Evening journal., 1890-01-24
INDIAN REVENGE.


$50 whatF' exclaimed a slvery headed old
man who sat in an easy chair by .he winter
fire.
eDote on Indians, dear grandpa; they look
50 noble IN their rrhiy colured robes, their
furs and their feathers
sNoblel the blood thirsty rebelslr said the
old man, holding out one arm as he spoke and
| striking it with the other, ''that ana this and
every part Of my body, ia fact, is scared by
those internal dogs. Why, lool, here child,
and be drew his white locks from his ample
forehead, "see the marks Of their scalpinr
knives; they left ME for dead once, and came
near having these hairs hanging to their
| girdesn
why, grandnam exclaimed Margerv,
drawing mp to tie old man. us it possible
that great white mark was made by an In
dian brayeg'
IAN Indian eowardn cried the vetern con
temptaously "Talk about their bravery,
the stubborn, inborn devils, they don't know
what il means. The courage of beast is all
they have. My patience, girl, if you had
seen as much Of the Indians as | have you'd
never take these creatures Of painters i'm
agination TO be the simon pure savage. No,
no, there's a difference. My child, III tell
/ you a story that will cure you Of doting on
Indians. When | was a young man / had
many a bout with the children OF the forest.
as your poets call them. Now there was
never any poetry in your old grandfather,
Maggie, little one. | never could see any
thing beautiful in their hideous painted
faces, and to tell the truth, they killed my
only brother, and hate the whole race.
I'VE had a long spell Of peace and had be-
come tired If our cabins upon Boone's sta.
ton. II was too easy life for young fell
lows, simply cunning, fishing, sleeping and
eating. We weren't like the moustachioed
gentry Of the present day--even like the one
who came to see you last night, little child,
though he is a better specimen than some.
Wecouldn't dress up in those days and take
little bits OF paper in our hands and 90 call
upon the pretty ladies and show off our
teeth and our broadcloth the best part of the
day. We were rough men ia our hunting
frocks, who Thought goodsized deer mono
to heavy TO throw over cur shoulders after
we had run him down, and to whom other
dears were as fabulous as myths
But, as ! tell you, we-there were four Of
us-had become tired Of idleness, and wanted
another bout with the Indians. So, knowing
that party had stolen some horses, and that
they had taken their way to Chillicothe, we
set out after them to try and regain the booty
they had taken. We reached Chillcothe a
few days atterward, and fell in with drove
Of horses feeding in the rich prairie. OF
these we secured six and started on oHr re-
turn. Before we reached the Ohio storm
came up The heavens grew black with
clouds aud the wind blew perfect hurri-
cane What TO do with the horses we could
hardly tell. They had become unmanagea-
BILE and were difficult to control The river
IFS ia
that we dared not venture to cross, and we
were fearful Of being pursued. 1t was near
ing evening, and we could inst find our way
back TO the hills, where, alter hobbling our
animals, we remained during the night 1t
was an awful night. The rain poured in
torrents, the lightning blazed from point to
| point, and the thunder seemed TO crash and
break against the sides Of the hills We were
all exposed to the fury Of the tempest. In
the morning our clothes were wet and we
bad only saved our powder by sleeping on IL
| The wind, however, had subsidized, and we
tried again TO get our horses over to the other
side-the creatures resisted every attempt.
and we were driven to the alternative OF los.
| ing the horses OF course we chose the lat
ter, andselecting 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 lcaptured two splendid bays Weturned
back accordingly, and came the first thing on
a trail Of reyengeful Indians, who had un-
doubtedly been seeking us from the first. Ny
| dear child, If you had seen them as they real
| " were, their faces streaked with black and
| yellow, their untanned blankets, rough leg
.rf.
have dotted upon them. Willis, the Kentuck-
ian, was some ways ahead of me, and By
some unsuccessful maneuver fell Immediately
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 instant
/ ", and they scalped him, throwing the fresh,
bleeding skin over their weapons and waving
it in my sight
81 was on a splendid horse. They, too,
were mounted and had feet animals, so they
/ pursued me at the top Of their speed. For a
time escaped, only to fall into their barbar-
Gus hands, however. Deceived by voice
thought familiar, and the pronunciation of a
word in English, | followed a trail, and lured
ON by the suppostion that was on the track
Of friends from whom we had been separated,
aud who might have come back to the res
cue, went cautiously forward but sudden
| ~ found myself among party Of Indians,
who were 50 engaged that, / suppose, il 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 pack Of hounds / took advantage Of
some fallen timber, / tried 60 dodge them,
and to hide among the underbrush, but their
cunning defeated my purposes. They di-
vided into two parties, and rode along on
either side Of the timber, beating it up driv-
ing me out q. the opposite end, where stood
an enormous savage with lifted tomahawk.
just as he was about to strike me 20 the
earth, however, another Indian equally
powerful lifted me as il had been feather
out Of the way Of the descending tomahawk.
/ was a prisoner, and obliged to make the
best Of it. You may imagine what that
best wasn
"oh, grandfather cried Margery, ''how
did you feelf
"how did I feel Fush, how could you
fee with ten jabbefing savages about you,
eac. one looking As # he could eat you With
out pepper or saltTp .-..