The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-07-23

| uoodby. dsasa,sr, doua lei Tho chi
ifen 90 outside sSd play. sdmoni.hea
the isiher. ln hesrt nlled wl,h boains,
80 bc leii his lea c.bia snd started "a
ssfd The unnnished home Of bis neigh
Dor. qasflcr OF . nils thtoush the
forest.
Jonathan S.lover, 10 company vnh .
snail patty Of Eslcrnefs their wive. sud
children. bad come into the wilderness
Of Michigan seven moaihs before this
10 the hope OF foaadins homes 10 vh..
~s the iurlhes, poini Of The knoun West.
Nor. children. ssid Tho elder sisier,
after uatetias the father yell out OF
sight, II yon see 40 ludisn coming today
! ~snt sou both 10 hiie. II SEQ them
Arst, abs vent 90, vita her arms abont
the email brother. LII rap on The hre
place three timer, and then you .re 10 se,
on, Of sish. I. soon ss possible. Dou1
go out Of doors once, Tor We must stay
olose together sll day,
The day wore 90. aud when the eun 10
dicatad thst the time vas drawing on for
the father 10 rernrn, Abigail got out the
kettles. hing them on the crane snd put
on the water 10 beat for the mnsh. Just
A the water commenced 10 bubblc, three
shsrp bloss we're strnok upon the hearth,
and st The same instant the frightened
little forms dropped into the hole under
the door, which vas reserved for times Of
peril.
The neXl moment. . tall Io1isn. whose
quick eye saw only syonug girl quietly
dropping hspdfuls OF yellow meal into
the boiling water. appeared u. the door.
A nod was exchanged between Tho Girl
snd the chieitain. whose entrance was FOL
loved by smother and smother, until six
Indians stood 10 the room, each With paint
el face and deoked 10 the trsppinss OF
var, The silence was unbroken Tor seyo
raj minutes. At length Nokomis, who
had hitherto held himself friendly toward
the whites, sAii Ia heavy tone, White
man homer Nakomis would have speech
with him,
Nakomis spoke little English aud had
taught Abigail the few Indian words che
knew.
My father. replied the young girl, 10 ok
ing the brave straight In the face. ia no,
lar of. He will be hers 10 . momen..
Whs, do you want with him.
No tell little white face, returned the
man, leering Ut her, she afraid. She big
coward. White man coward. White man
go. and be added wioksdly, kill him. In.
jun get oil white mans scalp. snd going
toward the girl. With his cruel eyes upon
her isoe, be laid one hand upon bis toms.
hawk and stretched the other toward
her.
With . wild cry. born Of the despers-
lion Of the moment, Abigail Slower raised
The spoon 6IIsd With boiling mush. and as
The Indisn almost had her 10 bis grasp,
she dashed IL full into bis face. Az be
turned with howl Of rage and pain. she
grabbed sn iron dipper from It's nail a. the
side OF the hearth, filled II with the por.
ridge and fang 1t Ut the red mans neck
And hssd ss he hed through the door.
The other Indian now attempted TO stop
he now infuristed girl. who knew she
vas fighting for her life but ss each turn.
ID toward her be received the soaldins
mush foil in his eyes. and 10 y few sec.
,nds the last one OF the six left the door
oi the cabin, smsrting with pain snd rsse.
he contents Of the kettle being about ev.
,nly distributed over the bodies Of the
hslf.dosan Ohippewn. Later on no one
wss known TO have died from the results
,f bic burns.
When Jonathan Biiovsr returned 10 bis
nome accompanied by his neishbors, In
response to the four shots from the ride
Abigail vas lifting her little brothers ont
,i their places Of safety. and, ss she sank
imply into her fathers arms. she said,
With IN attempt At ber old eayety. Dad.
iy. we can't have any mnsh for supper.
This Incident happened twenty miles
rom where Dslroi. now Is, and by tbs
pot where the Slower csbio stood. sn
,lec.ric oar sweeps through the country.
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