The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-10-30

sot flowers thai hau aifeauN Hau<
their a:,pea, ance on the warn
slopins hillside. The ieamsier'
had neariv finished their ta>l
iot caring for their horses. wher
snddenl, a small party OF In
iiians rushed into the ramp. howl
ing like the evil one himself. The
attack had been made so sudden
aud unexpected and The emil
grants not having their firearms
al,nui them. were completely. II
seemed, in The power of The saw
ages. Bat just as the savage
hoard made "a dash al one Of The
wagons. sharp crack of a rifle
was heard and :he leader drop.
ped without a groan. Tins was
a complete surprise To them ana
al sight of their fallen leader tn v
turned ami fed into the woods.
In their wild flight they met
Rose. whose attention hal been
attracted by the noise IN the
camp and who was now hnrrylng
breaih:es>lv in that direction.
True TO their principles these
Indians took Rose and carried
her away with thin.
At the camp every Ole was In
state of intense excitement.
'Tis true The Indians had come
and gone like a fash and dis
turbed nothing nor harmed any
one. Bui rs the twilight deepen
ed in,o darkness and Rose did not
come back I: awful truth dawn
ed upon The anxious father and
mother. What was to be done!
The party was TOO small Tor part
to guard the wagons while the
rest followed the trail of the saw
ages. So. after holding a con-
sultaiion, il was decided 10 push
ON 10 ChlllicOthe as rapidly as
possible and there gel company
Of soldiers and go back and res
cue the prisoner. As the night
was far spent by this time. the
men did not lie down but kept
a sharp lookout during the rest
of The night. By The 'fi,st ap-
pearance of day, every Thing was
ready for pushing on. As there
had been so much excitement IN
camp. since the attack. no one
had thought of the fallen Indian.
But as Mr.. Dent went behind his
wagon for some purpose he ac. |
cidcnilv stumbled over the life
less body of the supposed savage
partly hiden by clump OF hazel
bushes, and as Jacob Dent gazed
into that face. the Golden rays
of the morning sun did not shine
upon the face of a dead Indian
but there uplurned, lay the face
of white man anl the familiar
ity of that face made him shud.
der, bat he told no one of his
discovery but this had created
a profound mvsiery in his IN ind
that he was not able 10 under
stand for some time.
In order that The reader may
fully understand, II is necessary
for us TO tell something of our
von nng friend. the hunter. He
had gone with a party of survey
ors into Ohio The party had
been busy COR some time and
about The time Dent crossed the
Ohio, had gone TO Chillicothe to
rest a few days. The young
scout wishing 10 know more
about The country had immedi !
aiely taken his gnn and started
out 10 explore those regions
south east of the fort. On the
evening of his second day out
his travels brought him 10 the
banks of q beautiful stream. and
as he was looking aboul for a
suitable place to spend the night
his sharp eye caught the faint
slimering Of a light and The white
tops of wagons far up the stream.
Concluding it was a party of EN-.
igraals lie decided to 60 10 them
and if agreeable. 10 spend The
night IN their camp. Just rs he
had approached within few yards
of the nearest wagon, he saw
near a dozen savages rush into
the camp. He did moi hesitate.
but in an instant his trusty rifle
Was al his shoulder and he had
the satisfaction of seeing the
leader of The band fall by ball
from ms gun. This seemed TO
have the effect of driving them
of. But AS he watched the flight
of the savages, he SAW 10 his dis
may that they were bearing with
them while girl whom he sup
posed belonged to The camp. He
did not show himself To any one
in camp but started al full speed
after The retreaiiug savaees,
hop"ins hat he would be able in
some way 10 rerapiure the glrl.
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