The Grand Haven news., 1864-12-07

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Of corps Of Texap Rangers, who would
scarcely be expected to be- alone, Or far
from his men, Legs cody turned bis horse
sideways 70 the Indians, and waved his
hand as though beckoning 10 his troop to
hurry up. After giving two or three
quick motions with his hand. he drew
and cooked six-shooter; then. putting
spurs TO his horse, charged full at his en-
emies, giving, rs he came at them, his
wsrcry, which many of them had heard
before. ss SIS i,,yg. ..,s.f
The ruse succeeded; for, between their
attention to the desperate man who charg-
ed dthem SO fiercely, and the expectation
Of seeing his troop of buckskinned war;
riors come pouring around the point, the
Indians were so surprised that they for
got to uncoi their lassos, though a few
let slip their arrows At him rs he passed
through them. discharging his six-shoot-
or as quickly as be could, and with that
unerfing skill which constant practice
gives. Their surprise only lasted for !ew
seconds; but, short as it was, it had been
sufficient to enable Legs to break through
MS 'oes' oeei"g 'ns' .ne'r 'a' an'"go-
and that no band of rangers rounded the
point, the savages saw that they had been
duped very c'eVerly' ana tnat tney might
now' perhaps capture 'ne'' na'ed Toe. NO
.,'he was ios' oy Inc inu'ans' Us soon as
'nsy perceived 'ne ruin, 'ney s're'cneo
OUT 'nelr norses utmost speed' yel,ing
,nelr war-cry, , ,now,pow-poo-oo,ooAh!
Dut 'nls' ~nlcn wou'a nave saoiy tired
Inc nerves oI any one 1naccus'oneo 10
~ nsa ,no e''ec, upon Legs eacePs 10
warn n,In 'ns' 'ne savages nad iouna OUT
11e TICK ana were pow 10 eager pursuit;
ale nsa ga'neu a. ,eas. ,our nnnareo
yaros oy ms rusn' anu Inns no noped 70
AoeP llon' Ing main ooay Of pursuers' as
70 now ana 'nen one u's'anclng tne resi-
anu coming p'e''y c'ose 20 num- 'n's
1"u'eo ness 10 uueasluess' TOT 'noIgu no
,l"u e'nP''eu one s'A-snoo,e, 'n MS cnalgo'
10 haa 70. Tue osner. anu Tue extra gym
ae's, ~ maklng ai'ogs'ner elgn1een sno's
'nv,e n ~ oelenee ano eVeh ,ne a'scuargeu
oy"uoe's 'u'ens 20 ,e'osueu no anu
70 ho was not ,srossaJ 49, o,,,.s,,, r..
ahout the 6rst twn miles he kar, H. leod
of abou, fonr bpndred v.rds .f,or wb;ch.
the Indians beoan 10 lessen The distance
between them !: for The RANGERS horse one
of the best for sneed and sndurarce y nom
the frontier had had . lono ;ournay
whilst The Indians, mustanrs yere CON-,
nsrat;vaIv fresh "Oyer ono nro;r;s Iii a.
tar ano,ber Tocs rrcad h;s horsa .ud
the ;nd;st;nct bi1a fn,est in the d;stsncs
hecame each m;rnta he.te, ;dsr,;S.d And
soon Tho tale, ,,se tors srd c;.n, hr,rch
es were cat ont clearly arains. the Glow.
ing sky made hy the sinking sun. Hope
rose higher in Lewis heart as he saw
himself drawing so close TO the forest,
and rage possessed the ssyaces for fear
that he should gain its shelter, and with
the aid Of nicht escape their vengeance !;
so they eoaded their horses with their
squirts (raw hide whipsl, and, in some
instances, the points of their knives, to
overtake their fugitive. ~. e'3 !
About ons nile ror,a;ned 70 be crossed
before the welcome ref,,oe wonId ba reacb.
ed and The hest mounted Of the saysgss
strained eyerv nerve 10 overtaka' their
prev Ever as one anproacbed too near,
tho pursued turnipc & his s.ddle either
menaced the lead;nc SAVAGE or-if within
reach stopped him with a bulIet, In
that last mile he said he discharged hi.
pistol eleven times. so closely waso he