The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-23

enc surs ged 10 90 this by being told
| il might be the last square meal hs
would get for long time, as il might
be necessary to fly that night 70 the
block house at Berlin where there
was small force, and perhaps on to
Cumberland.
ir explanation 9f these fearful yells
which the graceless scamps called
war-cries, they had not thought ol
getting them up, but when they rang
Dut upon the night, they seized the
chance ofadding TO the tcrrors Of their
victim La those days lived not lar
away a man wen call Epbraim. a
quiet, modest man when sober, but
the nois;cst, most restless little Great
ure alive, when drunk 1t was his
well known shout that to unaceus-
toned ears might pass for the scalp
halloo Of Indians or the exnlting
shouts Of devils, that was passed of
on the Englishmsn as the war cry
of the Beulah Sioux.
Shortly after supper great light
arose out on The bill near the Hugus
farm, and as il spread and brighten
ed, dusky figures were seen in mad
fantastic dances, wildly eircling round
the fame. The initiated at once
discovered they were a lot Of the
milford Riilemen," company uni
formed in hunting shirts and drilled
as rangers and scouts Their dress,
&C iors and occasional yclls, were uu-
mistakably Indian, and would have
deceived almost any stranger. OF
course his was as quickly seized by
these Sons of Sheitan," to moro
deeply impress the terrors of the stu
alton upon the helpless dandy whose
evil fortune led him into their clutches.
After assurances in abundance that
there was not the slightest danger
and that so favorable an opportunity
of seeing the savage war.dancc
might never occur to him, be con-
sentcd, aud was led forth The sight
was one to deeply impress all who as
sociated it With dagger and death,
aud had even its effect on these God,
less youths, enabling them to play
their parts more naturally. The
cockney shuddered and turned pale
as the wild figures could for brief
time be seen struggling together and
then separating TO yell and dance
more wildly,
'epoor creaturei oh, II We could
only help youi'
The dandy trembling asked what
the speaker meant, and was told they
bad just been scalping some poor
white man or woman whom they had
captured and were torturing at that
fire
How could be get away? That
vas all his tpogght now. OH if he
had never come, Good God Hits
orrible."
They all felt in honor bound to
provide for bis safety and the only
course open would be to flee across
the mountains to Berlin, or on to
Cumberland, where he would be safe.
It was decided be should go that way
and couple Of the conspirators who
lived at Berlin, and were going home
that night in the coach, volunteered
to accompany him that far on the
journey. He was very grateful, but
did not wish to take them into dan
ger. One of them said his company
and arms Merp at the block-house
and be would be obliged to go some
time soeH.
As 1t was near coach time, they
mournfully accompanied him to it,
and solemnly bade him adieu. Hop
ing after the campaign was over and
peace made with the leading tribes
be would return, when they would
give him all the information about
Indian customs, treatment of prison
ers. treaties ETC., be could wish.
He said, at might 'sppen you know,
but be feared be would hardly have
time Some coniended be was only
half cooked and ought to be kept a
few days longer Others thought he
would be "done brown" in Cumber-
land if be presented the letters Of in
production they furnished him, and
that it would be too much trouble to
keep up the delusiOn any longer.
That the whole party would have
to repent in "sack-coats and ashes
for the lies they had told aud acted
during his stay. One declared be
would freely undergo a still seyerer
penance if he could only be in Cum
berIand and hear his thrilling ac-
counts of Indian outrages.
OF course the night ride to Berlin
was entirely taken up with blood
curdling stories of massacres, tor
lures, escapes from the sayages, etc.
The dandy's nerves were so COM
pletely shaken that be imagined
every moving shade or object on the
route was alurking savage, and every
noise was their war cry.
We may at some future time give
an account of his reception and adj
ventures at Cumberland. His letters
of introduction were. of course, ad
dressed to regular "wildbloods," and
fully recounted his remarkable adyen-
lures on the frontier.