The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-01-16

negroes approaching, and to her dismay
she saw her favorite Minta bounding out
to meet them, and bidding the bloody
fiends welcome. Well knowing there was
no time to lose, she awakened MORA, and
telling her to be calm and they would sell
their lives as dear as possible, she went to
the Doctors medicine case and took from
thence bottle filled with pellucid liquid,
and taking large glass goblet she poured
about a gill of the liquid into it and placed
it on stand near the hall door. MORA
now joined her, armed with large butch
er knife.
Mrs. L. now opened small wicket, from
which she had Il fair view of the brigands.
Sam and Minta were near the door, and
she could hear all they said. 1t appeared
that this faithless tigress had been appris-
ed oftheir coming, and was on the look
out for them. The lady heard Sam tell her
treacherous servant that he was gwine to
take de mstis for his wife, an de Irish gal
to wait on her. Minta was to go too, to
be the chieftain's squaw. Sam said that
he was sorry that the Doctor was not at
home, for he wished him to "see dc mistis
dc wife of dis chile" Minta was in exta-
sizes, and in her wild, savage glee she dan
ced around Sam and snapped her fingers,
and bounded about like wild antelope.
Not so with MORA. She stood by the side
of her dear mistress, ready to fight and die
for her. She would first pray to the Holy
Virgin for strength, and then she would
curse the "murtherin red and black hay
then divis, and swear by all the saints
that her mither's daughter would send
some of the divils to their master"
Their situation was trying one. Be-
fore them stood fifty armed, savage, muir
derers, led 10y tend incarnate. They
stood alone. Their only weapons were
knife and goblet of liquid. The yard
was now filled with the murdercrs, who
were awaiting the orders of the Black
Brave. Sam was dressed in Indian cos
tune; his hands and face smeared with
the blood of his victims. He was wild
with savage glee and excitement, and look
ed like an imp from the internal regions.
Telling the men to stand back in line
twenty feet from the house, lie assembled
the steps of the mansion and knocking on
the door with his tomahawk, he called on
Miss Josey to open de door "mejitly, or
dat he would break it open"
Mrs. Legare answered him and told him
to break it open if he felt like it, and that
as soon as he did so she would kill him.
The villain now gave howl Of rage, which
was answered with like howl from the
negroes, and regular war whoop from the
Indians. Sam took his tomahawk and
commenced cutting hole in the door.
He soon made an opening about foot
square, and placing his ugly visage to the
opening he peered in to catch glimpse
of his intended victim. AS he did so the
lady with a firm hand seized the goblet
and dashed its contents full in the muir
derer's face With an unearthly howl of
rage and pain he bounded high in the air
and fell backwards down the steps, with
a gill of nitric acid in his eyes, on his face,
and down his throat. He lay on the
and writhing with the most eXcruciating
torture. Another howl now went forth
from the Infatuated savages, which seemed
as if it came from the depths of pandemo.
mum, and they all made blind rush for
the house: but at this Instant another
sound broke on the still morning air.
1t was the sharp crack of fifty Tennessee
rifles, and forty niggers and Indians lay
weltering in their gore. The balance of
the gang who remained tried in vain to
escape, but it was no use, for body of
armed horsemen now dashed in with drawn
sabres, led by a tall, spare warrior, who in
a stentorian voice shouted "By the Eternal
no quarter" and in less than two minutes
the rest of the brigands lay supine in
death. The victory was complete not
one escaped. A friendly bullet had sent
the treacherous Mnta along with the
rest.
Sam, the Black Brave, needed no bullet.
He lay on his back dead. The acid had
done its work. A small cloud of white
vapor arose from the acid, which gave his
horrid looking face the appearance of be-
irg on fire.
One of the first men that came bound
ing over the dead bodies was DR.. Legare,
to find his lovely wife and children, to-
gether with the faithful MORA, all safe and
unhurt. When if it had not been for Gen.
Jackson and his brave troops arriving at
the moment they did, the sad fate Of this
interesting family would have been sealed,
as worse than death awaited them. An
overriding Providence was watching the
devoted lady and her innocent babes, and
brought retribution on their enemies when
they little expected it.
1t appears that friendly Creek Indian
was at the head quarters of the Seminoles
when this murderous raid started. He
was one of Jackson's spies, and was pos
sessed of rare cunning. After he under
stood the nature Of the raid and its desti
nation, he lost no time, but stealing away
from the Seminole camp, he went in an
Indian run for Jackson's camp, and made
his report. The general Immediately de-
tailed 200 mounted volunteers and started
for the Legare mansion, swearing by the
Eternal that he would lead them. They
made forced march of 80 miles, guided
by the Doctor, and arrived ut the scene
just in time.
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