Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-14

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and his companions with much o
their winters supply Of meat Wbils
be was securing The bear, tbs
maiden gave him a glance of min'
gled fright and gratitude, and as
! Robinson took OFF his cap, out d
I gallantry TO her sex, the CIR
bad sped away to the Southern
bank, tied her canoe and disap.
4 peared from view.
This maiden was the beautiful
Kadizhaha, whom he had rescued
from the bear. The moment his
cap had been removed she had re.
cognized her deliverer and had
rushed to his assistance.
Rapidly and earnestly she told
her story of how the "Allface
stranger had saved her life, and
then turning to her father, LimPing
Bear, who was presiding over the
council, she besought him to spare
the scalpless captive's life.
Old Limpiug Bear arose and all
bent forward to listen. lie mo-
toned his daughter from his pres
ence. Her appeal had doubtless
had its effect, but the old chief was
filled with more than paternal graf
itude. It was a superstition that
caused him to tremble with
strange fear. Why had this pale
face been spared when his CON-
panions had fallen? Why had the
great storm come on just in time to
prolong his life for day? He told
the warriors that they dared not
burn Kim. at the stake. They
dared not make him run the gaunt-
let. The only safe plan was to
give him as an offering to the Storm
King, or he would call down upon
them floods that would sweep away
their canoes, drive the game from
the valleys and force them to leave
forever these hunting grounds of
their fathers. There were grunts
and mods of approval and when the
old chief sat down it was solemnly
decreed that Robinson should at
the hour of darkness be securely
bound in the bed Of his wagon and
set afioat in the surging stream
that continued to rise every hour.
Kadizhaha, from the doorway of
her tepee, heard the sentence. Rob
inson, ignorant of the Cherokee Ian
guage, could only live in suspense.
AS night drew near he noted that
the bed was taken from the wagon
and placed upon the ground. The
rains had caused the planks to
swell until the bed was almost
water-light. The covered top was
not removed. AS soon as it became
dark, Robinson was placed in the
wagon-bed, tied upon his back and
number of stout braves carried
the wagou-bed to the river bank
and showed it with its human
freight into the stream.
Out into the middle of the stream
it was carried and disappeared in
the gathering gloom.
At the point where the frail bark
was set adrift, the river made
sharp turn and then after flowing
westward for half a mile made a
series of bends, first to the south,
back to the north, then again to
the south, finally sweeping away
IN a southwestwardly direction for
fifteen miles and then taking a
westward course to the Cumberland
river,
Kadizhaha, finding herself unob-
served, while almost the entire
tribe had gone to the riverside,
after taking the rope that tethered
the. strangers team and slipping a
hunting knife into her belt, had dis
appeared in the forest. She knew
the serpentine course of the stream
and knew that at one of the bends
there was a high bluff that would
bring the main current close to the
bank. She made her way to this
point, found an overhanging tree
and took a position in its branches,
having provided herself with long
| light pole on the way. Here she
waited as the craft was swept down
the stream. Soon in the dim moon
light she saw the white-top coming,
and as it drew near, with a dex.
trous movement she stopped il
against the tree top with the POLE
aud quickly clambered into it, but