The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-12-12


|, mark "Tha, will lO'' said hoj IAN,
now, Willisms. goai-by," Bait Oikec
him where hO was going, telling him be
ought to go to,ihe settlement aud soa bis
cousin before going away, "seo beFP
ho s$claimed, "Sce heyl Neverl She
called me cowarI, aud satl | bad nc
! feeling"
He turned into the hut "Sce here,
Williams, " said ho, "I have provided for
q hubt;" and showed him a powder horn
and bullet pouch, well filled, a snall bag
Of parched corn, .and a venison ham r
"Bul whoro are YOU going, and what
are you going to huntl" asked Williams
Ho looked around. with a savage ex'
preston, and answered.
bait. Williams. am going ''o the
woods 10 hunt revenge You thought
me 10 bOy-ua Rnfseiiog idiOt-who
could stand by and sec his father mur
dered without striking one blow ia his
defence. Now hear me'--and with
| his left band resting on tho mua.
zle OF his rife, and his right lifted
towards heaven, ho continued: May the
| curse due This murder res. on my soul
forever, may disease and premature do.
cay waste my body. and rcmorso md
everlasting despair prey onimy SPIRITS
my name be abhorrod while live and
my memory accursed whcnl dic,-if L
have not my revenge. No human
threshold will cross with no living be.
ing will | hold intercourse, or compon-
iousbip, ill my knife drinks bis blood,
know him well; saw his roco and Gg-
ure when he did tho murder, and this
morning | marked bis tracks upon tho
sand. will hunt him to his DEATH
He took my fathers scalp-let him look
to his oval And he ground his teeth
With rage.
Williams tried 10 persuade him to re-
main at home; urging the folly of,one
50 unused to the ways Of the Indians.
aud TO tracking the forest, undertaking
10 follow an old wurtior especially at
that time, when tho woods wus full OF
hostile Indians But it was pf no avail.
Ho caught up his bags, and shoulderug
his ri ae, started for the woods Bultt re |
turned to the settlement, an! related the
-atQrg sSAil VgrsGl-lhat hs-musf ,bqaiusl
saue, and that, unless he brought
back, he must inevitably perish by the
hands Of the Illians., In the morning
Bait, with several Others. started in
pursuit of him, md striking hislraiI, I6l-I
lowed it several days, but finally lost il
where it cSme to the river.
They at FIRST thought he was pursued
by The terrible big Broadfoot, who, they
found by tho tracks in the sand where
the old man was killed was the murder
er but on coming 10 where they both
crossed the brook; they found it was ths
reverse and that Ham had found the
rail of the Indian and followed il with |
The certainty Of au old hunlor and was
rapidIy gaining on bis ene~g, when
they lost his trail, Some Of the party |
thought be must have either been killed
by the Indians, and his body thrown
toto The river or elsa drowned himself
in despair Bllt WiIIiom3 did not
agree with either, but lhou5ht they must
have both tskOn the river, He felt sure
the In1iaD had, as they discovered the
marks where a canoe had rubbed against
a rock in I've river, The porty return
ed to the settlement, considering ituse-
less to pursue lhcu further. Another
party, Of whom Wllliams was one, star |
ted few days after, but were equally
unsuccessful, and rolumed, though they
regained the trail and followed it t',soIo
distance beyond where the frsI p4tlytOst
it.
Nearly a month after the burial Of the
old man, Bait, williams wa, passing by
his grave, when he discovered what he
at first supposed was on Indian, stretch
ed upon the grAvo Hs brought his RI
ilato his shoulder, when the dgnro mfn
ed SO as to show bis face. and ho a, once
recognized the features of Ham Cass. =
He could hardly believe his own eyes
hat il n,ugt bp.Ihe face yy1a Hon's lhn'