Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-08-28
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1861.
lie. Dosen't git scarf, child, he can't git

ME. Dosen't git scarf, child, he can't cit
away
Pm not afraid of him Jake, as she step
ped forward her eyes flashing hate and an
ger on the savage foe. What can do to
help you, Jake On, l wish I could kill
him
And she shook her little fist at the Indi-
, an.
Ugh! Ne kill, scalp you, bymeby, may
be- growled the savage. as be made another
desperate attempt to free himself.
Maybe you won't, neither answered
the brave girl. But what shall do, Jake?
what shall [ do p
I tell you, Miss Jennie, answered Jake,
/ hope beaming on his dusky eountenance.
Dar's an axe under de bed-mighty sharp
one, too Yah, yah ole mig sharpen him
up yesterday. Didn't know what for do
guess Indian find out, pooty soon. Well,
Missile Jennie, you git de axe, cum up be-
/ hind Ingin, and glib him one good lick in
de head and kill him. OATS what you do
! For a moment, Jennie shrank in horror
from the deed She was not afraid but
the idea of shedding blood had something
horrible in it to the child, even if it was
the blood of an enemy. She looked at her
mother inquiringly.
Shall | do it mother 2 she asked
ut is our only hope of safety, Jennie
replied the matron, after moments hesita-
ton. DO it, if you can, daughter; it is
| the only way to save our lives
can DO it, mother, and [ willP answer
ed the brave girl; and she sprang to get
the axe
The Indian had listened attentively to
the short conversation. Little as he un-
derstood, he knew they were contriving
some plan, but what it was he could not
make Out. The appearance of the axe
soon enlightened him on that point; and
as he saw the young girl approach with
the weapon, his struggles to get away be-
came almost superhuman and he had
nearly succeeded in his object, as the axe
decended upon his head a sudden move
ntof the Indian rendered the blow partial
ly ineffective, and the axe glanced off, mere
" inhicting slight wound But again
the young heroine raised the weapon, and
again it descended, this time with fatal eff
feet, and the savage sank dead at her feet
Dropping the axe, Jennie turned in horror
from the sckening spectacle Old Jake
sprang to his feet, with a whoop that was
audible to the Indians outside, and seized
upon the axe.
I golIy lnissus,' he shouted dat's dc
way to saryo EN- outD Then pointing to
the savage who, prisoner in the door, had
been a powerless witness to the fate of his
comrade, Jake continued: 'Jes' let in dat
udder red cuss dar, and wen sarve him off
III dc same manner. goliy | t'ink I'll
haJ cut at him nyhow'
And he hobblcd toward the door but
the Indian saw him coming, and knowing
his fate if he stayed there, he gave yell,
and making one great struggle for liberty
aEd HE, he succeeded in releasing himself,
but not without leaving a considerable por-
ton of his gaudy dress and painted cuticle
behind as the door closed and Mrs. Wood
joytuliy fixed the stout oaken bar. that had
done such good service in its place Yell
upon yell arose from the savages out
side Of the house but suddenly they we're
drowned by the sharp crack of dozen ri
tles, and the hope of rescue sprang up in
the hearts of the besieged Flying to a
loop hole in the wall of the cabin, Mrs.
Wood looked out A dozen Indians lay
dead on the ground, while the survivors
were flying In all directions And issuing
from the forest were some eighteen or TWEEN
ty hardy frontiersmen, headed by Daniel
Wood himself, who sprang across the open
space and was welcomed with open arms
by his overjoyed wife at the threshold
The cabin was soon filed With the woods
men, while Jennie-dear, brave Jennie,
was lauded to the highest pitch for her
courage. Nor was old Jake forgotten.-
The opportune arrival of Daniel and his
friends was then explained. 1t seems that
one OF the neighbors, while hunting in the
woods, discovered the Indians and watch
ing them, had seen them make toward
Mr.. Woods. The man hurried to the station
to obtain help, and there found Mr.. Wood.
A party was soon raised and on the march.
Our readers know the rest But old Jake
ever after asseYeFated:
Dat if missus had only luf dem red Gus
is IN, one at time, Missie Jennie and dis
ole mig would hab killed dem all of-shur's