Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26

morning our clothes were wet ana we
had only saved our powder 10y sleeping
on it, The wind, however had sub
sided, and we tried again to get our
horses over to the other side-the crea-
lures resisted every attempt and we were
driven to the alternative Of losing the
horses. OF course we chose the latter,
and selecting each of us one of the best,
we made for the falls.
There was a handsome young fellow
with us, a Kentuckian by birth, who
thought we had scarcely had adventure
enough, so he proposed to me to let the
rest go on, while he and [ captured
two splendid bays, We turned back
accordingly, and came the first thing on
trail of revengeful Indians, who had
undoubtedly been seeking us from the
first My dear child, if you had seen
them as they really were, their faces
streaked with black and yellow, their
untanned blankets, rough leggins, and
demoniac faces, YOU never would have
dotted upon them. Willis, the Kentuck-
ian, was some ways ahead of me, and
by some unsuccessful maneuyer fell inn
mediately into their hands. 1t was
dreadful sight to see them each drive
with his heavy club at the head of the
poor fellow. He fell instantly, and
they scalped him, throwing the fresh,
bleeding skin over their weapons and
waving it in my sight.
/ was on splendid horse. They,
oo,were mounted and had fleet animals,
so they pursued me at the top of their
speed. For time / escaped, only to
fall into thrir barbarous hands, how
ever. Deceived by voice | thought ia
miliar, and the pronunciation of word
in English / followed trail, and lured
on by the supposition that | was on the
track of friends from whom we had
been separated, and who might have
come back to the rescue [ went eau
tiously forward, but suddenly found my
self among a party of Indians, who were
so engaged that, | suppose if | had had
presence of mind | might have escaped,
for think they did not see me.
However, thinking the boldest
course the best, / Immediately fired at
the foremost, and in another moment
they Were after me like a pack Of
hounds. | took advantage of some
fallen timber, [ tried to dodge them,
and to hide among the underbrush, but
their cunning defeated my purposes.
They divided into two parties, and rode
along on either side of the timber, beat
ing it up, driving me out at the oppo-
site end, where stood an enormous saw
age with a lifted tomahawk. Just as
he was about to strike me to the earth
however, another Indian equally pow
erful lifted me as if | had been q
feather, out of the way of the descend
ing tomahawk. | was prisoner, and
obliged to make the best of it. You
nay imagine what that best was"
20, grandfather" cried Margery,
how did YOU feel?"
How did feel? Flush, how could
you feel with ten iabbering savages
about you, each one looking as if he
could eat You without pepper or salt?"
at must have been a trying mo-
ment, said Margery,
Not half as trying as what followed, "
replied the old man, shaking his white
locks. They muttered their outlan-
dish gibbersh in my face, making up
hideous mouths, expressive of their in
tense disgust of me and my race. They
shook the scalp Of poor Willis before
my very ewes, and don't doubt wanted
to serve mine in the same way. Then
leaving me helpessly tied they wei t
out to catch the horses The difficulty
with which this feat was accomplished
made them wilder than ever. in their
rage against me. / saw them deliber.
ate and knew by their gestures,
they were reserying me for some fear
full doom At last a tall Indian went
without the circle, and succeeded in
leading in one Of the horses, a fiery,
vicious animal that had given me great
trouble. and who, in hi. looks and
movements. seemed almost demoniac
Close tome they led him. / felt his hot
breath against my face and more than
once his hoot seemed about TO crush my
foot 90 atoms. ! thought that In some
way they intended my death by that
monstrous gray horse. and so they did.
Lut had uotw.nulatej for the extreme
cruelty of which thrF arc capable.