The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-03-20
NEW SERIES---VOLUME q NO. 80

only chance. and resolved to take il. Cool
ly raising his rife. and aiming with care
fitness of nan who knew that his Owr,
no less than his edvprssry's he hung on
the result, he drew the trigger; the hammer
fell; but instead of striking fire, the f!nt.
through some inherent defect, was crushed
to fragments
Though convinced that the savage must
gain the rock before he cCuld adjust auo,h-
er flint, he sat about the task with compos-
ure, resolved that his enemy should derive
no advantage from his rsniis ness. GIanc-
ing from concealment, he saw the stalwaTt
savage, with every muscle nerved prepared
to take the leap. With the agility of a deer
he gave bound, but instead of reaching
therock, his progress was arrested as though
by some mysterious convulsion of his limbs
and body. and he fell rolling down the rocky
slope, distance OF fifty feet He had evi-
dently rt ceved death shot from some un-
known hand; and a terrible shout from be.
low announced the death Of iayorite war
rior. '"'
A few moments suficcl to prove that the
advantage so unexpectedly gained would he
OF short duration, Tor already anuther lndl
au was snen approaching the cover recently
occupied by his comrade Again the attack
in front was resumed with increased fury,
50 as to engage the fixed attention of both
the scouts. With this diversion in his ia
vor, the second warrior prepared to take
the leap esSayed by his predecessor. With
the spring OF tiger, the fierce and wary
savage darted towards the coveted rock; but
the same unseen hand intercepted his ca
reer, and turning a complete somersault in
the air. his body rolled down the dcclivity
to JON his companion.
This last my>tt rious sacrifice struck dis
may to the hearts of the assailants, who, IT
hcing sunset withdrew to devise new modes
Of procedure-a respite which came season
| ably to the scouts. wearied as they were by
II" 2roloneed and unequal conflict.
| 1T was now that the absence of the girl
WAS first discovered, and the pioneers sup
posed she had either fled through terror to
! her former captors, or been killed in the
! fight. But they were not long kept in sus
pcnse, for in few moments the object Of
their c0nlectures was seen emerging from
the cover Of a rock, carrying rifle IN her
band. In the heat of the conflict she had
seen a warrior fall some fifty yards in ad-
vance Of the main body and crouching in
the underground, she had crept to the spot
unohserved, and secured his rifle ;nG am
munition. Her practiced eye had not fail
ed TO notice the danger to which they were
exposed by the proximity of the rock, and
hers was the mysterious hand 10y which the
two warriors had fallen The second was
the fierccst and most hloodthirsty Of the
. Shawnccs, and t was he who had ten year,
previously murders, d and ,calped her moth
er and sister. The night was dark and
cloudy, circumstance which enabled the
scouts, under the skillful guidance of the
Intrepid girl, to clude thclr enemies and
withdraw from their pc,ilous position
After toiIsome march ot' three days,
the party reached the stockade in safety.
Their escape deferred the Indians from their
contemplated attack the surprise they had
planned being thereby rendered imptactics-
BE