Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-28
Brave Girl.

In the wear 1851, while Clinton and
-c.nh;noton were watching each others
N%',nments near New York, General
epJbmrler, having resigned his com
ocand on account of some unjust
Pharces against him, was staying at his
E''" ~ which then stood alone outside
E po"s stockade or wall of Albany. The
pnitish commander, therefore, seeing
r. opportunity, sent out John Waiter
Rioy qr. with a party of Tories and In
';sns. to capture General Schuyler.
When they arrived at the outskirts of
,s city, they learned from a Dutch
a ,borer that the Generals house was
E"srded by six soldiers. The Dutch
,"n the minute the band was out of
;@ht. took to his legs, and warned the
ssneral of their approach.
Conn after, q servant announced that
boro was a strange man at the back
Oor who wished to see the General.
SCHUYLER, understanding the trap,
othcred his family in one of the upper
poms. and giving orders that the doors
I'd windows be barred, fired a pistol
sOm one of the top-story windows to
7,rm the neighborhood.
The guards, who had been Longing
the shade of a tree, started to their
Of at the sound of the pistol /; but alas,
10 late! for they found themselves sur
Runded by a crowd of dusky figures,
no hound them hand and foot before
lev had time to resist.
And now you can imagine the little
rom collected in that dark room up
(,irs: the sturdy General, standing
(s~olutely by the door, withehis gun in
5 hand, and his black slaves gathered
found him, each with some weapon /;
hi At the other end of the room, the
omen huddled together, some weeping,
me praying. Suddenly . crash is
lard which chills the very blood, and
kings wildly to each ones mind the
les of Indian massacres so common
that day. The band had broken in
one of the windows.
AT that moment, Mrs. SCHUYLER,
ringing to her feet, rushed toward the
bor: for she remembered that the
by, only a few months old, having
ken forgotten in the hurry of flight,
as asleep in it's cradle on the first
Dor. But the General, catching her in
5 arms, told her that her life was of
ore value than the child's, and that,
any one must go, he would. While,
wcver, this generous struggle was 60.
g on, their third daughter, gliding
st them, was soon at the side of the
adle.
All wa as black as night in the hall,
rept for a small patch of light lust at
foot Of the stairs. This came from
E dining-room, where the Indians
uld be e pillaging the shelves,
Hing down the china, and quarreling
th one another yer their ill-gotten
oty.
How to get past this spot was the
cstion, but the girl did not hesitate.
e reached the cradle ~unobserved, and
Just darting back with her precious
rden when, by i'll luck; one of the
Fages happened to see her. Whiz!
nt his sharp tomahawk within a few
hes of the baby's head, and, cleaving
edge of the brave girls dress, stuck
p into the stair-rail.
ust then one of the Tories, seeing
fit by, and supposing her to be a
'allt, calleu allef ucf: wv encn,
Fch, where is your master?" She,
ping for a moment, called back;
one to alarm the town!' and, hurry:
on, was soon safe again with her
Ter upstairs.
md now, very nearly all the plumber
ing been secured, the band was
nut to proceed to the real object OF
expedition, when the General, rails
one Of the upper windows, called
in lusty tones, as if commanding a
&c body of men: "Come on, my
Ve fellows! Surround the house!
Hlre the Williams who are plumber.
" The towards knew that voice,
they each and every n of them
k to the woods as fast as their legs
lid carry them, leaving the General
possession of the field.
he old Schuyler House looks now as
ooked then. except that the back
g for the slaves has been torn down,
some few alterations have been
Fe around the place; but when you
shown the house, you can still see
dent in the stair-rail made by thai
an's Ratchet more than a hundred
IS ago.-George Enos 1HrQop, IN st.
kolas.