New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-22
Rescued.
4 Reniaaescence of the Prosrse.

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Il Re7aiaaesceasce of the sPr0arae.
Leaning on my weapon and scrutin-
izing the vicinity, I became ashamed of
my former uneasiness, butt still could
not totally Danish my suspicious. de-
termined to stroll around, in order to
reconnoitre, and for this purpose began
ascending the hillock on our right, eau
tiously avoiding all unnecessary noise
and keeping sharp lookout toward my
front. On reaching the top, gazed in
to the gloom beyond, at first unable to
discern the surroundings of the distant
hillocks. As my eye gradually became
accustomed to the darkness, noticed
amongst patch of shrubbery what
seemed to me from that distance a drove
of deer lying in the grass. Anxious to
secure the game which had so unex-
| pectectedly come near us, but not want
ing to disturb my companions, ] has.
tened back to the tent, to apprise them
of my discovery, when my attention
was drawn toward q little knoll in the
prairie where l perceived q shadow
which as suddenly vanished. NV sus-
Ipicions being now thoroughly aroused
| fastened to acquaint my companions
OF my discoveries, fully intending to
inaugurate an investigation.
When came to the tent Ben was just
emerging from it, having awoke dur
ing my absence, and when he perceived
my troubled countenance, he simply
retreated into the tent and grasped his
rife thereby rousing.. Carbon, who in turn
Joined us. After being acquainted with
the facts, Ben advised to proceed
toward the deer, which l had noticed,
and utterly disregarded my mention of
the knoll, attributing the shadow seen
by myself to the reflection of the moon
on the uneven ground. When we
reached, after a cautious advance, the
shrubbery in which / had noticed the
animals we were surprised bv finding
no trace of them, and were ut loss
how to proceed. Carbon was curiouslv
Investigating the ground and suddenly
stopped down behind bush picking up
deerskin moccasin, apparently lost
there but short time ago. We were
all perplexed and unable to account for,
the sudden disappearance of the game,
or what it might have been and pro.
ceeded in silence back to our camp,
where, it being toward morning, we set
ABOUT preparing our breakfast, consist
ing Of coffee and the remains from the
preceding meal. We were discussing
the possibility of having had nightly
visitors, but did not deem it probable
that such was the case, as, if the fact
had really been established, we would
have been made aware of the same
surely to our satisfaction. or most likely
regret. As it was, we busted ourselves
with the preparations for starting, with
an uneasy mind; especially was it the
discovering of the ,moccasin which
made me thoughtful, but, not thinking
about marauding Indians, / soon.
dropped ali conjectures, and we were
soon under way, following the course
of the creek toward the north, intend-
ing to arrive at an inland lake which
lay in that direction at distance of
aboDt thirty miles. We soon regained
our old fortitude and thought lightly of
the experience of our first night out
Carbon, who by the way was a jovial
and somewhat careless fellow, began to
whistle and hum a song, and Ben and I
were agreeably engaged in discussing
the prospect of the times. The sun soon
came up in all its glory, dispensing the
mists of the bottom-land through which
we were now passing and revealing TO
us varied landscape, not as monotonous
as that of the previous day, as we were
gradually coming into a country more
woody and hilly. While the creek whose
windings we had been following, grad u
ally widened and wended it's way be-
tween wooded hills, we were obliged to
make circuit of about a mile, in order
to avoid the highlands, and began to ea-5
perience the best of a summer day. We
did not halt for our MONDAY meal, sim
ply taking little lunch, as we were
anxious to be at the lake before night
fall and had our doubts as to the con-
stancy of the weather, the sky looking
dubious and the suns rays falling upon
us with unmerciful warmth.
The sky was already becoming over
cast in the far west. while the wind was
gradually dying out, making our Jour
E.ney far from pleasant, and ourselves
anxious to aspire a stopping place for
the night, where we might be shielded
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