Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-07-18

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or make the slightest resistance.
Moses gave utterance to a shrek
which made the forest echo again,
and then he hissed these words
through his teeth:
"Jo Milburn, I've got you-ah
I've got you now"
"WellLwell," growled the man,
"you've got me; and what then"
"What then |" shrieked Moses,
his eye glaring upon his foe, and
his hand moving as if he longed to
finish his work; but becoming
more calm, he continued: "JoI
Milburn, it was just such a night
as this, fifteen years ago, that you
came to my cabin. The red blood
ran like water, and the red fame
cracked until became homeless.
You were the leader Of the fiendish
band who did that fearful work"
"You deserved it for you were q
renegade" growled Milburn.
"You speak falsely, for | was no
renegade. Once / was the chief Of
my tribe, and they obeyed me-
The pale-face came among us,
yourself with the others. Soon
found that my people were becom-
ing discontented. They thirsted
for the white mans blood. YOU
set them on. / could see no reason
why my pale brothers should die
and so l prevented a genera
slaughter. The settlers were CRATE
full, and one of them gave me hi
child as my bride. She was a blue
eyed tender being of 16, and
loved her with all my Indian hear
and soul. 1t was on account O
this marriage, and my desire t.
settle down into civilized life, tina
you call me renegade"
"The act made you So"
"But it did not make you tn
leader of my band, or give you tn
right to murder my loving one
and destroy my house."
81 have not murdered your wife
$50 l learned by the words
overheard you utter just now.'
have always thought you did, ar
for fifteen years l have mourne
her as lost. During that time, to
l have constantly sought for yo
but until this moment l have new
been able to find you. Now yt
throw yourself in my way, oil
your doom is sealed. But first II
me where / shall find my wife
my Wild Flower!"
"Alive alive take him alive
shrieked Milburn, and then a fen
ish laugh burst from his lips.
: This was caused from the fa
that half-a-dozen savages b
cautiously approached, and tn
knives were raised over the he
of Moses, as if about to be plung
: into his body. The words of t
= white renegade were at once ODE
ed. and the former chief was seiz,
:, and, in spite of his struggles, d
a armed, and firmly bound.
,r Milburn began to rave in
T. triumph. He brandished his W
N pons in the face of his former CT
"a tain, and even inflicted upon biz
severe cut. He also gave his enc
~ several kicks and blows, treat
be him in the most brutal manner,
n of which the Indian bore with
N even a groan, although his e
n, flashed fire and his breast hea'
Of with the intensity of his pent
an feelings. But it was not the P
On pose of Milburn to kill his vic
Il then and there, for he had OF
aJ plans in view. In short time
ho bear had been dressed, fire ms
nc and some steaks broiled. Milb
ts and his followers making q hes
m meal, of which poor Moses rem'
i'm ed only a spectator. After the
Of past was over, the party started
ch toward the Hudson, dragging Il
:, victim after them. They did
he observe that deeper in the TO
a there was a single human fig
nd and pair of dark eyes watci
lid them. f hlf hr
in All night the march was con
ued, and with intervals of rest,
the til the following night. BY
ere time the river was reached and
ich into the middle of the Hudson,
nen captive was taken over the
was ice. He could not divine the
hat tention of his captor, for in
!, .:lalr .f tha etraam he halted.