The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-08-01

SmelC Unelf presence. saw their
eveballs flashing in the gloom, and
heard their roars constantly coming
nearer. @t ft 4...-
/ set my feet firmly on the ground
and cooked my revolver. Four
shots we've followed by four howls
of pain, and the noise produced by
branch after branch in the fall of the
wounded wild cats. This attack
aroused sinister uproar The red
wolves rushed with yells on the vic
Tins, for which they contende1 with
the urubus and yultures. A rustling =
in the leaves reached my ear, and u
mass it was impossible clearly to
distinguish cleft the space, and
lodged on the rock. With the butt
Of my rifle l struck out in the dark
ness, and the panther, with a broken
skull, rolled to the base of the rock.
l heard monstrous battle with the
cougouars and wild cats waged with
the wound panther, and intoxicated
by nay triumph and even by my dan
ger, fired two shots into the crowd
OK obstinate enemies snarling before
me. Suddenly all these animals.
ceasing their contest as if by com
mon consent,united against me, their
common foe, and their rage was
turned against the rock, from the
top Of which I appeared. They
climbed up the projection. The
WIG cats we're the first to arrive, ,and
fast as ! felled them, others leaped
upon me. | felt my strength and
energy gradually diminishing.
AS if suffering from nightmare,
struggled in vain against the swarms
Of assailants that were constantly re-
inforced. l felt on my face, the
warm, fetid breath of the wild cats
and red wolves, while the roars OF
the cougouars and the mocking mi
auling Of the panthers filed my ears
with a frightful melody that gave
me a vertigo. Hundreds of eyes
sparkled IN the shade, and at times
the eavy wings of the vultures and
urubus lashed my forehead, which
was bathed in cold persiration.
Every feeling of self died out
no longer thought; my life so to
speak, had become entirely physic-
al; my movements were mechanical
and my>irms rose and fell to st Ike
with the rigid regularity of a pend
ulum.
Already several claws had buried
deep in my flesh. Wild cats had
seized me by the throat, and l had
been compelled to struggle with
them to make them loose'their hold
my blood was flowing from twenty
wounds, not mortal, it is true, but
the hour was approaching beyond
which human strength cannot go
| would have fallen from the rock
and perished under the teeth of the
wild beasts.
At this solemn moment when all
seemed to desert me, a loud cry burst
from my bosom-a cry of agony
and despair of undefinable expires
sion, which was echoed far and wide
by the rocks. It was the last pro
test of the strong man who confesse'
himself vanquished, and who, before
falling, calls his feilow-man to hi.
aid, or implores the help of Heaven
cried, and a cry responded tC
mine!
I was amazed, and not daring tt
count on miracle in desert whicl
no human being had ever yet pene
trated, believed myself under the i'm
preston of dream or an halluci
nation; still, collecting all m!
strength, and feeling hope rellindle(
ir my soul, l uttered a second cry
louder and more ear-piercing thar
the first.
"Courage!"
This time it was no echo that an
swered me. Courage! That on
word reached me on the wings o
the wind though faint as a sigh
Like the giant Anteus, drew my
self up, and seemed to regain m,
strength and recover that life whicl
was already slipping from me.
redoubled my blows at my innumer
able enemies.
Several horses were gallcping il
the distance shots lit up the dark
ness with their transient CLEANS, an,
men. or rather demons, dashed sud
denly into the thick of the wilC
beasts, and produced a fearful earn
age.
Suddenly l was attacked by two
tiger cats, rolled on the platform
struggling with them.
The wild beasts had fed befor,
! the new Corners, who FASTENED tt
light fires to keep them at bay dur
ing the rest of the night. Two 0
these men, holding lighted torches
began seeking me, whose cries o
distress had besought their help
1 was lying senseless on the plat
form. surrounded by ten or a dozer
dead wild cats, and holding in m,
stiffened fingers the neck of stran
gled pajiro..
] was gently raised by the heaC
and feet, and with infinite preca u
tions transported from the impro
vised fortress where l had so Ions
fought, and laid on a bed of leave
they had gotten ready, near one o
the fires. l was saved.
He who lives witko out an objedt
at hap-hazard, as they say, has {
dill Efn .nfit In th moral Iifo ff