The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-09-20

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the wilderness by party of Chicka-
saw Indians, with the design of
forcing on her residence among
these savages, and of subjecting her
to the brutal will of the most british
one of the tribe; fate more terrible
and revolving to young lady of re-
finement than death itself inflicted in
the most cruel and terrible form.
On the morning of the second day
after their arrival at the camp above
mentioned Capt. Ashby, with his
rifle and hunting apparatus, walking
along near the bank of the Mississippi,
toward the meeting of the waters,
had advanced in that direction but a
short distance when he thought he
heard human voices. He paused and
listened, then advancing nearer, he
became satisged they were human
voices he had heard, but he could not
understand or interpret the language.
STOPPING low, almost crawling through
the cane, he approached near enough
TO see from whence the words came,
and discovered three Indians and one
white man ON shore engaged in a
loud talk, seeming from the earnest
ness of their speech and gesticulations,
to be in a quarrel, while pretty
young girl sat in one of the canoes
still in the water, fastened by bark
cables to the shore. He concluded at
once that she was prisoner, as he
discovered that she was bound by
cords to the side of the canoe. She
was weeping, and exhibited, as she
sometimes lifted her face upwards, a
countenance of unbounded alarm and
despair. He at once concluded that
she had been stolen from her friends
or parents somewhere, and upon that
he began to evolve in his mind some
safe and practicable plan that he and
his companions could adopt to rescue
her.
He fastened with cautious steps
back to his cane covered hut, and
found both his companions there, but
Porter asleep. He was quickly
aroused. Ashby then told them what
he had heard and seen, and with his
common observation (By zooksD he
was determined to rescue her at the
risk of his own life. His companions
were of the same mind with him, and
soon they were on the way to the
scene of action. The distance was
short and with great caution they
approached near enough to see the
Indians and hear what was said. but
neither could understand the language
spoken. From their loud talk and
their manners they were satisfied the
two Indians and the white man were
still quarreling. The other Indian
was nearer TO them, squatted down
near the canoe in which the girl still
sat bound to its sides. He and the
girl were in conversation in the
French language, which Wells under
stood and spoke fuently. The other
Indian near her was urging her to
love him, telling her of his riches and
that he was chief, and the warrior
of his nation; that he had lately been
in Georgia with the Creeks and
Cherokees, and had killed and scalped
four white men and two women
that if she would go with him to his
nation, live with him, be his good
squaw, he would make her and her
father rich; but if she did not quit
crying and 90 with him freely, he
will kill and scalp her., too, as his
words were interpreted.
She was weeping bitterly, seeming
greatly alarmed. But, as Wells I'M
dcrstood her, she said to the Indian,
whose name was Colbert, that she
would never go with him willingly ;
that she had rather die; that he might
kill her; she would rather that he
would do so than to be his wife; that
he had four days before killed her
beautiful little brother, and she de-
spised him. Then, raising her head
and looking up TO Heaven, she prayed
most devoutly to the Mother of Jesus
that she might be delivered from her
great and terrible Affections. Colbert
the Indian, darted toward her in
great apparent rage, breathing forth
threats and waving his tomahawk
over his head. Ashby and his COM
panions had taken their respective
positions, selected their marks, or
victims, and, by concerted sign to