The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-12
WASH WILBUR, THE FRONTIER HUNTER.

"Wt,n the bu arlt Who'll bigh when they
-iicle round aud roIud owe one an 4, then the
huntc knows thn, iL"y scori tho car ss thA.
seek ~ FOR scalps 90 decorate bis wiewa and
scalp cks fringe his l,Egils tLon tho M ,th.
G, thouid be wa'ohfu, OF the little p,ppoose,
and tho brave Of thoso he loyos'
True and I should not lirrer ho-o, when
danger IL al at, tho hounds Of war upon Il .
trail Of blood and yet would not leave you
thus"
"Lot pale huntors foot net res, let not the
erocn fras' gov up under IT, the shadows arc
lor tholir & AMI tho kss # tho MAJ itou Of day
becoming less warm. Tho spirit of dark -cs,
will soon be abroad and more than one pale
mi r lodge may b, ashes aud the 'calps no
loved be drying IN the smoke Of the rcd mans
wiR~am beforc tho birds ofmorEiug sing again
lot him Ro
Sand you;'
"w.ll re n ,iu md .,.tlar Cod and wi hout
aro,her word shs bourloi across Tho brook and
disappeared from sight
For a mumoL, only the hunter stool irreso.
lu'o and then passed swl,iy doen The stream
unit he reached a well u,a'on trait Horo no
paused long enou TO carve upon massive
linden eo rude draoint Of h,tchet, and
th,n after sn'niug tho blade with Tho rod
juio. OF Tho sumac bo'Iios that grew thickly
about n. took tho ira J a'l hgs'clel on.
Yet g, ort as had bcen his lingering, rude and
simple as wa the record he made, it toll story
Of ,ho deepest Importance TO any irontiorman
that should pass that way, and it was a woll
| known and lToVueuiod spot. IL wa, al once in.
formation and q warning, Information that
the Indians were upon the war-pa'h aud a eau
| tiou 10 be- prepared and wa'chful 81 i4fel that
he had done his duty, the step o! tho hunter,
as we'll As his heart, became more light, but it
would not have been so could he have but seen
for how Brief time it remained there. Bdet
los, for the sound Of his footsteps hal hardly
died away before the Indian gil, Snow Flake,
issued from the bushes and stood before his
work, with brow as black as midnight, and a. il
every evil passion had surgcd up from her heart
and left their impress there.
"The pale hunter keep not his 'aiih with the
daughter Of the SIchen," sho hi,sed, serpent
| Ike, hstweon bor clenched teeth. "And he
! bu' let him beware He may toy too long with
7 the pct wolf ard he bitten st last and with
b,r keen. .et ged knife she quickly removed all
traces of the waning emblem the hunter had
left. This done, she sat down upon the side Of
| the trail bat screened from the Dyes Of any
passar, ard was soon apparently los' in Thought.
| Meanwhile, the hunter had rel he'd a small
but strongly built log cabin that stool upon the
edge of " clearing, where a little town had
/ sprung up, for the accommodation Of settlers in
the vicinity. Unlocking the rough and moss "a
. door, he entered, placed his ritl, u1on tho ant
/ lcrs Of buck that were mailed over the fire.
place, relieved himsolfoi pistols and belt, built
a Ere, and rapidly dressed anil prepared ftr cook.
ing a few birds he had ihot on hi, homeward
route. Soon the dry wood kindled, ard glow.
ing bed Of enbtr4 received the ready game, and
/ while it was cooking and sending fortb savOry
steam he with equal devtsrity prepared, from
pounded maize, a cake. his, baked in the
ashes he added to the meal, and both he and
the dog d-patched il in manner that proved
not only good appetite, bat long fasting.
/ Ihrowing the few remnants into tho ashes, he
extinguished the dame, drew the argos from
both rifles and Ti-tols, clelned and carefully re-
/ loaded them, Then, as if his mind was wander
ing bacl, again to lho quiet dell and the hand
some Indian girl he mutlored aloud
"Sn1w Flake has never liei to me, and be-
lieye she likes me better than any other white
man, for she has often warned me Of danger, as
and saved my lie. Bat there is somsthing I
cannot understand in this sudden movement Of
the red skins. kuo them woll--hdve studied
them and been among them for years, but this
is unexpected when all appeared so quiet -
They'r treacherous devils aoy how, and there Is
no more trust 10 be pat in them than water
moccasin, and that's about the meAnest snake
/ there is. Yet she spoke me fair and It can do
no harm to put the folEs at the Gioge on their
! guard, and III DO 81 even il tho tramp Is long
and a n tireI. Yss, | will gO-sud go nov,
for the sun will be down before rot thore, oven
| If ! travel ss fast a. a hunted deer. So come
| Wolf, We will take the trail again and
A rifle shot and q cheerful, ringing shout
| stopped his wo 'ds, and moment after stout,
weai beaten hunter, armed and clad like u
one already described, but much older, pushed
| opsn the door and entered.
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