Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-10-03

stone, ana ner nerVcs-Wnlcn uuttere
little before, now grew as firm a
steel. She had put fresh waterproof
caps upon each nipple of her rife, an
putting the barrel on the rail of tn
fence, drew sharp bead upon tn
foremost Indian; but as her fnge
curved to bend the trigger, she hear'
what actually seemed to be voic
whisper:
"Not yet, Leonora."
She paused, and then, as if by inspi
ration, flashed the thought into he
mind
"Wait until they get nearer th'
house, then shoot the hindmost first I"
She obeyed the impression, and le
them on few rods nearer. Suddenly
the thought came again:
"Now is the time"
Clapping her face to the rife breech
she trained the death dealing tube
steadily at the chest of the hindmost
Indian for an instant and fired.
The bullet proved true to its mark
and the burly Indian merely threw W
his arms and fell dead, the rifle bal
having gone directly through his heart
A clap of thunder from a clear sky
could not have so utterly astonishet
those remaining Indians. Wildly
looking in every direction to see from
whence came the fatal shot. In the
next instant, bang went Leonora'.
rife again, and another of their mum
ber dropped dead.
But they saw by the smoke of the
last shot, and caught glimpse of tn,
shootist.
At once they comprehcnded thcil
peril. They could not hide, and Their
only show was in running to the tree
and tomahawking their presumptuous
foe on the spot. Instantly sounded
the war-whoop; they bounded forward,
but with the notes half uttered, an.
other of their number leaped into the
air and fell back to rise no more. Le-
onora had fired again.
The remaining three rushed on, but
again the brave girls rife rang like the
knell of doom, and a fourth savage
pitched headlong to the ground.
The terror of the remaining two
was now pitiful to behold; they stop
ped short in their course, and uttered
the most fearful screams, dischar ying
their rifles at the tree in the widest
and most unavailing manner. But
again the relentless rife blazed, and
another of the remaining two sank to
the ground as the bullet went crashing
through his brain.
Immediately the one left threw down
his rife and cried out;
"No shoot me No shoot me Me
give upp
Leonora had drawn a bead on him,
but now that he seemed so perfectly
in her power, she lowered her rife and
stepped from behind the tree, climbed
the fence briskly, and commenced ap-
preaching the savage.
The surprise and indignation of the
Indian at the sight of the girl was in
tense, and forgetting his supplicating
cry, he put his hand behind him and
drew forth his tomahawk to throw at
her.
Leonora's eye was as sharp as an
eagles. She saw the treacherous
move, and just as the bright blade
cleaned in the air, she dropped the
scoundrel dead in his tracks.
With the speed of deer she now
bounded forward to the lake.
Henry Watson shouted "Glory hal
lelujah 1 knew it was Leonora w
and her father cried for joy as her lit
tie form appeared on the bluff, rife in
hand. Quickly she descended to the
canoes and unbound the two men, who
and cried over her in the |
most extravagant manner.
But they had no time to lose and
hastily gearing up their teams and
oading up their valuables, they set
'ut for Minneapolis, where they ar
lived safely, and Leonora and Henry
we're Immediately made one.
Old Walter Brown, and Henry
Watson both did good service in the
Indian battles that followed; and
when the savages were finally exter-
they all went back to their
I'D home on Green Lake. They now
rave one of the largest stock farms in
he State, and Lconora clings to her
beautiful revolving rife, and occasion
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