Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-05-03
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"This is subject that might bet
ter be discussed another time" re-
turned Hayward )" shall we charger"
81 see no contradiction to the gifts
of any man, in passing his breath
ing spells in useful reflections" the
scout replied. GAS to rush little
relish such measure; for scalp OF
two must be thrown away in the at
tempt. And yet" he added, bending
his head aside, to catch the sounds of
the distant combat, "if we are to be
ofuse to Uncas, these knaves in our
front must be got rid OFF,
Then turning, with prompt and
decided air, he called aloud to his
Indians, in their own language. His
words were answered by a shout;
and, at a given signal, each warrior
made q swift movement around
his particular tree. The sight of so
many dark bodies glanclng before
their eyes at the same instant, drew
a hasty fire from the Hurons. With
out stopping to breathe, the Dela-
wares leaped, in long bounds, to-
wards the woods, like SO many pam
theirs springing upon their prey.
Hawk-eye was in front, brandishing
his terrible rifle, and animating his
followers by his example. A few Of
the older and more cunning Hurons
who had not been deceived by the
artifice which had been practised to
draw their fire, now made q close and
deadly discharge of their pieces, and
justified the, apprehensions of the
scout, by telling three of his foremost
warriors. But the shock was in
sufficient to repel the impetus of
the charge. The Delawares broke
into the cover with the ferocity of
their natures, and swept away every
trace by the fury of the onset.
The combat endured only for an
instant, hand to hand, and then the
assailed yielded ground rapidly, until
they reached the opposite margin of
the thicket, where they clung to the
cover, with the sort of obstinacy that
is so.often witnessed in hunted brutes.
At this critical moment, when the
success of the struggle was again be-
coming doubtful, the crack of rifle
was heard behind the Hurons, and a
bullet came whizzing from among
some beaver lodges, and was follow
ed by the fierce and appalling yell Of
the war-whoop.
"There speaks the Sagamore!"
shouted Hawk-eye; ''we have them
now in face and back!
The effect on the Hurons was in
stantaneous. Discouraged by an as
sault from quarter that left them
no opportunity for cover, their war
riors uttered common yell of dis
appointment, and breaking off in a
body, they spread themselves across
the opening, needless ofevery consid-
Grafton but flight. Many fell, in
making the experiment, under the
bullets and blows of the pursuing
Delawares.
We shall not pause to detail the
meeting between the scout and
Chingachgook, or the more touching
interview that Duncan held with
Munro. A few brief and hurried
words served to explain the state of
things to both parties; and then
Hawk-eye pointing out the Sycamore
to his band, resigned the chief auth
ority into the hands Of the Mohican
chief. Chingachgook assumed the
station to when his birth and
experience gave him SO distinguished
a claim, with the grave dignity that
always gives force to the mandates of
native warrior, Following the
footsteps of the scout, he led the
party back through the thicket, his
men scalping the fallen Hurons, and
secreting the bodies of their own
dead as they proceeded, until they
gained a point where the former was
content to make halt.
The warriors, who had breathed
themselves freely in the preceding
struggle, were now posted on bit Of
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*The American forest admits the passage of
horse there being but little underbrush, and
few tangled brakes. The plan of Hawk-eye
is the one which has always proved the most
successful in the battles between the whites
and the Indians. Wayne, in his celebrated
ON the Miami, received the fire Of
his enemies in line; and then, causing his
dragons to wheel round his fanks, the In
dams driven from their covers before they had