The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-05-16
NUM- ER II.

sault upon his own head. Major Sea
born was familiar with this trick. how
ever, and so deity swung himself aside
that it was the headloEg assailant who
came to earth, and that on aH-foWs.
Then he was down upon the di~eom-
fitted warrior like a wolf, wrenchcd his
arms from their supporting position
with agile strength, and in a second
had him face downward on the ground,
like hawk under eagle Momentarilv
Olsen ga oing one hand then to make Il
vain effort for the drawing of his hunt
ing-knife, which had caught by the
handle in his waistband, he gave the
Cherokee opportunity to catch the
other hand in his teeth and bite it to
the bone. In his pain and wrath the
white man repaid this wound with n
shower of tremendous blows, but the
episode had been a diversion in favor
of Unakavahswah, who by supreme
heave and twist managed to wrest him
self from beneath his load and regain
his feet. Terrific tisticuTs followed.
but i'll these the scientific boxing pro
ticiency of the Carolinian caused sUc1
One-sided business that the sorelv-pun-
isked red giant, after failing to get in
q single blow, rallied for a clinch His
object was to force the fighting in the
direction of the tree in which stuck his
tOmahawk, and detecting this purpose,
the Major fought furiously to thwart
it. Once when the savage hurled him
self with ali his might upon his foe,
the latter's feet caught in trailing
grape vine and brought him down on
his back in the fierce grapple Both
were up again as quickly in the oppos-
ing physical impulses in straining to-
ward and forcing away from the criti-
cal tree, and then by a skillful trick Of
wrestling SeabOrn accomplished an
other fall, in which he was uppermOst.
This time, too, even with a pair of red
hands clutchinghis throat he succeeded
in drawing his knife With = snarling
''Wah :" the warrior met this move
ment by clasping him tightly around
the body and crushing him frautically
down upon himself, and it would then
have been a question of whose lungs
could longest endure the terrific pres
sure but for the sudden appearance of
an ally for thewhite man. A yelp and
rush sounded in the bushes, and the
Majors dog from camp leaped upon the
scene and instantly fastened his keen
teeth in the nearest shoulder Of ms
( masters enemy. Unakayahswah lost
his grip under this new attack, and
was at the mercy Of the hunting-knifa
in the next moment. Karnarla kar-
narla !" enough enough , he ~rsed
Take Off that dog Rsare white man
kifl not great chief l surrender"
His conqucrcr bound him hand and
foot with his bucKsKin suspenders. and
was humanely staunching his wounds
when the mlssionary's daughter came
daShing back from the station with
two armed men for the rescue. '.As
they looked at the staiwart form and
! bloody visagc Of the savage - said the
victor in his subsequent account, "and
at my own somewhat bruised and san
culinary appearance, and listened to
mynarratiye OF the desperate Struggle,
they gave vent TO expressions in Tc-
gard to my strength and prowess
which brought the tiEgc Of pride to
J nay cheeks. As for the lovely girl
! whom it had been my cEvia bic fortune
" tSSCtit, ciIC iIOIiOIttl me hlJll 2 re-
gard for which l would gladly have
d dared greater perils, and told of nv
deEveraHce of her with the tears of
gratitude streaming down her cheeks"
In fine keeping with this romantic ele-
ment of the affair was the marriage of
the Major and the lady some three
months later Not for the chivalrous
sentiment thus illustrated however, is
the story here retold, hut in ceIebra-
tion of type Of Indian character
which Is at least above the cowardice
OF ftrcacherOus individual assassination.
UnaKayahswak ultimately atoned with
his life for some piece of savagery in
Paulding county, but in the encounter
above described he fought as become
a great warrior It is worth while to
note, also, that IN this same hand-to-
hand conflict the white man owed his
victory chiefly TO the physical training
of civilization, rs at critical points of
the struggle his knowledge Of boxing,
skill III giving the wrestler's fall, -
and finally even his civilized utilization
of canine fidelity tor help in such a
time Of need, gave him a superiority
without which the battle might have
ended very differently. Barbarous
bravery fights ever at a disadvantage
with educated skill, and deEenerates
naturally. perhaps, into Modoc treach-
cry and brutality when m&ddened to
reckless despair by the inevitable trl-
umph of its surely eNtermlnatinS adj
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