Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-01-25

IN virginia, near ,the tue Ia'is on the Aanhw-
ha. The country, az zoe time, was an un-
broken wilderness. But few settlemsass bad
eeen n'aae oy Tie whites ann 'hey. wsrs %
far apaft a. 10 reader vain all hopes Of asels'
,ance in case OF an attack fiom hostile Ia
dams, numbers Of WHOM BIN infested the
neighborhood. lived there alone with my
wife for several months unrnolested. and ~
ant or pcfsesersnse, then yonae and hsvsiy,
nad spccyedsd in, making 9ults clearing y
the forest, which planted win corn, md
which promised ai apsndant yield t1R
isOne morhinGs siter, We had dspstchedonr
humol. meal aud lust prepared 70 venture
fork tpcu my accossomed routine ofslaoot.
ms attention was Assafrested by ihc tiaklirgof
a COW bell ia the cern6eld,
'There' said ny VIE, ashs COW is u the
corn6eAa" : hsiy. vAie1 Nss A 1odsf :
But the ear Of the book voodsuAn becomes
By education very acute especially -. non
the fsst that bis satsty depends ppon the nice
cultivation of; iha, ssnse. was not 90 essl-
ly deceived. listened. The sound wsste'
ea,ed- s-ThakP said u sn reptyto NY vasa
remark. a~ % pot the tinkle Of bell Upon
the neck Of COW, but Z dceoy rem sosne
lndAA, who vishes 70 draw ne bkio anAue
bush.r .,,,.fs "a t.......g -, : -. -.
Believing this 70 be the case, took oown
ny old musket, and seeing that II wac psevs
erly loaded, L stole cautiously Nround ehe
Geld toward the spot from which the sound
seemed 10 procved. BOB es3sH tsio scd
Az suspected, there In aclump Of bueAee
crouched an Indian, waiting fos me 70 anpeef
ia answer to bic desoy ssaA thas he imlght
send fatal bullet 10 my heart. ] approooh-
I'd without discovering myself to him nAtll
witbis shooting distance, then raises ~
piece snd 6red. The bullst sped trne " ~
mark spd the Indian fell dead. p A9ss
Not knowing but that be xas seaccompS-
lpied by Others, ! retnrned VITA, all speed b
the cabin aud haviag frmiy harricaded ths
door watched al tne er the <oupan1oes
of the Indisn had killAd- To add = ~
danger and seeuing hVTelessness Of my Ntu.
alton, discovefed that 1 MAD but ons 1hee
lefL and U. attacked BY nuulbers.r X should -
entirely In their power. Determined to do
the best With the powder, put 1t Into Ase
musket and thea waited tor The approach Of
night, feeling sure OF an attack.
Night come at last. beautisnl moen.
light II was too and favored me greatly, -
would thereby be able 10 observe the move
ments Of the enemy as they approached the
cabin. Hsa aJisys 9esss yes sp9ea
L 1t fwas come two hours after nightfall and
,yet had neither heard nor seen Q sign of'the
ludiauA shsu soddentyy 4 was STARTLED ct
the bayiHg of niy, dog Al the .stsblc, Tho
stable stood alittls TO 'the wsst OF the cabin,
taad betwesn shs TWO ssasl q patch ef caeer
ground on which the light Of the moen
| fell unobstrucied Judging from the uoiss
latths stable that they would advause ff0a
That DIRECTION, ! posled ,Ryself st The Ipegt
Ihoie on that side 81 the cabin.
p chad prssiously placed ny wife oa -
tcsoss pois in the, chimney, so that 10 case ssr
enemies effected on euirauce into our cNbia,
she might climb out through the lowerchin-
tcrtained no hope but dcternined tosell nay
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