The National tribune., 1892-12-22

He RAISED HIS Gun.
sway to the Yankees every Gay, they were
constantly on the watch for stampeders.
The starting point which had designated
was near the old o'Brien forge, some three
miles south of Elizabethton.
We got to the Holston River. opposite to the
Flats, and found il SO full that we could not
wade il. j LETT the men in q secret place and
proceeded to the house of a good Union man
10 Inquire If the canoe was guarded. He said
IL IL was be did not know it. While we were
considering what was best to be done, the men
E1l came up saying they had heard some per-
son whistle. and thought that it was ] giving
them the signal to advance. told them that
] had not whistled, and that it was likely that
THE REBELS WERE ABOUT;
and sure enough they were. They were guard
ing the landing the opposite side of the
river. There was no guard on the side o. the
river on which We were. and 4 determined TO
outwit them if it possibly could he done. /
therefore conducted the company farther down
the river and told them to remain perfectly
quiet until ] returned. j then proceeded TO
the ferry landing, got into the canoe and fioated
Silently down the river to the place had-sta-
TONED the company. / then began to ferry
them over the river in the canoe, and after
number Of trips, succeeded in getting them all
safely across. The night WAS very dark, and
we left the river without being discovered.
We had piece of woods TO 90 through and a
public road 10 cross. and / think the reheis
must have been in the road and beard US walk
ing among the leaves. which we could not do
without making considerable noise.
We left the woods and were tr8mping in the
rosd for q short distance. in this way /
thought we could get clear of danger little
sooner. The rebels came very near running
ffo, rnff fit1r hef..
discovered. | had been listening for them very
3utently, and at length / heard them running
70 overiake Us.
In second after gave the a. arm we were
ell flying up the road, which / continued to
pursue FOR about 300 yards, and then turned
Oh into the woods. where we all immediatiy
lay down behind some bushes. thinking by this
means to eFade our pursuers.
We heard them coming up the road, and
when they came opposite to where we were
they turned out of the road into the woods,
and 10 our very great surprise and terror came
right on toward hIdiug-piace. We re-
rnained perfectly still until the rebels got with
IN about 20 steps OF us, when seeing that they
were coming directly onto Us, We all raised at
once and started through the woods Ike herd
Of frightened buffalo. The rebels commenced
YELLING LIKE DEMONS
from the internal regions, and the winged
messengers Of death which they hurled after
as from their guns whistled around Us in every
direction, but very fortunately failed 10 infict
sny injury upon the fugitises, who fed on
through the woods as if they had been carried
siong upon the wings of the wind. The ter
rible explosion of the villanans ssltpeter only
seemed to give us good headway. and on we
> went through treetops and over old logs and
stumps- Some of the men threw away their
hsversae1s, while some lost their hats but
none OF them stopped to be captured.
The rebels kept pretty close after ns for some
time, calling on rs at every step TO halt But
they might as well have undertaken to stop
the course Of the river at that time as to have
endearoreG TO stop us in our wild aud precipi-
tate fight.
Twas very well convinced that IL they should
ercceed IN capturing me they would not fail
% inalct upon me most ignominious DEATH
spc not wishing them TO capture my men,
encouraged them all the time telling them TO
fellow on after me and we would get away.
The men strained every nerve in their fight.
and we soon got out Of the bearing Of our pnr-
suers. Bat we still went ahead al a sort OF
oouble-quick, aud by daylight reached some
lofty and densely- -timbered ridges which
afforded Us an admirable place OF conceaIment
When came back on my return trip through
this section of country where we were chased
by the rebels, was told by good Union man
that some rebel cavalry had arrived there the
evening that / and my company got to the
Holston River. The rebels had been sent for
the porPose of watching for stampeders. and
runninE upon our party as they did on that
might pat them in fine spirits
My friends also told me that the next even
Ing bright and early the rebels dismounted
from their horses and started on
SHOUTING AND CHEERING,
30 search the Flats, saying they would be sure
20 capture the - Old Red Fox " that day as they
were confident that no other person would have
had the extreme aHdacity to cross the river in
the very face of their pickets. They were sure
shat We were ia the Flats somew here and there
they continued to hunt for las all day. bnt they
had 10 give Hp tue search without finding any
person, for the scoaters who had been STAYING
there. hearing OF their arrival the evening be-
fore, took time by the forelock and made their
escape
When the rebels started 10 search the Flats
some Of them loaGly proclaimed that if they
should succeed IN capturing The Old Red Fox -
fhey intended 10 give his hide q much deeper
nnRe OF red from his own blood.
VIII here state for the information of the
yesder that the old Red Fog" was the sobri-
quet by which was known By the Union peo-
PIE, as well as BIZ the rebels. during the period
that acted in the capacity of pilot. During
the several memorable years that ! was gem
orally known under the name Of the "Old Red
Fox, must confess that ! bad many severe
races and numher of very narrow escapes
from the rebels who sought my destruction,
but always succeeded in defeating their best
arranged stratagems to capture and kill me.
was also told that when the rebels returned
in the evening from their hunt through the
Flats, they did not cheer quite 80 loudly Ms
when they started ont. but came back cursing
and rsying among the poor women, WHOM they
NAMED for carrying news. saying that it was
very strange that large companies OF men
3ouid 60 through that section of country 60 the
xankees having the river to cross, aud escape