The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-05-25

rALn o. oLD vIaslslA.

u vas about tbs year 1905, ihA, settled in
Virginia, near the falls :of The Kauavha The
country, 81 the time was an unbroken wilderness
Bot fow salilsmenls had been made by the white
and they we're 20 far apart as 70 render vain all
hopes OF assistance in ease Of attack ff0sz hcs;;le
Indiana, nunbers Of whom still infested the
| neighboFhood.
I lived there alone With nv wife for several
months unmoloaled, and by diut Of perseverance,
then young and hardy, had succeeded In making
quite clearing In the forest, which planted
with corn, and which promised an abundant
yield.
One morning after we had dispatched our
humble meal, and just prepared to venture forth
upon my accustomed routine Of labor, fny aiien.
ton was arrested BY The ,inklInE Of COW he'll in
the corn-heid
There, ,aid my wife, "ihs COW is in the corn
field "
Bot the ear OF the bAskwoodsman becomes by
education very acute, especially %, from the
fact that his safety often depends upon the nice
cultivation OF that sense was no, 80 easily
deceived. listened. The sound was retraied. -
That, said ], In reply 10 my wifes remark
was not the tnkle Of q bell upon the neCk oi =
COW, but decoy from some Indian, who wishes
10 draw me into ambush 80
Believing this TO be- the case took doNn nv
Old mnskei, and seeing that u was properly
loaded, stole cautiously around the held to-
wards the spot from which the sound sccted ~
proersd
As suspected, ,ier, ia a clump Of bushe.
cfOuchsd an Indian, waiting for me 10 appca' 10
shrSef 10 bis decoy bell that lac might send -
fatal bullet TO my heart. approached without
discovering myseifio bin gniil within shooting
distance, then raised my piece and fired The
bullet sped true 10 iis mark, aud the lndiAh i-ii
dad
Not knowing but that he might BE- ACCOMPANIED
by Others, returned with all speed 10 the ,abin.
atA laa L. lsas. l..Ne
all day for the compasions OF the iudiRn / had
killed To add 10 tie danger and seeming help
lessness OF rly situation, ! discovered that hal
but one shot leff and Ra'iaekcd hy aumbrfl I
should i's entirely "a their poser Determined
TO DO 'he les, With the charge of PoNdeT pu,iI
into the uauskei, and then waited Tor ie atpro~'i
of night feeling SUR Of At attack
Night tAins Al last. A beautiful noonlisht
wAs TOO, and isvoist me greatly. NJ NrA.i
thereby br able 10 observe the movements "a; o..
enemy NJ they approached THE cabia
u vas some Two hours after nghii,ll ata
yet had neither heard NOT seen q sign % ,-
Indians, when suddenly ! vas started T., ily
bs,iag OF my Dog q, the stable The s,nt,
stood little to the west 0! the cabin and between
the Two was patch OF clear ground. .poG
which the light Of the moon ftil unrestricted
Judging from the n0sc ai the stable ihsi ;hty
would advance from iha, direction ! t.isi my
self At the porthol. on that SIDE of the canin
pole IN the chimney. 80 that IN ease out en'-
mrs effected az entrance into our cahiu ~.
might climb out through the lover vhimnry aui
effect her tscaf-. For myself entertained %"
hope but determined no; TO b. taken alive nud
TO ssll my lie dearly
With brsathless anIieiy ! waiica - ,h.
pOrihoe. Al length saw them Snivret from
the shadow o. the stable and sdvancc scros- The
open ground towards my cabin rne-iwo--
,hree-great heaven siI sIAiWHft lnd!Aas az
med 20 the teeth. and urged on hy the hoIe ~
revenge, sud ! alone 80 oPpyse them With 0hr
charge " powder. Ny case was desperate
Indeed Witt. luick and stealihy step. 10 ,us-
singlr q, the. 1Pproachts aud vese aheads
within f-~ !aris ~ The house shei. Il siigi;
change VI N, mcV'mrnt 80 ;ac fut wa.a indiau
changed iht Iosliiou " ,hs s.& So :bs; rot-
ton o. ,t. ie', sd. Oi sAch was Iuvrveit!
They were 10 range onr sin would ,o',i
I'll Qnick a. ihought aimed and tred A.
the smoke CLEARED awsy could hardly cr,ti'
~hat NV senses showed ine - The result u riY
shot The hteea s!ags with which ! bad lon.
ded the nuskei had done ilsil work well.
Eve OF the siI ladans lay 1eAl upon ihc
ground, aud The sisih haa disappeared
Although no eGenies we're nos IA sigh;
did not venture forth until morning. Thefc
lay the bodies Of the Eve Indians gadistafhcd.
together wiih the rife OF the other Securing
the arms and ammunition Of the fallen indians
! followed up the trail Of the missing one VI.
Ill reached the river, beyond which point
could discover nothing F:om the amount o'
blood which marked his trail together with
unHiistakablo evidence that he had picked his
way with difficulty, ! was led TO believe that
he was mcrtally wounded, and ia order TO pfe-
vent his body falling into the hands Of ibc
white foe, he had groped his way 10 the river
and thrown himself in the current which had
borne IL away.
The indisns had killed my Gov. and thai.
yor may be assured was no irifling loss. vet
IN N. gratitude for my escape from the mcrci-
les sAvages. ] would have made greater sAer,.
hces vac well provided by means OF arms
and ammunition taken from the six Indians.
in case oss second attack, hut this fortunately
proved IN te u! last adventure with the
saNages
No, one u tbs band had escaped 70 tell the
tale AHd inciis HE brethren 10 revenge the
death u his comrades
'Ab :" exclaimed the Old man while the
tears gushed from his eye, 81 the memory Of
that eventual night, that was glorious shot
the best ever made r.