The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-13

Acouncil WIS called TO determine VIVA
should be done. All who wished had
voice in deciding. The result was that a
immediate retreat to Wheeling was deth
mined upon. Wetzel sat on log q littl
remote from the conference, and seemed I
pay no attention 10 what was doing. A
soon Us 1t was settled that they should re
treat, the men shouldered their equipag
and began to move off, Wetzel showed II,
disposition to Join them, but sat sullen OF
tho log, his rifle resting across his knees
Noticing this, thecommander asked whethe
he was not going back. He gruIfiy ans
wered that he had come out to fight In
dians, aud now that they were found, III
did not propose to leave them and q
sneAking back with his fingers in iii
mouth like fool. The arguing and pur
Euasion Of the party was in vain. Hewai
unbendlng in his determination 10 remain
de told them to 20 and he would cont
when he got ready. Finding their en-
deavors availed nothing with the resolutC
man, they marched of, leaving him sitting
sullen on the log; and, as they looked
back till they lost sight OF him In the dis
tanCe, they thought that they had seen
| ASGNAo W EkkGA ava kl4G Abhot kAk4Vt
He was, indeed, in perllouS situation,
and one Of great and impending danger
Il was altogether probable that the. enemy'i
spies were at that moment watching the
movements of the expedition, and should
he be discovered thus separated from his
companions his escape, II made at all,
wOnld DO due TO the fact that he was Lewis
Wetzel.
AssOon Us bis comrades had oil disap'
peared in the forest, he buCkled his blan-
ket about him, shouldered hisriAe and set
otTin an opposite direction. He knew the
danger aud was well prepared to meet 1t,
He kept n sharp lookout in all directions
for Indians. 1t was his hope that he
might Gnd small gang, and BY tracking
them to their lair, fall on them while they
slept. He studiously avoided the prin.
cipal paths and the larger streams, keeping
on the hardest ground or in the desert
woods he could find. All day till night
that solitary man strolled through the
forests, filed by the enemy and beset with
manifold and unseen dangers. Yet he
met no foe. Thesun went down and night
abruptly closed over the wilderness. Ii
was dark, chilly and threatened rain,
Whom hn ronld No InnTar 900 N travel hp
hoited ior tSe MONT III mid a Sre in tbs
vary ,s midst ~ h;s enemies would hive bean
almost csr,oin JoS,r"ction ne Inc iich,
worIT lend tham J;resiv ~ tho snot H5w.
ever hy IN ingenions cantr;vancp he suc.
ceedsI In "ettinS y arr, ,g;th iiitie iii, H..
Irg n small MI /, 10 or run made n ains
If Sa,E md in tLo nit 5IScsJ y tsw burr
in" Goals. Then s;,,Ino IN Tho yrorrd or,
c;rcl;rg fbo L,rnSca viii bis Ie%u ami
.ovsr;Sv Limsslf sn,irelv with bis h1opI,s,
10 ,,'a S,,a,, T.; tn,.,,,as,,',.o anS,aI -. H.,
$500 we oJT y g .,o that - st,o s, 70 w
ttter he wos tboronSbIv warm he Inv
down and s,s~t sonndIy mi near Jsvhre"G
and the t,pSt I; " If tho dawn Ia y NM
""s;r mnon ri Tho Ssnrch NJ TndiSns IN onI
M thr6N"h tho noodS no roamoj ,;rs;n,,
tho arsstss ns sr ~ tSe dov TowSrd T ova,,
;nS he E1n,J ' III so onJ ;,,,a,s;nni !, ta,,,
m;ies bs oa,ae ,nan F." tsrantI."s ,e,, ~ H.,
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blonLeta Ia co., ;actTre ,tSO ~ haior w" w
twn TnI;orS obsn,'t m tbS;r Sov's hHr =.
Accorcl;nal,, ho LA noss ,bo :.0,n anS
vailed fHs ;,rther J;scovery IN devoian nv
thas ,,I.ns Nc ''''Nst ut'sO'S'' W "S's'oF 4H'
Ahn"t S,sl M 1nd;on oouo in MIL, u.;.h
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S.1ti'e ~ am tIe TWO ueNV 2W 'nsiL sup
es Anu seteT uOM, ny m , ,iimousn1
humored fellows. They talked and sang
and roared and yelled for two or three
hours. All this time the daring scout was
within few steps OF them, md was matnr-
ing plans that were to end their hilarity
forever.
A9oat 10 o'clock one OF the Indians
wrapped himself in his blanket, took his
gun IN one hand and chump Oh fire in the
other, and left the camp. Wetzcl supposed
that he had gone to watch deer lick, and
would be back withinH few hours.
lie waited Tor the Indians coming till
inc t%itterlng OF the birds admonished
him that day was ut hand. This was Il
grlevous disappointment to the scout. He
had formed his plans to attack the In.
dams while asleep, and has considered
them safe. Nevertheless he determined to
save one OF them anyhow. SO, nolselessly
crawling to the side Of unconscious sleep.
er, he plunged his bowie-knite to the hilt
in the poor tellows's breast. The Indian
gave a quick Jerk, convulsive culver, and
was dead. With the scalp he set out for
home, which he reached only one day later
than his companions, de claimed and
received the SlOO reward.
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