The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11

gers, disabling all the fingers on his
right hand but the fore finger. An
drew Immediately threw his hand
over his head when he Was stlAcksand
the tefnahawk, catchina in the sinewsl
of bis arm, drew itout or the Indians
-hand and itziew oVef his heal After
the stroke asgiven, Bigfoot let go
hls hold. and Andrew imm edi&tely
spfang up. As he rose he seized the
gun, which lay by his head, with his
left hand, and it being already cooked
he shot the lesser Indian through the
body. But scarcely had he done SO,
whenSBigfoot arose, and, piaciGg one
hand upon his collar, Aand the other
upon his hip, he threw him into the
river Andrew -tareW his -lefsuhands
back, caught the Indian by his buck
skin breech-eleat, and 5bfohght' him
along into stream. The edwatef being
7deepFthey both went under Then q
desperate effort was made By eaeh h 10
drown he other, and se4netinies ofie
vas under theHWateR,T sometimes the
other, and sometimes beth. 'tn !" nio3
4 Ingthe struggle they were carried
about thirty yards oat into the river.
Poe at length seized the faft Of hair on
the scalpi0f the Indian, by which he
held his head Under " atef until he
supposed him drowned But himself
was sinking; not being able TO do
much with his right hand, he threw It
on the back of Bigfoot'si meek, who
was under water, and swan with his
left hand to recruit himself little
But Bigfoot had only been stposshnl-
ing, naHd got from under "A iitlfew's
arm andsswaIn fer shore with all his
speed. Poe followed him as fast as
he could, but having only one hama to-
swim with, he could NOT catch himo
LAS soon as .Bigfoot got ont s6fE the
water, the ganbeing cooked, he Went
to cock itiand disabled the lock: He
then threw it Down and picked up the
empty gum with which Andrew had
shot thei other Indian, and ,.weiit to
the raft for the shot sp ouch and pow
der-horn, and commenced loading. In
the meantime, as soon as BigfCot
reached the sptt, where both guns and
tpmahaWk lay, Andrew swami back
into the river and called for bis bEetha
er ADAM Alld7ialllnQs who was, NTH ntheI ether
party. .soaa1ssdqs
Adam; came running ,on the bunk
where Andrew. had jumped off step
ped, began to. load his gun, as he bad,
discharged it, at. the others ndiapsE
Andrew continued swim ming, away!
from them, with nothing but his face
out, of the water, still hprrying Adam
to; load quick The race betWeeR the
two, in loading was abop t, equal but
the Indian DIRE ", the ,ramrod toe has
tily and, 1t slipped ont, of bis hands and
tell a little distance from him. Hes
quickly caught, it mp and, Famped5
down. his; bullet s This little. delay
gave Poe, the advantage So that just
as Bgfoot raised his gRprto shoot AM
drew, Adams ball. entered the breasti
the savage, and she fellI forward oond
his face upon the very maFginb bofg the
Adam, no vi, ", lasned me Ii Iforshiss brother
who was scarcely, able to- Wim,j jqmp7s
ed int the rixer to assist him to shore,
but ,AndfeWb t thinking npereu of the
honor of, :, securing the sbig Ind dianisi
scalp as 3 trophyI than of 7hjsj own
safety, called aiondal In upon hisah hretlierc
toFIeaye him alone, and scalp tBigfoutI
Adam, however Eef fused to obey, and
insisted upon saving the liyingobetere-
FBigfoat in the meantime chad dsHc-s
eeeded in reaching the deep Ewater7be-
fore, he, expired, and shiso body twas
borne off by the waves without being
stripped of the ornament and pridE Of
an Indian warrior.nsi az s4n1aie aftT
An unfortunate occurrence took
place, during this conflict. sJusta as
Adam arrived at the tep5pf the sbank
for the relief of his brothera the sbal4,
apce of bis .party,s b beaEiH g the q halloos,
ing of Andrew cameFralnnipgi up the
bank, and; seeing him ssin the rivers
Hnistpok him, for o wound led Indians
and three of them fired at him. ONE of.
them Wonnding him ' sdange ouslyo
The ball entered rhisll right shoulder
near The Junction with the neck behind
the collar bone and close tosit, passing
though his body, the balbeame eBs Iat
his left side 9betWeensthe first rib and
the bench ,bene,I aoI, T. .yab suo ba
During the contest betWeenr
Poe and the TWO Indians the rest off
the party followed the Indian trail htos
the ,riiYeri where the other five Indians
W ere with the e,priseney,J JacksenxfT Theyf
had a large raft apdweFe preparingfto
cross the river. ackseA Yseeing
men coming as lsoon . as, the Indians
did, ran to, them. One of the indians
having tomahawk ran after him and q
struck him on the back making sbutsal
slight wound, The men sfred ON the
Indians, who returned the fire and !
plunged into, the ,iivero They didEnot
capture any of the Indians, buts being
badly wounded but one ofothemi SgotiI
across the river sAdR he owas shot
through, the hand. .buoIbuM sd7 10 sd
The, Indians ffiringb at loHF men,
bufs one of than . He vuas.I