Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-04

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veg les, sur, they certainly ara
We J, don't be disosartened, AN q
Great caief. Yea are % 90 10 Sandusky
saey s0eak Of bsrrins ysu there, but
VII send two runners tomorrsv q
speak good for yoa-" LoQan's foru
vas striking and manly. his co1nse-
asnce calm and noble. and he SPOKE
the Enelizh language With auency and
correctness K-nton's spirits inst4nsly
rose At the address Of the beuevoisct
chief. and he once IN ire looked upon
himself a. prov ldsatially rescued from
the stake.
On the following morning tsp rua-
ners were dispatcnei to Stada-ky. =.
the chief had promised. and uatil th-ir
resnrn henson wis kindly Treated. being
permitted ~ speod much of his time
9th Logan, wno cSlvers ~ wIto him
freely and in the IN st friendly n ,n-
ner. In the evening tbs two runner
retarned, and We're clossted With Lo
gan. Kenton felt the q st burning
Anxiety TO know what Was the result of
their mission, bat Logan did not visit
him again until the next morning. He
then walked NJ 70 him, accompanied by
ksatons guards. and. giving him a
piecs of bread. told him that hs vas
instantly to be carried to Sandosky ;
AMI, without uttering another word,
turned upon his heel and left him.
Again kentoa's spirits sank. From
Lo2an's manner he supposed that bis
Intcrcession had been unavailing, and
that SanduSky Vas destined to be the
scene of his final suffering. This ap-
pears to have b. en- the truth. Bot for
tame, who, TO use Lird Lovat's exsres
sion, had been playing At cat and mouse
with him for the last month, had select
cd Ssndusky for the display of her
strange and cspacious power. He was
driven into the town as usual, and was
to have been burnt on the following
snornIne, when an Indian agent named
Drevyer. interposed, and once more
rescued him from thu stake. He Was
anxious to obtain information for the
British oonmandsHt at Detroit, aud so
earnestly insisted upon Kentou's being
delivered mp to him, that TIE Indians at
length consented, upon the express con-
dition that, after the repaired informs-
ton had been obtained, he should again
be placed at their discretion. To this
Drewyer consented, and without fur
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10 his hands. Drewyer lost no time in
removing him to Detroit.
! On she road he informed Kanton Of
the conditions upon which he had OBJ
tanned possession OF his person, assur-
ing him, however, that no consideration
should induce him to abandon q pris-
oner 10 the mercy Of such wretches
HsvinR dwclt at some length upon the
generosity Of his own disposition, aud
having sufficiently rnsRnified the ser
vice which be had Just rendered him, be
began at length to GROSS question Ken
ton ~ TO the force and condition of
Kentucky, and particularly a. to the
number of men NJ Fort Mcintosh. Ken
ton very candidiy declared his inability
TO answer either question, observing
that be vas merely \ private, and by no
means acquainted With matters of an
enlarged and general import; that his
great business had heretofore been to
ande ,vor TO take care of himself. which
he had found a work of no small difli-
Guilty. Drewyer replied that he believed
him. and frem that time Kenton was
troubled with no more questious.
His CONDITION at Detroit WAS not uu :
pleasant. He was compelled to report
himself every morning 30 an English of
fioer, and was restricted to certain
boundaries through the day, bat in
other respects he scarcely felt that be
Was prisoner. His battered body aud
broken arm were quioklvrepsired, and
his emaeiated limss we're aQtin clothed
with proper proportion of fesh. He
remained ia this state of easy restr.int
from October. 1777. until Jane, 1873,
wlen he meditated an ESCAPE. There
was no difflsuity in ie aviug Detroit. but
he. woald be compelled to traverse a
wilderness of more than two hundred
miles, abonnding with hostile Indians.
and sffordiug no means of subsist ance
bevnud the wild game, which conld not
be killed without gun. In addition to
this, he would certainly be pursued, and
IL retaken nv tho Indi ans, he might ex
poet a repetition 1T all that he had un-
dsreope before. without the prospect Of
q second interpo iition on the part Of the
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These considerations deterrei him for
some time from the attempt, but at
length his impotence became uuoon-
trOliahie, and he determined to escape.
or perish in the. attempt. He took his
measures with eqnal secresv and fore
sight. He Cautiously sounded two Young
Kentnckians then AZ Detroit. who had
heeu taken with Boone at the Blue
Licks. and had been purchased bv the
British. He found them as impatient
as himself OF captivity. and reaoiute to
accompany him. Charging them not
to bresthe SYLLABLE of their design tn
anv other prisoners. he busied himself
for several dsvs in IN liking tha necss
sarv preparations. IL vas absolutely
necessarv that thsy shonld be provided
with arms, both for. the sake of repe!linc
attack and rrocnriug the nlssus Of sab
sistencs: and. at the ssm4 time. il was
very difticult ta obtain them without the
kuowledeA Of the British eommandaut.
Nv patiently waiting their opportu-
nitv. however, all these preliminary diff
tiouitias were overcome. Kentnn formed
close friendship with two Indian
suuters. de,uged them With rom, and
bought their guns for a mere trifie
woods no returned to Detroit aud man
aged to procure another rife, together
With powder and balls, from.a Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar. citizens Of the town. They
then appointed q night for the ATTEMPT.
and agreed upon a place Of rendezvous.
All things turned cut prosperously.
They met at the time and place an
pointed without discovery, and. taking
q ci,cuitous routs. avoided pursuit.: ana,
travelling only in thu night, they AT
length arrived safely at Louisville, after
nsrch of tbirtv DAYS. -
Thus terminated one Of the most re-
markable adventures Ia the whole range
OF Western history. A fatalist wonld
recognise the hand OF destiny in every
stage OF it, progress: in the infatuation
With which Keuton refused 20 adopt
proper measures for his safety while
such were 1racticshle: in the persever.
inQ obssinacy with which he remained
upon the Ohio shore until flight became
useless; and aftesward. in that remark
able su >cessior OF accidents by vhich,
without the least exsrtion On his part.
he wns alternately tausslizsd with
prospect OF safety, and then plunged
again into the deepest despair. He Vas
eight times expsssed O. the gauntlet.
three times tied 20 the st ne, and AZ
often thought himself upon the eve Of q
terrible dsath.
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