Spirit of the age., 1861-06-12
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THE RESCUE.

In the spring of 1894, while General WAYNE
IN command of the Northw estern Army, was
occupying Fort -Greenville, which, he had
constructed the preceding winter, news was
brought to him that party of Pottawatomies
had surprised and destroyed the block house
OF small settlement not far distant and
massacred all the inmates excent Young
female, whom they had taken prisoner, .and
were then supposed to be conductingto THERE
village This female, Miss Eggeston, was
the daughter of an effieer af sar,,sA male who
if in his poweryto save her. At that time
heshad some two or three heroic little bands
of spies, or scouts, attached to his division;
and he knew if rescue could be effected at
all, the men to entrust with that important
enterprise could be found among them, and
them only.
Now it so happened that small party of
these scouts were at that moment in the fort
having come in the night previous with i'm
portant information, and were preparing to
set off again Immediately. Sending for one
of the most daring Of these, Robert McClel-
| land by name, who, though not the regular
! ly appointed leader of the band, sometimes
acted in that capacity when his commander
was absent, the general briefly informed him
of what had taken place. and asked him if he
! thought there was a hope of Miss Eggleston
being rescued.
can't say as to that, General replied
the scout; but this | will say, eff it kin be
done, 1 kin do it.
How many men do you want?' asked
Wayne
!. How big is the party 2 inquired the other
f From the report, Ishsald judge there were
twenty or thirty of them
Then it'll never do for us to make regu-
lar stand-up fight ont, Gineral, unless " has
the cap'n and the others all along; and as
they won't be in afore to morrow, eff then, /
l reckon it's best to operate by sarcpmventlon,
5 and the two that's here with me z-ssHickman
) and Haft--wll be jest as good for that thar
: as dozen men. Only put me whar can
get on their trail and eff the red negroes arn'i
0 too fur ahead, III soon fetch good report o
them, eff | DON'T of the young woman
f But you mustbring good account of her,
r Frejoned Wayne, ina positive tone. 1t is tc
: save her | send you; for she is the daughte
of my friend, and her life and rescue ar
> above priceal
\ Then well save her, Gineral,' replied TIL
d hardy SCOUT that is eff the butchering var
Y mints only save her themselves till We XII
f get to whar she ar
is General Wavne gave Mcclellan some fur
Immediately. and returning to his tempo
ee rary quarters in the F9rt, and informing hi
a. companions what was required Of Them, the
le at once set about preparing for their new &C
! venture; and in less than half an hour, th
en- three were threading the intricate mazes of
VI great, dark forest which then stretched ava
Ies unbrokenly, for many long league befol
he them.
on With lopg and rapid strides-McCiellal
er the feetestfooted hunter of his time, on IL
p- lead-they got over some twenty miles
nd ground, and reached the ruins of the bloc
Is house, where the massacre had taken plac
just as the sun va Setting. There W;
re- light enosgh to find tne broad trail of the r
by treating ians; and With no unnecesal
ses delay the Set out upon It and advanced son
os- two or th4 4emiles furtlar, when the gathe
ing nigh fcompelled z8em to encamp al
by postpone iarther opel lions till another da
IDS Thesnisht, howey passed off witho
ted any dsstu rpalce; and at the first streak
4day they arose and resumed their journe.
ho and ere the sun set again, they had travelf
ort far upon the broad trail of their foes in
re- rsosthernly direction.
ert Wits not our purpose to follow them in {
Mr. tail. Suffice it toasag, that near the close
gtys second day, they rea ached point where {
de. trail forked and itgbeeame necessary to ma
lily acareful examinatlonain order odecide viii
the party had taken the prisoner with them.
,op- 70 the best of their Judgment the VIII
and number of Indians was not much short
pay thirty; but they were not equally divided
ure the point of separation, as was evident fir
lme one trail being much larger than the other
They soon satisfied themselves, that the
pied had been taken with the smaller party; (;
men this to them was pleasing discovery, a:
de- gave them more hope of being successful
that her rsrescue.
< of This decided, they pushed on rapidly
i at night, and then encamped-proceeding