The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1863-04-23
passed BY his plase of concsalment.

When several hours had elspaed, ant
sl' seemed s,ill, the officer v.ntured /,
stir fr"u his hiding place. Iii. wount
VAS painful; his fmba were stif'; and i
Was with great difficulty that he s"uis
get out ~ the pit int" which he had tai
len. Al last he n; ct.d his deliveranc..
and faint and w"nndcd ~ he wa, ane
though the night wa. da ( and di-sn,'
hr So forth in hopes of reaching ~.
English army
lie bad not proceed !: far when I
light. glim,nering throug', The trees, II
tracied his attention; he anpronehe, il
with great cautinn, and >h.!t.riuy Inn
self from "l,acrva,i",, re.art, 4 viii
much anxiety party Of Ii'r.s who
were assembled round i .rr.,, fire r. Is,
ing the hesh "f deer Th.ir y i'll and
savage !,".ks. as they sat on the gr,n,,r
in the red l,yh, fih. q Z. w.r. lrul,
alarming; and the "ffi...r. af i I &c b
ing seen, changed his position. in h
h"l" # eomccaliny him>.lf more ,tf.
nally. IL doing y" he struck la. wound.
ID arm / raiMst 4 branch. whics, cau,. !
hi" such vi"lcn, pain that be- VA u"
allie 1T the ,n.m-nt to pevcn' cr, II
agony bursting t,"m him. IL m,.-
men; the lntisns were "n their feet. ant
in another they had dragged him f..'h'
Wounded IA be was, aud though hi,
enemies we're t."" numerous I" Ie:ixe any
ch lnc., nf successful resistance, the I'll
Ger drew his sword, aud end .avnr. 4 T..
defend himself, for he dreaded the tor !.
iure which he knew the I.N.n- w""ld
intlict IN him II h. lpeca,n. their cal.,i ive
s.. unequal strif. w..ul | Sp.e,i,l, have
terminated in the dratl, II the Officer
hut that an "ll Indian, ~h., hal hrher
to st'xd sloof. aprnng forward. and
waving his ,"mahawk "vcr the Eny'sh
man forbade any one /" harm h,m.
Il WAS f"rtunate that This I'LL Indian
was the chirf "f ::his tribe. aud was
i',gil. rev-r-nccd hN Ais p..ol,l. '"r his
great strength and kill IL war an u,
hunsing-they snllrnl. s.b-ye,l him lie
addressed the officer in broken French,
"f whicl, language many of the Indians
who werc in league With tn Fr. nch had
= slight knowledge. Il. promised him
protect ion AMI gave him food Per.
cr,ving ,ha, their captive was wounded,
he gathered the leaves uf some healing
plant, and after s,erping them in w
ter, bound them on tho w~nnd, with the
greatest enlicismle Er the officers re.
c"very, aud hv words II comt.r, tried
/. alleviate his sutfcr,nys.
After some time the Indians stretch
.le themselves .,n the ge"umi t. sle.l..
all hut npe nr iwn whn remained 10
watch. aud the chief who ca,rrd "n y
sll.r, conversation with the atiicer.
You cannn,," said he, .gn ava.
Yet. NY sou. tor YOU could no. fin'l :r
path. through the wo"l-; and If s"u
could you would pr ,babl, meet wi,h
enemies cami.ut n,w conduct y..m
tor We ." IL ths m..niug towards H..
north. You mus, therefore acc.rni,any
~; I'm, ~ SION ~ I,"ssi,le .,.n >h,ll be-
restored 10 y"ur own people. N v ~
and sleep f"r y"n are wonnl.d aud
weary, aud mn~' have Fest
The Enylishman i, my he imagined.
Aul NJ mach relish the idea .f being
kept among the ln,li,ns; il va. how
ever, mnch hrtter than beng killed q,
tortured nv them. and he returned man.
thanks I" the chief
Earlv IN the morning l.r WAS aroused
b. tn. tr"np preparing fn departure
They travelled viii. III. m = .insnl.,
can,i"n. and wound III ir xay .l,ron n
The m"st ..hssure part If the wnnd.
anl guidcd themselves nv track. qmi.
neutrality-suspicious., except bs the -xls,
fenced eye "f the Indian. They p,.
served profound silence. AMI 4ls.w-.
great ingenuity IN th- mrsns they nd
opted I" prevent their . ursr helm.
known.
During the miadl. # thu ds, ,M.,
Z sted. and again 1t night. IN IN,
sleMh "fthe nigh, the officer was ar.ns
~ BY som~ "ne shaking I. IN. ard k.ok
ing up, he saw his friend. the iii fndi.,
who. csuti"ning him to '.~ silent. bad,
him - follow his steps. He did o., snt
they proceed-d carefully am~nR tn'
wM.ds. Il Vas not Mn;,l ds, hresk tha
, the silence wss broke.. by the E..vl,ah
msa s.ting his conductor whi.hsr the,
wsvs Oniag.
sQ1e af oar people," replied the n
diss.s - vessdsd Severely " -