Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-11-13
NJ | sc T. LI.AN NY.
THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.


h~arthstone dismal and gloomy-two broth
srs. named George and Wallace Arthur.
after a most desperate resistance. and afte,
seeing their sgd parents ruthlcssly hatcher.
"a and scalped b. their inhuman assailan,.
we're 6naliy oscrpowcrcd and taken prison.
ers. TO h. reserved probably for a fu,ur,
fate more horrible than their parents had
met
The party. consisting Of ftecn paint.
eedauhed and half-naked savases. fcrce.
Nindiciive. bloodihirsty. after ransack inr
a., house thoroughly. taking everything ot
the least valnc 20. them. DESTROYING every
article % furni turc the room Contained.
throwing bcdstcads. chairs aud table. IN a
confused heap ia one corner. utterin. their
~ild. horrid yells 81 savage triumph. lef,
tie house. and collecting a large quan-
utiy oi grass. t~iss. and other cou.bu.tibl.
m maierials. PLACED them before the open
door ~ay. and pilius the broken furniture
thereon. SCI the whole on frr. and amid
~ild yelis Of eSu!tAiion. departed with
thcir caPtives towards their far distant VII
lag
\ cloud q suaocasing smoke rose from,
the mass 81 rubbish before the door wav :
bot soon tongue of famc protruded. and
licked rs fery way up~aris 10 the roof Of
tie doomet>i-, ling. shedding a lurid light
through The dark forest aisics. forming huge
misshaPcn. hickerins shadows of tbc neigh
boring trees The flames spread and ex-
tended their serpent Ike tongues % embrace
The doomed house-upward. stiu Upward.
iacrcasing IN s;rsngth. roaring ani crackling
hcrveiy until the cabin va sooa mass oi
hre. shooting up haac toward the sky. aud
lighting the dark forest far and vide Nith a
laird glare
A. the sAsAses Led their eaptIves svay.
Wallace Arthur locke back over his shoal-
der. gave one glance a. the burning pile
IN whose depths the blAokensd a.hes q has
parcats lay. and nuitercd % himself
" II The savagcs we're ouly there nov.
they j meet -hatthey hadn't bargaincd f3r
~hen they set the house on Gre"
Even As be spoke. huge volumes % black
smoke rose up and thiekcncI thc AIR. the
flames sank down and became obscurcd and
for one mosa~nt everything seemed hashcd
IN a. a~ful suspense. Then the smoke
separated IN vas; rolling volumes. .ho~cr
of parks and broad shee, of livid light shot
oui of the blazing cabin. folowed by ~
port that shook the very ground upon Which
The lnlians stood. and the fragments q
timber we're thrown high ia the air. and
then nothing remained bat smouldcriug
mass % cubcrs. that cast feeble hickcr-
ing light upon surrounding Objects
With their hands bound securely behind
them. rejecting upon the late events q
their capture. the prisoners we're conduct
81 raPidiy through ihe great forest. subiect-
a o. ihc iaunts insults and injuries. q
their brutal oaptor,. ~ho took especial de-
hehi Boz forcing gr.mace ofpain upon thc
coun,enanccs q their prisoner. The lat
ter rvtaincd moody silence throughout the
~hole march. gave no answers O. the insult
ing remarks of The Indians bot As these
continued indignitics. we're Lcapei upon
them. tbc eyes of Waiiicc would da.h uiih
ferco anger and ressntmcnt ard Li.broad
ebs,i hease siontly revealing tho danger
passions that barned within him.
Yet the sayases. althoush they inflicted
tho most cruel inilrics their crl natlres
couh devise. failed O. elicit graan from
lhe capt.ses. uho yell knew that tie slight
est evidence would afford them more inha-
man merrimeri AID bring upon tbemscl,cs
more cru~i treatment thau heforc Yet
Wa'lace could hardly restrain himself f-am
giving seat o. hispeut ur anger anI rage
in bitter inseet.ves
Obliged t5 ohu.t . th- harsh u.sre oi
thc laI.ans. th.s ser, irI alon- t1aarI thc
village. snI ~Len any game vas Allied.
their lands usrs liberated anl thcy we're
forced o. CARR 10 upon their .L9alier-. &c
the sans f.ne being arcflly guarded to
prevent escape. 10 tLey Jagged iu tleir
coar,e. tLcy ver, lri,en f1rvari hypaiat-
Cd sti.ks. which the ,a,a-e. thrust toto
their sides or baek.. ae.ompany.ns ea.h
vith yeli oflehshi
d. this manner thsy vcre coalu,iei o.
tie village. where they arrived on o. s.sth
DAY af,tr ihcr captar,. almost ealal.tri
bt tl.ir colilnaai labor and ihe fo-i.rrs to
Which tley BAL been .ul jeetei on the rol.e
Here they we're treated more crugiIy than
before. thc uomen being far more revenge.
60 than the men They booted. h,ssei and
yelled. thre~ stones and iir, ia thrir faces.
srii upon them. aud beat them wih STICKS