The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-08-07
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| Continued.
| Gle made, nevertheless, mapof his claim,
drew up. his notices, and made himself pro
prietor of his discoveries as firmly as it coule
be done in that country, where legal formall
ty, minute as possible, wars with so much dis
advantage against the brutal logic Of the bar
barian. sa..+.
Gle busted himself in constructing drain
ing machine, and dam to stop the flow O
the waters of the Santo, one of the aff1uents
Of Lewis river.
CAT the end Of week he had made poor
hut of branches of trees and a Preside, shell
tered from the rain, whereat to cook his game
| ellis tools were bad and few in number
but he had strong arms.
| Gone night while he was working by the
light of the moon, at the dam Of the river
some reports of gun were heard to the south
Of his claim. sl.
| Gle saw an Indian, armed only with q
Ratchet, who defended, as best he could, a
white woman against an attack of three ban
dts whom he took for Mexicans.
! Gin such cases the custom is to let them
alone. The maxim, each one for HIMSELF
rules despotically in the country Of gold.
s'The Count Albert struck down one Of the
| rascals with his carbine, and put the other
two to fight. &
s:The wounded Indian dragged himself up
on his knees up to the~count, and embraced
his feet. Since that night Towah, the Paw
nee, has been the servant, or rather the slave,
Of the Count Albert.
| ssThese Indians never forgot either venge-
ance or love.
1.-The Count Albert opened his hut to
| Towah and to Lille his companion. Lille was
young and beautiful She was Spanish girl
| from the frontiers Lille and Towah has. been
married according to the Christian for1
''From Towah Count Albert learned what
kind of bandits he had dealt with. They
| were three Golden Daggers Towah recount
ed to him, besides, the ruin of his tribe, and
| the massacre Of which he was the only sur
vivor.
| "a stranger circumstance, and one which
shows the rapidity with which changes take
place in that country, thus: Two years had
hardly passed since tine massacre OF the Paw
nees, and yet there remained in the camp Of
/ the Golden Daggers only four of those who
committed the deed. Many of them were fa1
distant, by reason Of that incessant passion
for change which possesses everybody in
California and the blood of others had REDEEM
ed the Ratchet of Towah.
| sTowah was a true Indian. AS long as
there was single one left Of the destroyers
of his race he never slept under the roof Of
4 H:c b.,,co1f vro,,11 1oovc
without noise some hours before day. At
daybreak the count would see them return
and sometime Towah would say:
g sThe bones Of my father are red
"This signifed that Golden Dagger had
his head cleaved on his sentinels post, Or in
his hammock and that Towah had sprinkled
some drops of his victims blood upon the
burial place Of his ancestors. ...s
"From morning to night Towah and Lille
worked necessarily with the count. The lat
ter washed out the sand Of the river, which
ssThe Count Albert wrote to Baltimore thai
he would return before the year was out, ane
that he would return rich.
ssThe means Of communication overland
we're difficult and precarious. The Count AL
bert found out atterward that neither thi'
letter, nor others that he wrote ever came t.
destination.
Zone morning Towah buried his bloody
tomahawk, and said:
"sHe was the last one!' s
':That night he and his wife slept upon thu
dry leaves. But the enemy had found hi
track A few days afterwards the Colder
Dangers were seen prowling around the hut
Towah surrounded it with rampant made O
trunks of trees There was in the hut thu
| fortified three carbines and munitions il
abundance. Els
The Count Albert took also other precau
lions. At night he dug hole in the ground
some distance from the fort, and buried ther,
the product of his work, which was alread,
considerable in amount.
FThere was no distinctive exterior mari
showing whore this hole was. To find i
again, when the grass was once grown over it
! would require mariners compass.
"sIf evil befall me- said the Count ALDER
to Towah and Lille, you will draw line from
the hut to the centre ofthe dam. Then 70,
will return with compass to foot of the sol
der
''The soldier was high, white rock, tw.
hundred feet west Of the hut At distanc,
it had the appearance of an immovable sen
tinel, and from this it derived the name 0
soldier.
"sOnce under the soldier" pursued tn
count you will point the compass, and trace
second line according to the exact position 0
the compass. At the point were this secon,
line crosses the first you will find my gold
ellie was weeping. Towah placed hi
hand upon his heart.
ssMaster,' said he, when you are no more
will Towah have need Of gold? Towah doe
not live except in the life Of his master
seIf I de- replied the count, 'Torah vii
live to execute my last wishes"
"sThe eyes of the Indian filed with tear
tsAnd to avenge you' he added.
| uI,isten to me, both of you.' resumed tn