Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-02-26

camp, and that he would mount him
and ride up to the camp, and ascer.
tain the truth. He told 1 Halle that
II heifound me, he would return int
medlately, II not, he would not re.
turn TIL after dark. About sunset
that evening, which was. Saturday,
May 9th, Halle knew that / could
not tie found, and she concluded TO nc
over TO Red Foot's cabin, and CLEAN
what she could. She found the old
Icrone settingin the corner, Red Foot
and WihoT had not returned from
hunting. She could gain nothing
from the old woman. Sadly she
bent her steps homcward; when tur.
ming the corner Of Red Foot's little
clearing, she met Wanna, who said,
I" What makes my pale sister weep ?''
Halle replied,'' you are too young
Wanna, to understand my grief
Wanna responded "If it Is on &C.
count OF the pale face stranger, I cali
tell you something" And she
glanced timidly around. Halle drew
near to her and said, "Speak, little
Wanna, and tell your weeping sister
all you know" Wanna then said
.tremblingly.fsTAst night big broth Ell
and Who came home just before the
storm, 4 was lying in one corner and
Granny was setting In the other cor
,ner, after Who had gone to bed, big
brother told Granny that they had
buried the pale face dog in the bot
tom, between the Warioto and Rome
rivers, and that they had buried
him alive, and that he would not die
under eight or ten days" After
Wanna had thus spoken she dsrted
away like n frightened fawn. Halle
Ihastened home, her fatherhad not vet
returned. She let q note lying on
the low stool which read thus:
DO not be uneasy dear father, all will
HALLE. i
Halle closed the door, ran down ia
thes RonO, got into her canoe, and
pulled her oars brsvely for the Wari-
OTTO, she landed on, the bank Of that
stream about 10 O'Clock at night,
fastened her canoe, and assembled the
first bank. She now stood and
WAS sTILL.e She now
took the direction up the Warioto,
about twenty yards from the margin;
having arrived nj the base of the first
aminence she made q right angle,
measured OIL about twenty PAGES, and
took the direction Of the Rono, paral-
lei with the first route. She walked
lightly, and gazed scrutinizingly, and,
tO an observer, would have appear
I'D as one Of Millions Lost Spirits ago
nizing his fall from tho battlements
Of Heaven. She had thus proceeded
about three hundred yards when hel
foot struck something which came
near throwing her to the ground. Al
this precise time / must have been
asleep but the sudden jar about my
head )laroused ii, me-, (for- she had
come in contact with my tubing
and / exclaimed, no doubt, In Q SO
pulohral voice, 20 Lord, my God, i.
therel no heip-''-Just ms 7 uttered the
last word, i heard q piercing, wailinp
shrek, which echoed far and wide
over thestillness Of night, aud Their
all was still. Halle had swOoned
When she csmento consciousness
the importance and boldness'of the
enterprise, nerved her to heroic deeds
mental activity, coupled with physi.
cal daring, elevated her to rank favor.
ably with" Joan of Arc,u when bat.
Ting for her OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. In q
moment she comprehended every.
thing, and set to work for my release
this she accomplished in about two
hours, Iha wing been livingly entomb.
edjust twenty -four hours. Many,thing'
could write of Hallie's devotion
and of my own feelings, but time anf
space alike forbid. We cautiously
and silently wendell our way to the
canoe, and embarked ON our way ur
the Rono. 1t was daylight when we
reached the mouth Of the Wehale.-
At this point left Halle, and in.
strueted her to hasten home, get hcI
father, and meet me within two
hours at the " Sentinel, /" on our way
to the Choctaw's camp. isaeisyl
Halle then padded up the Ront
alone until she came to the usual
landing place. While she was tyinp
up her canoe, Red Foot and Mihc
passed her going down stream; they
saluted her courteously and passed or
In silence. She noticed, however
before she left the stream, that both
of them We're now using their pad
dies with oil their might. They
evidently suspected that something
was wrong. Halle bastened to the
cabin, acquainted her father with
everything, and in the course of hal
an hour they had mounted Jack and
were ontheir way, TO the rendezvous
while +, in the mean time, was strik-
inn N hon lima from, flau MT 81 L.
Wehala, on foot, for the same place.
I suspected that Red Foot and Who
would find out early that morning oil
my escape, and tho sequel will show
that my conjectures were true. lar
rived at the Sentinel when the sun
was about one hour high, and in the
course of three-quarters of an hour
Mr.. Weaver and Halle rode up.
They dismounted from Jack in order
to rest him and ~ give me an oppor-
tunity to ride, while Mr.. Weaver in
tended to walk. Halle, holding
Jack by the bride, was standing n
little apart from Mr.. Weaver and
myself, when all of sudden the
sharp report Of two rifles was heard,
and Mr.. Weaver, clapping his hand
to his side, sank to the ground speech-
less and dead. Two stalwart indians
now bounded forward from the tall
grass, shouting with the death yell,
and brandishing their hatchets.
They were Red Foot and Who. |
Immediately caught up Mr.. Weaver's
rifle and shot Wiho dead. Red Foot
threw his Ratchet, but ], by dexter
Gus move. evaded the destructive
weapon; he, however, sprang upon
me, with all the hellish instincts of
his nativity, and bore me to the
earth. III our struggles for the mas
terry, I succeeded In drawing Red
Foops knife from his belt. and with
one fatal plunge l ended the terrible
With copyulsiye gasp
and a contraction Of muscle, he rolled
Off me, inanimate and harmless.
Halle and l mounted Jack, and
started .
Here the MS. Is so much defaced by
the lapse of time that twenty-five or
thirty lines are altogether inellipihle