Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
A FLOCK GA TURKEYS.


Of that of his older brother in their
flight toward Fort Sinquefeld.
FLOCK OF TURKEYS.
Satisfied after a little" Isham re-
sumed. that l could not find lin,
kept on towards the fort, but l seemed
to have lost the way. couldn't tell for
the life of me in which direction to go,
though l thought l knew all this cOun-
try as l did my fathers doOryard. l
climbed up long pine tree that had fall
len. but | heard some of the Indians
talking out in the road, and | jumped
down a good deal quicker than | had
climbed up. I can tell you. | don't
much recoIect what l did then, and l
don'a know what would have become Of
me if Tom Matlock hadn't found me and
brought me into the fort
Poor boy" said the old man sympa-
thetically. But look over there in the
woods! Did you ever see such a flock of
young turkeys in your lie?
Where? Where?" said Isham quick
ly: andA looked carefully in the d.
recdon n which his companion point
ed. He was silent for moment, and
then. suddenly leaping 70 his feet, ne
said They're not turkeys. They're
Indians Crouched low and coming to-
ward us" And leaving the Old man he
ran toward the men at the graves,
shouting: indians, Indians! The Red
Sticks are coming. Run! Run for your
lives, The Indians will get you!
The shriu cry OF Isham was heard by
all who were outside the fort. The
work at the graves had just been COM
Melted and the party had fingered for a
little. silent and sad; but the fearful cry
of Indians" rudely broke in upon their
meditations and they began a mad race
for the gate. Could they reach ii before
The Indians could Oyertake them?
Quickly lifting the little children TO
their shoulders, or Dragging them by
the arms. they rushed over the rough
ground. fearful every moment that the
savage Creeks would intercept them
and cut of their flight.
THE WOMEN AT THE SPRING.
The guard upon the hillside, forget
full Of the women at the spring, whom
they had been sent to protect, Joined IN
the mad rush. apparently intent only
upon gaining for themselves the shelter
OF the sUOckade The women also had
heard the cry. and with all the strength
they could muster began their flight up
the long hill toward the fort
The Creeks, as soon as they saw that
their presence was known, abandoned
their crouching pastures, and with yells
that almost paralyZed some Of the fleeing
women. began to run with almost in
credible swiftness. striving to intercept
the party returning from the newly
made graves.
Meanwhile Isaac Hayden was stand
ing by the open gate ready TO receive
the fugitives and then close 1t IN the
faces of the cruel savages. He swiftly
gar ed from one fleeing party to an
other, trying to measure their chances
of success. The scene before him was
like nightmare. The runners, to the
impatient soldiers, seemed scarcely to
move. and almost fascinated he watched
the swlft-unning Greeks. There were
more than a hundred Of these, and now
he plainly could see their faces painted
black. and the chaplet of upright tur-
key feathers which each warrior wore
uu mis- head. He noticed also that
many of them had a cows tail tied
to- each arm. with the long hair hang
| ing down over their wrists In front of
/ them ran the prophets, waving from
| long staff, which had been painted a
bright red, a long cows tail colored
| even q more brilliant red than that of
\ the staff itself The scene was appa.l-
/ ing. and the brave hearted Isaac was
D. -a1f he Sol
helpleSsneSs. and the certainty that
some would fail of gaining the shelter
Of the fort
Suddenly the Indians changed their
course. With louder yells and increased
speedthey abandOne 1.-THE party returning
from the graves. as they saw that they
would reach the gate before them. But
they had caught sight Of the women re-
turning from the spring. and sure now
that they had found some victims, they
started after them.
ISAAC TO THE RESCUE.
Nothing car save the women"
grCaned the watching Isaac They're
sure TO be cut off. Isn't there some
thing l can do to help them?" He
glanced once more about him. and sud
denly formed a plan which he proceed
ed TO put into immediate execution.
Quickly leaping upon the back of one
of the horse tied near him, he called
90 the dogs inside the fort and started
toward the Indians. There were about
sixty of these dogs. many Of them large
and savage. Some were blOodhounds,
and could be depended upon for bloody
work. and even the ours seemed TO have
caught something of the excitement as
the yelplug mass followed Isaac Hayden
in his pursuit. The Indians were soon
Overtaken and compelled to halt and
defend themselves against the savage
fury of the brutes.
Sic EN-. Majei Go for them. Carlo!
Kill the fiepdS" shouted the excited
soldier. and b laughed aloud as he
saw the dogs leap for the threats of
the Indians. and drag many a warrior
TO the ground. He stopped for mo-
ment to watch the strange contest. The
Indians were fighting desperately. and
with their clubs they Drained many of
the dogs or sent others yelping into the
forest with a broken leg or a battered
body
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