Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-08

hid, for ii was on quite a bare piece Of prairie.
and not a bush near IL We looked on the top
Of the lodge, as hehad told us, pnd there wos a
white crow which certainly had not been there
when we went into It,
$50 we returned to him and told him what we
had seou then he said NOW tie me up as close
as you can, so that cannot get away, aud take
your own ropes for We thought it was bit Of
humbug, aud were going to use his old ropes, 80
we got our own good lassoes and lariata (horse
hair ropes), and took his buffalo robe of him
and tied hum up; first we tied his hands behind
his back (he WAS luAttcd on his hands and
heela), aud tied bis legs together, ana his hands
TO his legs thea we tied rope around his body
and tied him all ON a heap as II were, and
knotted the ropes at every turn 80 that ono
would think il would take man at least half
AN hour to cast him Adrft. Well, then, some
body proposed that we should lie him up in the
net; this was a seine net that We had at the
camp 30 we rolled him up in il, knOtted tho
eudi together aud also secured them agail with
the rope. lie asked us to put his knife near
himi this We did, laying it down about u yard
irtm him, as he was lying looking lise IL ball Of
not. lilo told us to go out Of the lodge, and not
10 look in again until We heard the bel ring
"Whtn We got out We looked on the top Of the
lodge Tor the white crow, and had hardly noiiued
that it was gone before wa heard the hell. We
rushed in aud there WAS the old bFgear SEATED
in tho middle Of the lodge as we had seen him ~
hrst, with his buffalo rob0 on, nni looking aB IL
nothing had happened 10 him. AMI on his shonl-
der WAS tho white crow. llG then told us to go
out again, and lhis timo We w,re out perhaps
hve minutes-but when wo wrnt into the lolge
=, again there he was tel up looking just the same
bail Of net as We had left him the first time
But the white crow was not to ba seen lie told
us then to unite HIM, which we did, and pre-
cious long time it took to do it, for he was 50
> firmly tied aud knOtted up. After he was free
: he sat for short time, apparently to recover
his strength, aud then began making medlcin,
Z again Whereup0n as before, the lodged waved
1 the bells rang, the white crow came in aud flew
Q III rapid flight, circling round the old man Il
1 heud, and when all came still again, perched
- itself upon his shoulder.
Q Then he said, sNow you may ask me what YOU
o want to know 60 Mr.. Ogden snid I'VE wish /,
know when MIR. MTAvish and his party will b,
here The answer was, on the third day from
. this. at half an hour before sunset you will se
!, him aud his party coming down the hill' Tn
u next question was Where is he now?' Tn
.. .. answer, They are enoamped upon a certain
a creek, naming it, He was then asked, 'Wha
has delayed them 30 long p and he answered
that they had been detained in the mountain
y four daya by snow. Well, sir, on the third day
, from that just about half an hour before sunset
sure enough there we saw the party cominl
down the hill, aud when they got into camp the!
y told us that three days before they had beef
cumred upon the creek that was named by th'
old man, and that they had been delayed in th,
mountains four days by snow"