The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-16
THE INDIAN CAPTIVE.
How a Fair Savannah Girl Was
Rescued From the Sayages.

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who wa seated near him.
The captive was a beautiful young.
girl bound with green thongs, and as she
gazed upon these her lips curled in very
scorn, and she gave utterence to words
indicative of irnpatience.
"Do you fancy you viii eve tame
me5''
"We hope to do So
sThen you hope in vain. Inever can
tolerate You or your barbarous customs"
You will feel differently after a time.
You will find many charms in our wild,
free life, and when you become my
wife"-
"Your wife!' shrieked the girl, some
thing like q shudder passing over her
frame.
Eyes, my wife. You must forget this
Capt. Henry Waller, for by the Great
Spirit I have sworn that you shall be
mine"
Tono Chici spoke iercely, and turn
ing from him the captive became silent.
When the morning dewned a savage
yell aroused the camp and the chief
sprang to his feet. A glance betrayed
the fact that his captive had disappeared.
Darling from his lodge he found one of
his guard lying cold in death before it.
It was the discovery of the body which
had raised the alarm.
AT the rear Of the lodge the second
guard, whose name was Altamaha, was
sDundly sleeping. AT first the chief
thought that he, too, had been slain; but
the confusion aroused the savage, and
springing to his feet he gazed wildly
around him. Ho knew the penalty of
his negligence, and he tre,nbled when
he contemplated his position. He had
reason to do SO, for at the command of
Toino Chici he was instantly seized and
firmly bound.
A savage was found without the cir
Gle of lodges in a dying condition. He
could speak with difficulty, and he
stated that he had been aroused during
the night by low w~hisperings and the
sounds of footsteps. He left his lodge
only to receive a knife in his breast, and
fell senseless. The avenger wore a scar
let coat, and Helen Prescott, the captive,
was in his company. A search was
made around the camp, and half a mile
distant there were the marks where
three horses had been tied to trees.
They had evidently come from Sayan-
nah, and had taken their departure in
that direction. The chief knew that
pursuit was useless, and he returned to
his lodge foaming with rage and bent
upon vengeance. For a year he had
been engaged in a plot for the capture
of Helen Prescott; for he had seen her
in Savannah, and becoming enamored
of her had resolved to abduct the maid
en- and make her his queen. All his
plans had failed, however; but at length
his son, a young chief, called Red Plume,
had penetrated the city in the disguise
of a British officer and succeeded in
bringing the maiden away captive.
She had been but two days among the
Indians when she made her escape.
AS soon as Tonic Chico returned to his
camp he ordered Altamaha to be bound
to a stake, and brushwood was heaped
around him preparatory to burning.
The savage had recovered his self pos
session. He was a brave fellow, and had
always stood high in the estimation of
his leader.
Turning to his chief he said: 81 know
that / deserve death for sleeping, but if
my chief viii spare me I win bring back
the captive maiden"
For a moment the chief remained ST.
lent, and then replied: "You shall do
more. Bring me the maiden and tell
me that her lover, Capt. Henry Waller,
is dead. Bring me, as an evidence Of
the fact, his scalp and his scarlet coat.
Do this and your life shall be spared"
A1tamaha promised that it should be
done, and he was released. He started
Immediately in the direction of Savan-
nah.
There was great excitement in Savan-
nah when it was known that Miss Pres
colt had so m~ysteriously disappeared,
and o n partook of this feeling more
strongly than did the young English
captain, Henry Waller, her betrothed
husband. He believed the savages were
connected with the matter, and he at
communicated his suspicious to
Gen. O~glethorpe, the governor and com
mander of the post. The general could
not think as did the lover. AMI he hest
tated when asked for troops. Should
they advance upon the Indian settle
ment the treaty would thus be broken,
and a bloody warfare might be- the re-
suit.
He said to the captain, however, ssTake
as many men as you require, and APP
proach within FIVE miles of the Indian
camp. There you must halt until you
yourself have advanced and found that
your suspicious are correct. In that
case you have discretionary power; but
act with prudence"
At the head of fifty dragons Waller
advanced. Reaching the designated spot
he halted his men and then rode forward
with a single orderly leading a third
horse. Approaching within half a mile
Of the camph he dismounted and advanced
alone. Silently he entered the circle of
lodges and crept to the most promi-
nent among the number, believing it to
be occupied by the chief. He listened
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