF my guide l
dismonntcd, fastened my horse to n
tree, and followed the Indian into the
hut, whose only furniture seemed to
be bed Of buffalo and wild deer
skins in one corner. | perceived,
however. that the walls, so to call
! them, were hung round with rifles,
tomahawks, seal lPingknives, shot
pouches, powder-horns, bows, arrows,
I and deer, buffalo and bear-skins.-
/ But l viii not attempt to describe
what We're my feelings at the moment
when ! saw and counted on one side
of the cabin, no less than fifteen hu.
man scalps, denotinS by their size
and appearance that they had belong,
ed 10 persons of almost every age
from the child Of three years, to the
grey victim of three score and ten
One in particular attracted my atten
ton, from the beauty of its glossy
auburn hair, which hung down il
profusion. and which had evidently
been severed from the head Of some
wretched female, perhaps young, anC
lovely. and beloved l could easily
distinguish, too, that all of them wer,
the scalps of white people. who hac
been slain, ! had no doubt, by the be
ing i'll whose power, utterly he!ples'
and alone, / then was. Ny hear
grew faint and sick at the ghastly ar
ray; and | turned from it, but Will
a resolution to betray. as little as
possibly could, by my manner, th'
emotion it had excited.
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maintained SPFva" before me ST'.' ON
miik' various preparations "l '''1''" u,
corn VII" Feh,7"h, an" ScI'"e' 'itt i"9
not "hp"Ia,apie "'7h' oei's mace 0
the Ho"F OF in'''9i' corn, corn, s"'''eit' s
"hile greTh' H''N'1' van Aic''sf an
"afeN lie seated himself oy III.
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my rae III 7P''t "l many u'ie's
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