Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-11-04

had rode linn lar,l fer the la>t four days.
and knew he could not lnn~ keep up the
speed at which hc va, .oin.r. 50 | checked
linn Ir slightly. You mnv AK why, be
ing a. We'll armed "a | WI. | did not >how
fight: h"c@,u-.- | lal good reason 10 believe
they were nearly wrll armed a. my
-,lf.
My hor~,. soon i,,came % fliigned that
mv lnr~lcr~ soon lr~>.-n,-.l tn. distance be-
tween us To about fonr hundred wards.
They now commenced 10 fire :lt me. and
~ ONLY or. >ln: Wa fired Il. Il time | con
cludrd that thy hId hI; on" gun. and as
NIX conclusions proved to be right | deter
mined i" Do something myself: 80 | >rld-
denly stopped mv hnrS,.. AMI. wheeling
half around. | fired. and had the sati>f;,c-
ton 10 -r.- one Of lhe imp> fail from his
ii ,l~r.
Il VA my turn to Yell now. which dill
most Justify. hut | only wounded the frl-
low FIR a Yell of def ncr answered me az
lh,v assisted him upon hi> hol~e- Up to
itlli~ tim, it hai been level prairie all
. ab,u, me-. and - il waS nr-tr nirllt | WAS
1 ea.,riv looking nui tur some lhlrket where
could watch ami defend mv>,lf during
tn. ,iarkn,-~ Happily. II a~ the last
! RAYS Of til. setting sun were disappearing
llitl ILl Iiilt> ~ 80 II u '4't' -
rI | most desired 4 thirh.t about fifteen
; wards through ana located upon the banks
" Il the river. which We're there very high
:: lnl prrrpituu-. leaving me umlv the front
ana >i,t,.- 10 guard. y soon Il the Indians
SAN what mv designs W..f,.,1lI'-y halted and
h,ld cn.nril. | SUPPOSE a Ia what was
= t. h, '"nr. | l-i~urrll entered the thick
It, n-:t,.dirl NIX hor~,. and fastened linn
A. far buck - could thtt he might not
! get shot ami THROWN. my ~'f fiat upon
4 my blanket on HI ground prepared to
- watch through the ni-h-
x I.vin- ft' upon my breast, | could
: plainly any object luo yards away
! from me. Th- bank Of the river was shaped
much IN the form of a crescent 20 | real
: II had simply my front II guard
| had no fears of an attack before two or
l. three. O'Clock in the morning: the >lva@es
Il would th,n expect ln- I" Ice sleepy and
u n. .ri...mt. ana would I"- most likely L"
rhn.-e :, lac huur for an .ttach. | had.
j. a. >iid before. lr. II travelling for four
!. day. AMI consequently wa~ nearly Worn
ojt FIR want of r,->i. Several times | MAS
II nearly overcome hr Sleep. lat would rouse
mV-,lt up 10 a ~rn~.- of III danger SUI
rcumding nc. The moon WAS al is full.
aui ~h.uc with an unwniit"I hrillilncy-
'. Not Il sound w:s~ heard II disturb tn lw-
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