Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-28

/ teasing her for q story, 'On6 about nun
| tiers and Indian fighters"
"Chile, does you want to hear about a
/ big Ingin fighter what my nanny used
/ to know way back in ole Vurgina2
! The "Chile was exceedingly anxious to
| hear about that big "Ingin fighter, way
| back in ole Vurgina."
"Well, you see, his name was Dan
/ Morgan I've seed him many a time
when he was a big grown man, but NAM
my knOWed him when he was q boy. He
com from sOm'ers up NOrf, and done
nOthin' but hunt and trap round ole
Mars RandOlph's plantation, 'cept he
broke ali the widest colts to ride. Some
times, when quality from all the country
round would gether at ole mars for
hunt, young Dan would take the lead
and show them the best places. Every
body said he was the hansOmest young
Teller, as well as the best hunter and
rider in that section Of Vurgina; but he
had no book larnin', and the fine young
gentlemen looked down on him as sort
of head hand at startin' the hounds and
SIGH. But one thing was awful plain to
the cOlOred uns: him and young Miss
Irene, ole Mars RandOlph's only chile,
we're clean gOne-dead in love with each
other.
So everything goes on smooth like till
one day ole Mars came home from Rich
nun, after he'd been gone most all Win
ter. While he was away young Dan had
seed to things and took good keer of the
plantation, so ole Mars was pleased
nightly, and told young Dan to ak him
fur anything he wanted and he should
have it; so Dan he brights up and axes
him fur young Miss Rene. AT first ole
Mars thinks he was iOkin', put purity
soon he fines he was in earnest, then he
was so ravin' mad that he orders him of
the place, and that if he ever seed him
round thar agin he would have the dogs
tare him to pieces. Young Dan looked
mighty sOrrOWful and went away. That
night Nanny, who always waited on
the young missus went down to the river
bank, met young Dan and carried him
little gold lOcizet, which had q picture Of
Miss Rene and lock of her har in It,
"SOOn after that thar was great battle
between the red-COat soldiers and the
Ingins; the big red-coat General was
killed and most all his soldiers. Then
we heared as how young Dan had gone
and gined the big Gineral as q Wagon
boy, and had been with him at the great
! battle, that durin' the battle he had
fought With the soldiers, and killed more
Ingins than anybody else, and it was the
talk everywhar, what a brave man and
Iniin fighter young Dan had got to be.
Zone eVenin' in the comm fall, list as
the leaves had commenced to turn yal-
Ter, one of the field hans cum runnin'
frum the new grOnin' screamin' Injins
as though ned die every breath, with an
arrow stickin' in one of his shoulders.
You better b'ieve thar was hus'lin round
thar then. Ole Mars made every one,
field hands and all, cum into de big
house, and bar all de doors. Ole N1issus
and Miss Rene were almos' dead with
scare. The men-folks all had guns and
knives, in \ mighty few minits. The
Injins war yellin' round the house like
painters, and settin' fire to the cabins,
but the men fired at 'em so hard that
pury soon they all got away and hud-
died together, and seemed to be talkin'
it all over; then one of 'em gifts up
sOmethin' white, tied to a gun hammer
and starts towards the house. Ole Mars
tells the men to keep still till they seed
what he had to say. When he comes up
little closer, he yells out in good Amer
lean, as how if Ole Mars would give Miss
Rene up to 'em, they would all 60 off
and let him alone, but if he didn't they
would burn the big house and kill every
body in it.
cole Mars never made him any answer
but fired his gun at him, which didn't
hit him, but made him run like deer.
Purity soon a lot of Injins went up to
lO2-nGdDs anu LObCu QOWA Oll0 dDOub
thirty foot long; then about twenty Injins
took it up, and run with all their might
agin the kitchen door. The one who
talked and wanted the young Missus, had
a s'Ored in his hand, and was WhOOpln'
like a catamOunt The door was splin-
tered and the Injins came swarm
in and yellin' into the house.
Mars and the men fought like soldiers,
and killed q heap of 'em, but 1t
was no use, old Mars was soon Almost
killed, and lynn on his side bleediu'
whar Injin had cut his head open with
a tommy hawk. They had got in whar
de women was, and de Iniun Chief, he
that had the sword, had Miss Rene drag
GIN her out, when all at Onct some guns
was heard outside. Next mint, with a
war hoop louder nor any Iniun, young
Dan Morgan seemed to come flynn thro'
the ar and split the bains clean out Of
the Injun Chief who'd had Miss Rene,
some OF 'em splatterin' on mammy's face.
She told me it was worth a life time to
see young Daniel fight, with Miss Rene a
faintin', in his left arm. Dan had two
more hunters with him, and purity soon
what Iniuns didn't run away was all
killed. We then took Miss Rene to her
room, and laid old Mars on the bed, who
was powerful weak when he came to.
"The Injun Chief, what young Daniel
killed, turned out to benO lnjun at all, but
only a low mean white man, that had
Onct been Overseer on the plantation,
and had tried to court Miss Rene, and
she had cut him in the face with a ridin'
whip, and told him that if he didn't leave
the place at once she would tell her pa
to kill i'm, and so he had gone off and
lined the Injuns to steal her away.
after ole Mars had come too, and
found out what young Dan had done, he
took his hand and cried like a baby, and
said as how if he wanted Miss Rene he
might have her.
"They had a great Weddin', and young
Daniel was considered the biggest man in
that part Of Vurgina. All this nanny
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